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Images and Views of Radio City San Francisco, Circa 1942
Images from Radio City San Francisco Circa 1942
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KPO Flat-Top Transmitter Antenna – Belmont, CA (1930s)
KPO Radio Transmitter Site Belmont, California Circa 1930s [Go to Index of Articles] [Return to Photo Archive] [Return to Home Page] All articles copyright © 1997-2006 by John F. Schneider. All rights reserved. Reprinted with the generous […]
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KPO Radio Transmitter Cooling Pond Belmont, CA
Undated night-time photo of the transmitter cooling pond in operation. In the foreground at left is the garage. The illuminated tower in the distance and the feed line supports belong to KGEI (General Electric’s adjoining […]
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KPO Radio, San Francisco Inspecting A Tube For The Big 50 KW KPO Transmitter 1936
In this photo, dated December 15, 1936, A. H. Saxton, NBC Western Division Engineer, explains the workings of one of the KPO transmitter tubes to Alice Tyler of the NBC Plant Department. The water-cooled final […]
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NBC Radio Final Wiring Check Circa 1942
NBC Radio, San Francisco Engineers Checking the Final Wiring, Just Before the Opening of Radio City Circa 1942.
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Radio Station KPO 50 KW G.E. Transmitter Belmont, CA 1933
KPO’s 50 KW transmitter, model RT-152-G, was custom-built by General Electric on contract to N.B.C. The contract also included the construction of the transmitter building, cooling pond and antenna system. The driver section of the […]