More Remote Vehicles
NBC built this elaborate vehicle in the mid-1930’s to cover events in and around New York City. It’s three transmitters operated in both the shortwave and VHF bands with a variety of antennas
to give it a usable range of 100 miles from the studios. (“Popular Science Monthly”, April, 1934)
LEFT: WCCO in Minneapolis, 1930's; RIGHT: WJR in Detroit, 1949
LEFT: NBC remote van, San Francisco, about 1940; RIGHT: WROK, Rockford, Illinois, 1937
LEFT: KHUB in Watsonville, California, 1940's; RIGHT: WMC in Memphis, 1940's. (Both images colorized by the author)