In the front lobby of the WHTB & WSAR studios in Somerset.

WHTB's main on air board

The WHTB Talk area in the main studio.

The tech racks at the studio...

Now it's time to head out to the transmitter on Augustus St in Fall River

The short unlit, un painted tower at the end of the street.

The ATU at the bottom of the tower

The tower going through the roof of the ATU building!

A look at the ATU building, note the tower coming through the roof!

Looking down the path to the tower.

As you head down Augustus St to the dead end where the tower is located, you would think the transmitter is down at the tower.
Well, suprise, it's actually a ways back in the middle of the street. In a unique setup, rival to what you may see in Tampa, FL.
The WHTB sits between two houses half way up the dead end street. How did they get the transmission line from the building to the tower?

If you guess buried, you'd be wrong!

Yes, they are leasing space from the electric company and the RF feedline is strung along the telephone poles!

Here is the pole at the end of the street, where the RF feedline goes down underground, out to the tower.

The RF tuning pieces inside the building before the long coax run.

The "transmitter" row, where the present main and standby transmitters sit.

The primary Nautel Amphet transmitter

The backup Gates transmitter

WHTB has kept all their old transmitters in here too, although none of these actually work. Here is the ITA

And a look at the very old Raytheon!

Old Pictures Below

An older photo, taken from a mill across the river in Fall River. April 2007

At the end of the Dead End St, April 2007. The Industrial tower is behind there.

An exterior of the studio building of WSAR & WHTB, April 2007.