This is where I live and work - The WDAZ-TV Transmitter site

The House

The Transmitter Building

The tower is 1325 feet tall.  The antenna adds another 136 ft. for a overall height of 1461 feet

Looking up the tower

The Tower

Here are a couple pictures taken from about half way up the tower

Summer 2008

The Antenna on top of the tower

A satellite image taken in 1997

Looking down from the top of the tower

A couple tower crew guys changing light bulbs

In August of 2004, Ed Klink stopped by for a visit.  Ed was the first Transmitter Engineer for WDAZ.  He worked here from 1967 to 1986

In July of 2005 the Petersburg Civic Club came out for a tour of the transmitter site.  I had a great time showing them around.

I'm always willing to give tours, just call ahead or email me first

The Old RCA TT-25DH Transmiter that was installed in 1967.  It served WDAZ as a primary transmitter until 2005

Outside the control room

WDAZ-TV started broadcasting with their new Harris platinum series transmitter in April of 2005.  As soon as the market allows or the FCC requires us to, it will be converted to broadcast digital HDTV

Transmitter Row

<< Here's a tongue-in-cheek video about life at the WDAZ transmitter site.  It was part of Milo Smith's "Take This Job and Love It" series.  It aired during the 6 o'clock news on 5-12-08

During February of 2005 the tower crew from Mid-West Steeple Jacks came out to finish up some repair  work on the tower and they invited me along for the ride.  I was strapped into a safety harness, hooked to a cable and lifted along with the crew almost all the way to the top!  It Was So Cool!  I brought a couple cameras up and some of my video made it on the 6 o'clock news.

<< Watch the 28 second clip that appeared on the local news.