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From YouTube: Pike 200 Minute: Arlington Radio
Description
A series of one minute looks at the 200 year history of the Columbia Pike. In this minute, we check out the great radio towers that once dominated the the Pike's skyline.
A
The
year
is
1916
and
the
three
Navy
radio
towers
located
right
here
on
this
intersection
of
columbia.
Pike
are
the
technological
pride
of
america.
The
biggest
and
strongest
radio
transmitters
in
the
world
were
poised
to
demonstrate
their
might
by
broadcasting.
The
1916
presidential
election
results
around
the
world
within
hours
of
the
polls.
Closing
the
Washington
Post
proclaimed
on
a
100
kilowatt
charge,
the
Arlington
radio
station
dispatched
the
news
of
Charles
Evans
Hughes
election
to
the
four
corners
of
the
earth.
Last
night,
within
the
hour,
the
Arlington
station
was
receiving
messages
from
the
world's
leaders.