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Title
WSM
Transmission
Complex
:
blueprint
Creator(s)
West
,
Carroll
Van
,
photographer
Date
2011-01-24
Coverage
2010-2019
Property name
WSM Transmission Complex
Property type
Radio Tower
National Register Reference
11000087
listed
March
15
,
2011
Community Name
Brentwood, Williamson County, TN
Latitude/Longitude
35.998194,-86.791258
Description
Color
photograph
of the
architectural
blueprint
of the
WSM
Transmission
Complex
Historical Notes
The
WMS
Transmission
Complex
was
built
in
1932
. The "
diamond
"
tower
allowed
the
radio
station
as
one
of the
nation's
federally
designated
clear
channels
to
broadcast
to
forty
states
a
program
of
music
,
news
, and
public
service
geared
to
largely
a
rural
and
small
town
audience
.
It
was
one
of the
original
stations
that
served
a
military/civil
defense
role
in the
CONELRAD
system
during
the
Cold
War
era
,
beginning
1951
. The
tower
is
the
tallest
Blaw-Knox
Diamond
Radio
Tower
in
North
America
,
one
of
six
similarly
designed
to have
once
existed
in
North
America
.
It
stands
at
808
feet
.
Originally
constructed
at
878
feet
in
1932
,
it
was
lowered
by
70
feet
in
1939
to
improve
radio
transmission
and
reception
.
It
was
third
of
four
of its
kind
in the
world
. The
WSM
Tower
is
the
oldest
surviving
intact
example
of this
type
of
radio
tower
in the
world
.
Colonial
Revival
design
by
Russell
Hart
, of the
locally
prominent
architectural
firm
of
Hart
,
Freeland
,
Roberts
.
Subject-LCSH
Radio and television towers -- Tennessee
Radio broadcasting -- Tennessee
Radio stations -- Tennessee
Subject-TGM
Radio & television towers
Radio broadcasting
Radio stations
Radios
Type
Still image
Format
jpeg2000
Genre
Photograph
Extent
Electronic
Copyright status
Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Conditions for use
Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Contributing Institution
Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Source file
IMG_6539
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