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« on: July 03, 2012, 02:58:10 PM »
Say a "For Sale" sign on the Weathervision Building (Old WJXN Studio & Historic Tower sight) on I-55 @ Fortification, is St.Pe's facility moving ?
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« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2012, 06:23:39 PM »
He's moving the operation to the Jackson State E-Center on Raymond Road. Here's a story on it:

http://www.wbtv.com/story/18620393/weathervision-moving-becomes-part-of-jsus-meteorology-school?clienttype=printable
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« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2012, 06:36:31 PM »
I didn't realize WLEZ and the Weather operation were related, and even though I saw that building a million times as I drove down I-55, I thought it was just an office or the studios of whatever AM station's tower was there.
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« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2012, 10:23:30 PM »




Quote from: the golden boy on July 03, 2012, 06:23:39 PM
He's moving the operation to the Jackson State E-Center on Raymond Road. Here's a story on it:

http://www.wbtv.com/story/18620393/weathervision-moving-becomes-part-of-jsus-meteorology-school?clienttype=printable

I thought I saw this on the news on WLBT a while ago. The guy who reported this was none other than Bert Case
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« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2012, 10:30:09 PM »
Buried in the middle of that building is a little Jim Walter house that was once WJXN AM.  I believe the WJXN letters are still on the tower.  They've added so much to that building that it in completly unrecognizable.  WJXN went silent several years after Edward St. Pe bought the station and he added the weather network.
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« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2012, 10:32:48 PM »
Quote from: richllewis on July 03, 2012, 10:23:30 PM




Quote from: the golden boy on July 03, 2012, 06:23:39 PM
He's moving the operation to the Jackson State E-Center on Raymond Road. Here's a story on it:

http://www.wbtv.com/story/18620393/weathervision-moving-becomes-part-of-jsus-meteorology-school?clienttype=printable

I thought I saw this on the news on WLBT a while ago. The guy who reported this was none other than Bert Case

I Googled the story and it was odd that it was a Charlotte TV station's website.
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« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2012, 07:03:02 PM »
What a great Job Bert Case did on that feature story on WLBT.
I'm  still wondering if there will be a new WLEZ tower sight Huh
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« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2012, 08:19:43 AM »
Quote from: X-Broadcaster on July 04, 2012, 07:03:02 PM
What a great Job Bert Case did on that feature story on WLBT.
I'm  still wondering if there will be a new WLEZ tower sight Huh


Yes - FCC indicates WLEZ will move their xmtr site to Jackson State University.

RFB
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« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2012, 12:20:24 PM »
It's been perhaps 30 years since I've been back to Jackson. WJXN gave me my start in broadcasting in 1965. The tower is still there? (I was once told that WJXN started out in the Deposit Guaranty Bank building before move to the "Radio Ranch" on Foley Street. Anyone know anything about that?)
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« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2012, 03:28:47 PM »
Henry
Be sure & watch the Video with Bert Case above on post two (golden boy)
Bert is sitting in the control room you mention!
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