

THE RADIO HISTORIAN'S
SAN FRANCISCO PHOTO ARCHIVE
of
KPO's 50 kW Transmitter
Site at Belmont, California
(Click on any image to enlarge)

KPO transmitter building, under construction, 1933 |

Finished view and full description of KPO's transmitter
building |

One of two KPO towers under construction, 1933 |

Completed KPO Antenna Site, 1948 |

Additional views of the KPO Antenna |

KPO 50 KW G.E. Transmitter, 1933 |

Detail views of KPO 50 KW Transmitter |

Inspecting Giant Air Capacitor in the Output Network of 50 KW
Transmitter |

Motor Generator Room for KPO 50 KW Transmitter |

Cooling Pond for G.E. 50KW Transmitter |

Inspecting One of the 50 KW Water-Cooled Tubes |

KPO transmitter engineering staff mid 1930's |

KPO's transmitter engineering staff, 1941 |

Joseph Baker, KNBC Chief Engineer, 1947 |

KNBC-FM antenna installed on Belmont East tower, 1947 |

The West tower comes down to make way for new KNBC tower,
1949 |

Building the new KNBC tower, 1949 |

New KNBC (KPO) antenna, 1949 |

Engineer Joseph Baker stands atop the new KNBC tower, 1949 |

The new KNBC antenna, with KGEI shortwave antennas, after 1949 |
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