DoctorTechnical

The media coverage of the stunt focuses on them being right around the old Empire VHF-TV batwing antennas for Ch. 4 and 5; which long-ago have not been used. What is concerning is that to get there, they had to climb through -- if not right on top of -- the active master-FM antenna system. Some 20 NYC stations, roughly 5 to10 kilowatts of transmitter power each.

Pretty sure there may be some soft-tissue cookage. Think eyeballs, brain matter and certain things "down-there". Eww. Hope it was worth it.

Jordanian IIRC. Who cares... the food is tasty and I miss it greatly when out of "Greek and Lebanese" BRtown.

Curious why you have a pic of New York's 307 ft. high Kensico Dam posted.

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probably a drunk hit a pole and knocked it out.

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More like a drunk tree...

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Jeff “Skunk” Baxter

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Early 1980's at the big Natl Assn of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Vegas, which back then was still mostly attended by big-money and suit-wearing owners and salespeople*, I walked past Skunk. To my surprised "what are you doing here" question, he smiled and simply answered "just looking at cool stuff". Respected him ever since.

*jeans back then and still now for the low-on-the-ladder engineering folk like me.

Also hit Coaltown Baptist Church in Purvis

Exactly as you described it: older, working class, almost country neighborhood. I've stood on the driveway where Ch 9's reporter was located tonight; back some 20 years ago it was the family home of a friend. Sad all around.

Used to go by there several times a month when I worked in Pelham. Great folks who don't look at you funny when you order an Andygator with your lunch.

Going back to WRBT (original calls for WVLA ch. 33): George Ratzlaff from Potliquor with a powerful version of "America" to sign off.

Only site I have ever found it on is FB, so sue me: LINK

run the Character Map utility (Windows | Run | Charmap)
hold the right-hand ALT key down while typing 0233 on the number pad
old-school, cuz I am old.

Rest area near Stennis (MS-607 and I-10) had a full scale training version of the Lunar Lander, including concrete footprints at the base from astronaut Fred Haise -- Mississippi boy who was the pilot on Apollo 13. Yeah that mission, which caused Haise to never set foot on the moon. Thus the reverence from this Mississippi boy for those footprints.

Looks like Haise is still with us. New summer bucket list is to read his book and travel to coastal MS to pay my respects.