Yummy vintage treats in the transmitter shack

[joebtsflk1]

25 years ago I came across old Civil Defense survival kits in the transmitter bldg of the station where I worked at the time. Yes, we had a fallout shelter where this stuff probably was originally, but it became a couple of really nice & quiet production studios.

The following article prompts this post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/02/neenah-wisconsin-fallout-shelter-photos_n_3200757.html?ncid=wsc-dl-cards-headline

 

[rnigma1]

Same with WMGR when it was in its old studios built in 1952... when I was there in the '80s, we found similar kits with tins of crackers, and a Geiger counter. They had one room that had originally been designated as "the bomb shelter" with controls to their old generator and emergency broadcasting equipment.

Reading that article, I was thinking about the video to Donald Fagen's "New Frontier" song.

 

[ellenparks]

WLEC Sandusky Ohio had the same stuff in a cement block shelter built next to the main building. No heat or AC though.

 

[Bongwater]

If you like to go urban exploring around abandoned radio station facilities from the '40s/'50s/'60s (provided they're still there and you can still get in one without getting busted - look for any graffiti on the walls), you could find potentially find a bomb shelter yourself.

They are actually hidden in some stations. Not initially, but as time went on and people thought we were safer, they were simply abandoned and forgotten. I've heard stories of "they once had a bomb shelter here" from engineers (a fascinating subject for THEM, you'd think.) But when you ask where, they draw a blank. Because even THEY don't know because they were hired LONG after they've been abandoned. They just heard mumblings and musings from longer time employees who sometimes THEMSELVES can't recall where they were.

 

[michael hagerty]

We had one at my first radio station, KIBS in Bishop, California. It became my office when I was appointed Music Director at age 16. Bunk beds, rations, all kinds of stuff. At the back of the building and underground. The walls seemed sturdy but the door at the top of the stairs separating the shelter from the rest of the building wouldn't have kept much of anything out.

 

[therealjm12]

WRUN in Utica had a bomb shelter in the basement. It was stocked with tins of peanut butter and crackers. There was usually about an inch of water on the floor. I often thought I'd rather die (or become a mutant) if I had to go there to survive.