BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

Lion Broadcasting Company project. On October 22,1950, WGCBAM went on the
air and John assumed its managerial duties.
In 1958 he established WGCB-FM, this being one of the first stations to
broadcast in stereo, WINB short-wave in 1962 and WGCB-TV channel 49 in
1979. At that time he was the only individual in the United States to own
and operate AM, FM, short-wave and TV in one location and under one
ownership. Under John's watchful care, these stations have specialized in
family and religious programming to this day.
The mission established by the motto of their call letters WGCB "the World
for God, Christ, and the Bible" has been fulfilled. During his lifetime,
he had been a church elder at Bible Presbyterian Church of York County. He
was also active in the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club. Better
Business Bureau of York, National Religious Broadcasters; FCC landmark
Supreme court case Red Lion Broadcasting vs. the FCC...
(via Mike Terry-UK, dxld and BrDXC-UK Oct 4)
I think I've found some information pointing toward the location of the
extinct Brentwood site [LINY]. From:
"Brentwood was the mailing address but it was actually located in
Hauppauge, a rather ill-defined locale at the time. As operations began
here in 1936, operations began to be phased out at Sayville. This building
was much larger than it appears in this photo having large east and west
wings. All Mackay Radio operations on Long Island ended in 1986.
Not long after this building was erected in 1935, CBS entered into an
agreement with Mackay to share the site for construction of an
international short-wave broadcasting station. The building's west wing
was extended and the station built in 1940-41 for beaming programs to
South America. Shortly after the outbreak of WW II, the Office of War
Information (OWI) leased the station from CBS for operation as a Voice of
America station. VOA operated from here until 1962." A map is available
at:
See Photo Mackay's Brentwood Station around 1984
A paper is available from the IEEE entitled "CBS International Broadcast
Facilities" in Volume 30, Issue 3, March 1942 Page(s): 118 - 129:
"This paper describes the present significance of international
broadcasting; its growth and present status in both the Eastern and
Western hemispheres; factors governing service to Columbia's new Latin
American international network consisting of sixty-four stations located
in eighteen different countries; the many problems attendant upon
successful relaying of programs to these many points; facilities for this
service, including new studios, frequency-modulatio n program-relay
circuits, and two complete 50-kilowatt transmitting plants located at
Brentwood, Long Island, New York.
Features of design and operating performance characteristics of the
transmitting apparatus, including thirteen directive antenna arrays and
their associated transmission lines. A typical international radio relay
receiving-station installation and the importance of properly engineering
such facilities, will also be briefly discussed."