(Photos appear below of some of the final memories of radio at 406 South Mulberry, as well as some tools of the trade!)
(In addition, the tower came down for a final time 10/29/2009)
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 Former WRZI studio (staff photo) |
 Former WTHX studio (staff photo) |
 Former WKMO studio (staff photo) |
 Now an inactive array of antenna dishes (staff photo) |
 WIEL-AM 1400 Tower (staff photo) |
 Array 'graveyard' watched over by the mighty WIEL tower (staff photo) |
 FM Tuner used for Emergency Broadcast System (staff photo) (thanks to Daryl Hodges, Paul Urbahns & WKLO's Gary Major for identification!) |
 Rear of tuner...note the tube technology! (staff photo) (thanks to a consensus & verification from the veterans listed at left!) |
 AP communications box found in transmitter room (staff photo) |
 According to former news director Belinda Stark, this may have been "part of an old wire machine from which we used to get our AP news feed" s |
 Every radio station had at least one, if not many of these devices, a bulk tape eraser-used for quickly erasing commercial carts (staff photo) |
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 The last remnant of WIEL being taken down October 29, 2009 in preparation for relocation. (courtesy of Barry Williams) |
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 Let's Do It! (courtesy of Barry Williams) |
 Let's get it down in one piece... (courtesy of Barry Williams) |
 The mighty tower of 1400 begins its descent (courtesy of Barry Williams) |
 Wise Contracting eases down the WIEL tower after just over 59 years at the same location (courtesy of Barry Williams) |
 Easy... (courtesy of Barry Williams) |
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 Eeeeeeeeasy... (courtesy of Barry Williams) |
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 Nearing the short journey's end to Ground Zero (courtesy of Barry Williams) |
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 The last remnant of WIEL being taken down October 29, 2009 in preparation for relocation. (staff photo) |
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The tower must first be dismantled... (staff photo) |
 ...in order to be transported to a new location (staff photo) |
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