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Location DB >
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Nova Scotia >
Bedford >
CHNS Radio Transmitter House
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CHNS Radio Transmitter House
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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Demolished July 2008. Fair-sized, two-story radar transmitter house at the end of Tremont Drive used by Halifax's 89.9 HAL FM. A trail leads down a hill to a smaller building and an antenna tower. The stairs are missing. Park your car far down the driveway and turn off your lights if you UE, and keep your voice down. There are two doors, one is welded, and one is wooden and extremely heavy. Credit to Plague for finding it.
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Type: Building
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: forget it
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Address
Tremont Drive, off of Bedford Highway
Bedford, Nova Scotia
Canada
Owner: Maritime Broadcasting System Ltd
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The original antenna towers still stand and are landmark structures, visible from a long distance. They are accessible and somewhat interesting.
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welded doors wooden boarding
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flashlight breathing mask gloves long pants / sleeves
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This was the location of the transmitter for the following services: CHNS (established 1926, broadcast from this site since 1929) - a significant early AM service, which then expanded as a variety of FM services over the years. CHNX (1929) - a shortwave radio service which was received around the world. CHFX (1948) - an early FM service. This location was used to broadcast hourly updates for the five days of the Moose River disaster in 1936. These were relayed nationally and are considered a formative event in Canadian national broadcasting history. The recent history of the building is hard to pin down, so what follows is necessarily vague. This location appears to have been gradually wound down from 2001, when the CHNX shortwave service ended. In 2006 CHNS AM ended and the CHNS 96 FM service was rebranded as HAL FM and moved to 89.9 FM - and that seems to have been the end of active transmission from this location.
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
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Photography |
7 / 10 |
Coolness |
8 / 10 |
Content Quality |
7 / 10 |
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
SaraBellum on 7/31/2008 9:33 PM.
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on Jul 31 08 at 21:33, SaraBellum validated this location on Jul 31 08 at 20:16, thparkth changed the following: Owner, History, Year Built, Year Closed, Interesting Features, Description, Web Links on Jul 27 08 at 21:12, tribeachpunk validated this location on Jul 27 08 at 20:12, nootz updated gallery picture Random Mesh on Jul 27 08 at 20:11, nootz updated gallery picture Instructions on Jul 27 08 at 20:10, nootz updated gallery picture Binder on Jul 27 08 at 20:10, nootz updated gallery picture Tag on Jul 27 08 at 20:09, nootz updated gallery picture Graffiti on Jul 27 08 at 20:09, nootz updated gallery picture What The?! on Jul 27 08 at 20:08, nootz updated gallery picture Tower
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