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Former WCMB-TV transmitter site on Blue Mountain in East Pennsboro Township, PA

The building - facing east (2008)

Facing southwest (2008)

Facing west (2008)

Rear of the building (2008)

A warning sign (2008)

One of the guy wire anchors (2003)

The original, unbuilt location (2003)

This is the WCMB-TV transmitter building, built by the Lebanon Steel Building Company in 1954.  (See miscellaneous invoices.)  It has not been used for broadcasting since WCMB-TV went dark in 1957.  The site changed hands several times over the decades and was recently purchased by Crown Castle.  It is used for cellular and other wireless communications services.

The original tower was demolished on June 5, 1957, soon after WCMB-TV's last broadcast.

The transmitter and antenna were utilized by WTPA-TV for their conversion to channel 27 on June 1, 1957.