Scott wrote: I have never been to the Aurora sites.
The tall tower, from what I can put together, was used for long-defunct UHF station WLXT 60, then later by the FM on 107.9 that's now WLEY, operating from a different location (the WSCR 670 tower) closer to downtown Chicago. s ---- I just stumbled across this message. If this is in reference to the helicopter crash near Eola, Illinois, I can state with certainty that this was _not_ the site of the WLXT 60 transmitter. WLXT's tower was in a place called "Curly's Pit" - that's right, the tower was literally in the center of a quarry. I visited the site a couple of years after WLXT went dark, and happened to meet the transmitter engineer, who gave us a quick tour. An attempted second visit ended with a grumpy guy in a pickup blocking the gate. The quarry was also a shooting location for the credits of "Crazy Conrad", one of WLXT's afternoon kiddie shows. I'm not a list member - I can attempt to answer any questions, though I was just a kid when WLXT was on the air. (My best friend's dad worked at the station, so naturally, I got to be on TV...) regards, jonathan quist [email protected] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
