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oxford777

Rob-
I figure U-DA-MAN to answer this. I was driving from Kentucky to Evansville this week, and began to wonder who all the big sticks are between Henderson and the river on the Kentucky side. I know the southern-most tower off Wathen Lane is TV25. There are 3 others closer to the river, 2 kind of clustered nearer US 41 and one more further east. All really tall, so some/all must be TV. These are not new towers, they've been there a while (TV 25's tower, at some height, has been there since the Channel 50 days).

--Inquiring Mindless
 
oxford777 said:
Rob-
I figure U-DA-MAN to answer this. I was driving from Kentucky to Evansville this week, and began to wonder who all the big sticks are between Henderson and the river on the Kentucky side. I know the southern-most tower off Wathen Lane is TV25. There are 3 others closer to the river, 2 kind of clustered nearer US 41 and one more further east. All really tall, so some/all must be TV. These are not new towers, they've been there a while (TV 25's tower, at some height, has been there since the Channel 50 days).

--Inquiring Mindless
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Greetings,

The three towers along the river belong to 14 WFIE, 44 WEVV, and WKDQ (WDKS 106.1 is mounted on that tower). You can see the FM bays on the KDQ mast which I believe is the middle one.

You can drive up to the tower sites on Stratman Road. The turn is just before the twin bridges going north on 41.
 
Fun stuff.. Once over the bridge from E'ville to Hendo... Turn Left on Stratman Road.. WEVV-44 is first... TV and Way-Fm translator at 91.9 up about 700 to 800 feet... Then WKDQ-99.5 with WDKS-106.1 up a ways.. Then WFIE-14 is the furthest east (Wolf Hills subdivision is near there)... Impressive on the Audubon Range (with WEHT-25 back to the south).... WTVW-7 and old 7/9 tower with Wolf Country 93.5 is in Chandler East/Northeast of E'ville and the new WNIN-9/WNIN-88.3 tower is north of Yankeetown and south of Boonville just east of old St. Rd. 61/Old Yankeetown Road.. Just to the north of that is the stroabed cell tower with WEJK-107.1 (Jack-FM).... Of course the WIKY stroabed tower with WABX-107.1 and the old WFIE-14 towers are standing on Mt. Auburn Hill on the West Side of E'ville... WYNG-105.3 has their tower west of St. Joe Road in the northwest Vanderburgh County (between St. Joseph and St. Rd. 65).... That's the main towers around the Ohio River in Indikentucki.....
 
radiorob2.0 said:
oxford777 said:
Rob-
I figure U-DA-MAN to answer this. I was driving from Kentucky to Evansville this week, and began to wonder who all the big sticks are between Henderson and the river on the Kentucky side. I know the southern-most tower off Wathen Lane is TV25. There are 3 others closer to the river, 2 kind of clustered nearer US 41 and one more further east. All really tall, so some/all must be TV. These are not new towers, they've been there a while (TV 25's tower, at some height, has been there since the Channel 50 days).

--Inquiring Mindless
Click to expand...

Greetings,

The three towers along the river belong to 14 WFIE, 44 WEVV, and WKDQ (WDKS 106.1 is mounted on that tower). You can see the FM bays on the KDQ mast which I believe is the middle one.

You can drive up to the tower sites on Stratman Road. The turn is just before the twin bridges going north on 41.
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Rob, Skip: thanks for the info.

So KDQ built their own giant stick instead of leasing off 14's or 44's? Does that make sense?
 
Guess they thought it was worth the money.. The question on that era.. Was it Henry Lackey that moved off his 500 footer east of the High School and built it, prior to the big money sale? I think it was.. WSON went directional on the AM side, just a couple of miles north of the old studios/AM/FM site. See? Bristol, Brill, CC and then Regent, since those days...
 
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