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AM-1240 WGBB

Al Case said:
Wow! I can't believe that after 35 years there's still so many who still remember. But since there are, you may be interested in my personal website which has about 6 WGBB pages of pics and memories along with the old WGBB jingles in the background. Other L.I. stations that I've worked for are included there too. And yes I know, I need to update the site.. Enjoy.

--Al--

http://mysite.verizon.net/al_case
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Great website! Enjoyed seeing photos of Bob Lawrence and "The Vees..." Dave Vieser.
 
Apparently WGBB has been off the air since Superstorm Sandy swung by. Tuned into their webstream the other day and heard dead air. From what I was told by a person who hosts a show on the station on Monday nights, they are getting a new transmitter that supposedly is so powerful, it will reach the Hamptons. Just putting this out there...
 
DToTheJ said:
Apparently WGBB has been off the air since Superstorm Sandy swung by. Tuned into their webstream the other day and heard dead air. From what I was told by a person who hosts a show on the station on Monday nights, they are getting a new transmitter that supposedly is so powerful, it will reach the Hamptons. Just putting this out there...
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Interesting. While located closer to the south shore years ago, the sharpest reception of WGBB, day or night, happened on radios benefiting from water skip. Their stick location appeared to be the "sticking" point (sorry, couldn't resist).
 
WGBB returned to the air on Wednesday afternoon 11/14/12 - station Facebook posts linked here, here and here. Last two posts by Neal Newman, east coast regional engineer at Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc.
 
YES WGBB returned to the air with a New transmitter.
running the same 1000 watts of powerful sound.
The Transmitter site was totally under water. Salt Killed everything in the Building.
You may notice the stronger signal. Its not Because of more power.
Its Because the Salt soaked ground Improved the Ground Conductivity of the antenna system.
Killer signal now, but I still have lots of work to get things back in order..
Ralph ;D
 
During the 11 years that I was the CE there (1966-1977), I never even gave any thought to the possibility of coastal flooding reaching the transmitter. Then again, I never gave any thought to having 2 feet of sea water in my house either, which I just had.
When I was there the tower was series fed, and approaching a 1/2 wave length long had an unusually high base resistance in the order of 218 ohms, making for the big signal with rather poor ground conductivity. Now that the tower is grounded and apparently shunt fed, I'm curious as to what the base resistance is now.
Also, legend always had it that Harry Carman, the founder of the station in 1924 had buried numerous large metal items in the area to enhance the counterpoise. Many of the ground radials also extended out beyond the field towards Atlantic Avenue. Of course they were lost when the shopping center was constructed on the North side of the field.
 
Al Case said:
During the 11 years that I was the CE there (1966-1977), I never even gave any thought to the possibility of coastal flooding reaching the transmitter. Then again, I never gave any thought to having 2 feet of sea water in my house either, which I just had.
When I was there the tower was series fed, and approaching a 1/2 wave length long had an unusually high base resistance in the order of 218 ohms, making for the big signal with rather poor ground conductivity. Now that the tower is grounded and apparently shunt fed, I'm curious as to what the base resistance is now.
Also, legend always had it that Harry Carman, the founder of the station in 1924 had buried numerous large metal items in the area to enhance the counterpoise. Many of the ground radials also extended out beyond the field towards Atlantic Avenue. Of course they were lost when the shopping center was constructed on the North side of the field.
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Mr Carman must have been a very creative man. WGBB brought a lot of joy to my life back in the '60s, but til now I never gave much thought to the engineering end of the business. Thanks for sharing, Al.
 
WGBB still broadcasts from Freeport, there are 3 studios, One in China, one in Flushing,NY and the main studio is located at the old WNYG studios in Babylon.
WNYG transmitter is out in Medford ,The main Studio is in Brentwood, across from the LIRR station.
There are also studios in Brooklyn, and Elizabeth,NJ.
it makes it easy for Clients in Brooklyn ,and NJ to get on the air, without the long travel to the studios in Brentwood.

Ralph- CE for WNYG and WGBB
 
At of all the stations I've worked for, I alway talk about WGBB. I guess you never forget your first girl, uh, station. I was there 41 years ago, starting as janitor, finally after 6 years, I was doing mornings, before moving to Susquehanna's Atlanta station. To the person who asked about the WGBB car boxes, I have one...somewhere. Al, it's good to read your posts. I had good times learning from you in your 3rd floor office with DJ, the gray cat, the cart winders and that great jukebox! I'm in the Milwaukee-Racine market at WRJN and WEZY for 22 years, now.

-Don Rosen
 
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