1 of 20 700WLW's huge diamond-shaped antenna along Tylersville Road towers over the Mason area.
2 of 20 700 WLW's transmitter is in the brick building on the left. On the right is a home once inhabited by the station's engineer. The home was recently demolished.
3 of 20 Entering for a trip back in time!
4 of 20 This is the current transmitter, a Harris 3DX which has been pumping out 700 WLW's signal for about the past 20 years.
5 of 20 An original operator's desk from possibly the 1930's.
6 of 20 This is the backup transmitter, a Harris DX50.
7 of 20 This is our second backup transmitter, which has been probably been here since the 1960's. It was used New Year's Eve 1999 to cover possible Y2K disruptions. It operates on tubes.
8 of 20 News anchor Brian Combs on the left with chief engineer Dave Abbott.
9 of 20 A tube from the old 500,000 watt transmitter.
10 of 20 An original guy wire insulator which at one time held the diamond-shaped antenna steady. It was replaced about 12 years ago.
11 of 20 The top of the insulator.
12 of 20 A framed picture at the transmitter of 700 WLW founder Powell Crosley, standing at the base of the tower.
13 of 20 A framed picture of the transmitter building when it was under construction.
14 of 20 Brian Combs sees the 500,000 watt transmitter, long silenced, for the first time.
15 of 20 A schematic is among the relics found near the 500,000 watt transmitter.
16 of 20 Office forms from the old days.
17 of 20 Brian Combs and chief engineer Dave Abbott tour FEMA's emergency studios at 700 WLW's transmitter site in Mason.
18 of 20 FEMA's studio in case the world ends.
19 of 20 The base of 700 WLW's tower.
20 of 20 Towering into the skies more than 800 feet over Mason.