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
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
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Source file	IMG_6539

WSM Transmission Complex: blueprint

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