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KSPN-AM transmitter site at 12755 Burbank Blvd in Van Nuys

Frequency1 said:
The "coat hanger" antenna is still there at the SW corner of the I-10 and Hwy 110 from 1230. The north tower is bent over a lot. One day it will fall down.
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Wow!!! . . . I was reading this discussion and found that antenna, for 1230, back in the day, on the roof of that building by I-10 and 110. I never knew they used that. Thanks.

here's the picture . . .
Street View of Los Angeles · Google Maps
 
alok said:
Wow!!! . . . I was reading this discussion and found that antenna, for 1230, back in the day, on the roof of that building by I-10 and 110. I never knew they used that. Thanks.

here's the picture . . .
Street View of Los Angeles · Google Maps
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Way back in the day at one time for years KGFJ used that antenna for 250 W f/t except Wednesday evenings from 7pm to 11pm, and all day Sunday from 6am until midnight when they used reduced power of 100 Watts, to make room for 100w specified hours station KPPC 1240 Pasadena which was at that time owned by the Pasadena Presbyterian Church hence the KPPC calls. Yes, they broadcast church services Wednesday eves.
 
TomásEstefan said:
Way back in the day at one time for years KGFJ used that antenna for 250 W f/t except Wednesday evenings from 7pm to 11pm, and all day Sunday from 6am until midnight when they used reduced power of 100 Watts, to make room for 100w specified hours station KPPC 1240 Pasadena which was at that time owned by the Pasadena Presbyterian Church hence the KPPC calls. Yes, they broadcast church services Wednesday eves.
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And KGIL 1260 had to operate with their night power/pattern as well on Sundays.
 
Robert Douglas said:
I know, I'm weird but this is a bit painful for me! Gone are the towers I grew up around - 710, 740 (Avalon), 790, 870 (Glendale Hotel), 930, 1020 (Long Beach fwy), 1110, 1150, 1230 (odd fellows building), 1240 (Pasadena Prsby. Church), 1280, 1300, 1500, and probably a bunch more. I still remember when the "clothes hanger" antenna for KGFJ-1230 was the "big K in LA" and was rated #2. 710-KMPC used to be flat from 50-15KHz! (Not so good for XTRA-690 when they were telling everyone to use two radios to hear them in stereo, one tuned left and one tuned right).
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While I never saw the towers, I very much remember that KMPC was one of only three AM stations I could consistently hear in the Sunland-Tujunga area with those little transistor AM radios that one could purchase for very little back in the 1960s and 1970s while riding in a car. (The other two were KFI and KBBQ). I can also remember, with a much better receiver, hearing KMPC quite a ways up the Central Valley on the old U.S. Highway 99 before KFIA came on the air. That northbound signal from the Van Nuys location (though I didn't know the source then) made for great listening and DX-ing back in the day.
 


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