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WRIB: A tower in the water

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cheapman

I'm curious about WRIB's tower which is off shore in the river. How exactly is this tower grounded? Most land-based AM towers have copper radials buried in the ground. I'm thinking perhaps this tower somehow grounds out in the river itself. And is the transmitter itself at the base of the tower or is that in a building on shore? Perhaps someone on this board can answer. Thanks.
 
The station is no longer WRIB; it's now WSTL. I do believe i has radials going ot from the island as its ground system. Transmitter is on shore in a building a couple hundred fett away.
 
There's an old story extant about that tower that noone ever went out to maintain it because the boat that was tied to the doghouse on the shore had multople leaks and would sink if it was used.

Anybody able to confirm that?
 
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