Are you ready for THESE ?? These pictures showed up at the station one afternoon, sent by someone who worked on the original WHYN site build in 1941 & 1942. WHYN-AM, then licensed to 1400 (WHMP-AM's current frequency), signed on in the early part of 1942. Ed White was the Chief Engineer then and the pictures below show the beginning of an amazing journey for one of Western Massachusetts' legendary radio stations.

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1941

Construction

This picture shows the construction of the Main Studio Building in 1941.

South Hadley Transmitter Site

1941

Ed White, Chief Engineer
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Ed White, Chief Engineer

This is Ed White standing in front of the Main Transmitter in 1941.

1941

Ed White's Office

This is Ed's little office space inside the Transmitter Building.

1941

WHYN's Live Studio

WHYN's Live Studio

This is the finished Live Studio.

1941

WHYN's 'Open Line' transmission feed going to the tower.

Open Line Transmission Feed

The main Open Line Transmission Feed going out to WHYN's tower.

1941

Tower Base

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South Hadley Tower Base March 1941. The Tower base shown here in its final construction stages. This tower is STILL standing but was moved to WHMP's current transmitter site sometime around 1950 when WHYN-AM moved to its current site in West Holyoke. This tower is still WHMP-AM's main tower.

1942

Chief Engineer Ed White

Ed White

Ed White at the controls of WHYN. Note the Microphone sitting on top of the RCA Console.

1941

A look up the tower

A shot up the tower

Here's a picture looking up the WHYN tower through the open transmission line.

1941

WHYN's transmitter shack

This is a picture of WHYN's original Transmitter Building. 1941.

WHYN's Original Transmitter Building located outside of the original studio building.

1942

WHYN's Main Studio Building

1942 Main Studio Building

The finished product, complete with American Flag flying proudly. Circa 1942. This building is still there and is now a private club; VFW or Elks in South Hadley.

1942

RCA Producer's Console

1942 Producer's Console

The WHYN RCA Producer's Console in the main studio building

WHYN's Main Control Room

Circa 1942 Main Control Room

Main Control Room

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