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ANTENNA FARM

I know the Atlanta transmitter sites, but no station in the Marietta area has 6 towers. Offhand, the only AM site that I can recall in Marietta is 1230, a single tower off 19/41. 1080 is licensed to Marietta, but the transmitter is in Kennesaw; they have 2 towers. 590 is in Powder Springs (4 towers); 1160 is in Austell (5 towers); 1550 is in Powder Springs (4 towers) and 1600 is in Austell (1 tower).

I'm not sure what you're seeing, but I doubt it's an AM array. You might want to check out http://www.fybush.com and then click on "Site of the Week Archives." There's a bunch of Atlanta stuff there.
 
RoddyFreeman said:
I know the Atlanta transmitter sites, but no station in the Marietta area has 6 towers. Offhand, the only AM site that I can recall in Marietta is 1230, a single tower off 19/41. 1080 is licensed to Marietta, but the transmitter is in Kennesaw; they have 2 towers. 590 is in Powder Springs (4 towers); 1160 is in Austell (5 towers); 1550 is in Powder Springs (4 towers) and 1600 is in Austell (1 tower).

I'm not sure what you're seeing, but I doubt it's an AM array. You might want to check out http://www.fybush.com and then click on "Site of the Week Archives." There's a bunch of Atlanta stuff there.
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Slight Correction on the location of 1230 WFOM: It's actually in the back end of an apartment complex off of Franklin Rd. The Dickey brothers must have moved that transmitter because it used to be on the same stick as 1160 WCFO. There is a Palmer Dr. in Marietta off of John Ward Rd. near the intersection at Cheatham Hill Rd., but no antenna farm near there. The closest thing to that area is a high voltage line crossing with a power sub-station behind some trees.
 
AMFMRadFan said:
RoddyFreeman said:
I know the Atlanta transmitter sites, but no station in the Marietta area has 6 towers. Offhand, the only AM site that I can recall in Marietta is 1230, a single tower off 19/41. 1080 is licensed to Marietta, but the transmitter is in Kennesaw; they have 2 towers. 590 is in Powder Springs (4 towers); 1160 is in Austell (5 towers); 1550 is in Powder Springs (4 towers) and 1600 is in Austell (1 tower).

I'm not sure what you're seeing, but I doubt it's an AM array. You might want to check out http://www.fybush.com and then click on "Site of the Week Archives." There's a bunch of Atlanta stuff there.
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Slight Correction on the location of 1230 WFOM: It's actually in the back end of an apartment complex off of Franklin Rd. The Dickey brothers must have moved that transmitter because it used to be on the same stick as 1160 WCFO. There is a Palmer Dr. in Marietta off of John Ward Rd. near the intersection at Cheatham Hill Rd., but no antenna farm near there. The closest thing to that area is a high voltage line crossing with a power sub-station behind some trees.
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The 1230 stick is literally halfway between Franklin Road and Cobb Parkway (19/41) even though, based on what you're saying, it's accessible from Franklin Road. But it's very visible from and close to 19/41. Prior to its current location, it was somewhere around South Cobb Drive along with what was then the studio/office building.
 
I'm not familiar with Palmer Road, but my guess is you saw WCNN (680 The Fan). They have 8 towers off Holcomb Bridge and Spalding.
 
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