WJAS

[MsMusicRadio]

Which makes it just about like most of the malls around here. Still a big empty space where Kaufmann's used to be in South Hills Village.

Where did Kauffmann's/Macy's go ? Can't believe Mt.Lebanon has no Macy's

 

[pman44]

SHV is doing very well. Macy's and Sears still there, lots of upscale shops. The big open space is related to the Boscov's bankruptcy. The latest rumor was that Dick's was going to move over to the main building and split the space with Target. I think Target will sell radio's, otherwise you can still buy a radio at radio shack in SHV and tune into WJAS.

 

[FreddyE1977]

Anything left to Century III ? It is listed on Dead Malls.com. Haven't been there in years as I forgot how to get there and Waterfront is so much closer and has Target.

The mall is in pretty sorry shape. Lots and lots of vacant space. Starting with the former Hornes/Lazarus at one end.
Since Macy's closed their furniture outlet that is empty. They have basically boarded up that end of the mall and
cordoned off a large section of the parking lot. Also not much down at the other end as you come out of JC Penneys.
And I think the food court is down to 4 or 5 vendors.

Don't know it is entirely their fault as so many of the stores that used to be in there (KayBee Toys, Steve and Barry's, etc.)
have gone bankrupt and out of business. In this economy there is nobody to replace them.

 

[corporateradiosucks]

There are a lot of malls on deadmalls.com that have been "dying" for 20+ years. Their definition of dead is fairly rubbery.

CIII got really bad with the gangs and such which chased a lot of customers out, and by the time they cleaned that issue up, the Waterfront was built, Hornes was gone, Boscov's was there and gone in 2 seconds, and that was that. Plus that area can be such a mess to drive in that if there's not a darn good reason to go there, you are more than likely to avoid it.

 

[FreddyE1977]

I remember talking to a guy in construction who was working on some of the preliminary engineering for
The Waterfront back in the mid-90's. The developer was from Columbus. I kept asking him "Are they
NUTS?? Do they have ANY idea what sort of neighborhood they are getting into?"

So far though it seems to have worked out okay.

The granddaddy of all dead malls has to be Parkway Center though.
Kmart just renewed their five year lease. WHY????

 

[hypwr]

Kmart is doing quite well there. When they have their March of Dimes promo (contribute $1.00) they do better than any other Kmart in SW Pa.

Hard to believe.

 

[PHIL Z]

How did we get off topic and on to Malls?

 

[Talk_Dude]

How did we get off topic and on to Malls?

You didn't post anything to get everyone back on topic. :

 

[PHIL Z]

How did we get off topic and on to Malls?

You didn't post anything to get everyone back on topic. :

Your Right. Where was the WJAS site in South hills? How Many towers did they have?
Why did they move the site to the Slag Dump?

Also Does anyone Know where the WEEP 1080 1kw site was in North Side? was that also the site of 107.9 fm ?

 

[hypwr]

The WJAS site was right off Crane Ave. Originally there were 2 towers. JAS and KQV were diplexed on one tower, and the second was used by KQV as a DA at night. Jas reduced power to 1KW at sunset. KQV dropped from 1KW to 500 watts.

During the war JAS received approval from the FCC to add a tower toward the east and operate with 5KW day and night. After the war KQV was approved for 5KW day and night and moved to their present McKnight Rd. site. 3 towers day and 5 towers at night.

When Jas got their FM permit they used an isocoupler on the west tower for 99.7

I watched the construction of the east tower from my bedroom window in Green Tree.

When KQV moved, the 3rd tower was removed.

 

[cingram]

And, as I recall, WJAS moved to the "slag heap" during the 13Q years because they wanted a better
nighttime signal in the eastern suburbs, particularly Monroeville.

C.

 

[hypwr]

You are correct, Sir.

 

[gimmus]

The WEEP site was around 75 feet to the right of Crown's strobed tower if you are looking from Bigelow Blvd across the valley. Was a Blaw-Knox sitting on insulators.

 

[FreddyE1977]

And, as I recall, WJAS moved to the "slag heap" during the 13Q years because they wanted a better
nighttime signal in the eastern suburbs, particularly Monroeville.

C.

Back when Monroeville, Murrysville and Plum were the high-growth areas of Pittsburgh.
How times change! Guess your towers need to be mounted on mobile flatbeds.

 

[Snafu]

If you were still chasing about like that these days you'd be moving everything west of Greentree Hill and south of Bridgeville and catching all sorts of hell from the FAA.

 

[OKCRadioGuy]

Since stations pay tons of money to put a ton of copper in the ground for a counterpoise for AM stations, having a bunch of conductive slag under a station has to help the coverage greatly, especialy if it's close to water. I'd call the former site about as perfect of a location as possible, especially since it covered more bodies than the old one, and got them a power increase. The new site is inferior to the slag dump. Too bad they didn't get to stay where their signal worked the best...

 

[Parttimer]

Since stations pay tons of money to put a ton of copper in the ground for a counterpoise for AM stations, having a bunch of conductive slag under a station has to help the coverage greatly, especialy if it's close to water.

It's not.

I'd call the former site about as perfect of a location as possible, especially since it covered more bodies than the old one, and got them a power increase. The new site is inferior to the slag dump. Too bad they didn't get to stay where their signal worked the best...

I'm not an engineer, but everyone I've talked to tells me it was quite the opposite. Not sure why, whether it was the composition of the metal in the ground or the randomness of its density, but apparently it made their coverage very erratic.

And they couldn't stay at the old site, the city sold the land.

 

[Snafu]

There is very little metal in the sorts of slag that you find at Nine Mile Run. Slag from the steel making process is made up of mostly calcium, silicon, aluminum and magnesium.

 

[Talk_Dude]

There is very little metal in the sorts of slag that you find at Nine Mile Run. Slag from the steel making process is made up of mostly calcium, silicon, aluminum and magnesium.

Aluminum and magnesium are metals.

 

[Parttimer]

There is very little metal in the sorts of slag that you find at Nine Mile Run. Slag from the steel making process is made up of mostly calcium, silicon, aluminum and magnesium.

Aluminum and magnesium are metals.

But I think the issue may be that the ground is full of silicon, ie sand, which is a very poor conductor. Inland AMs in Florida have huge problems because the sandy soil is a very poor conductor. The few that have really killer signals are ones that can have their ground radials in salt water.