WTIC Alumni Site

      In Memory of and Designed by Bill Clede


   July 29, 1929: WTIC signed off from it's 500watt transmitter in the Grove St. Building in downtown Hartford.
July 30, 1929: WTIC signed on with a 50,000 watt transmitter in what is the current Avon Transmitter site.

A special program was aired on July 29 to commemorate the event. Click here for a Hartford Courant article about the switch.

This audio is courtesy of Ed Brouder, Man From Mars Productions

The audio was processsed courtesy of Bob Scherago.

The program was originally recorded on Edison cylinders and even after processing is still difficult to understand.

However the historical significance of the recording is is why it was posted and it is worth your while to listen.



Part 1


Part 2


Part 3



Main  History   Reports   Events   Museum   Personalities   Technicians   Support  Listener Memories  Lost Alumni  Audio/Video