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Now, I’ll admit this is a bit of a stretch, but as long as MCC officials and MBM Broadcast Communications won’t allow me to see a rendering of the 1,500 foot tall proposed free standing broadcast tower, I can image … Continue reading
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McHenry County College just bought the 57-acre Gilger property north and east of the current Crystal Lake campus for $67,000 an acre. BMB Communications Management is now offering MCC $6 million for 3.6 acres. That’s $1.67 million per acre. I … Continue reading
So far, none of the professionals I have communicated with think BMB is going to build a free standing broadcast tower. They think is will be a guyed (or “guy,” if you prefer) wire tower like the one show in … Continue reading
McHenry County College just bought the 57-acre Gilger property north and east of the current Crystal Lake campus for $67,000 an acre. BMB Communications Management is now offering MCC $6 million for 3.6 acres. That’s $1.67 million per acre. I … Continue reading
So far, none of the professionals I have communicated with think BMB is going to build a free standing broadcast tower. They think is will be a guyed (or “guy,” if you prefer) wire tower like the one show in … Continue reading
Why would anyone want to put a structure taller than the Sears Tower in Crystal Lake? One that could broadcast TV and FM radio when most people probably receive their television signals over a cable. And pay $1.67 million an … Continue reading
Why would anyone want to put a structure taller than the Sears Tower in Crystal Lake? One that could broadcast TV and FM radio when most people probably receive their television signals over a cable. And pay $1.67 million an … Continue reading
The Northwest Herald editorial writer has coined a good term to describe the BMB Communications Management 1,500 foot television and radio broadcast tower: The editorial includes this statement: “…if the 495-foot (existing) tower largely goes unnoticed, there’s little reason to … Continue reading
The Northwest Herald editorial writer has coined a good term to describe the BMB Communications Management 1,500 foot television and radio broadcast tower: The editorial includes this statement: “…if the 495-foot (existing) tower largely goes unnoticed, there’s little reason to … Continue reading
Among the questions that popped into my head as I was thinking about Crystal Lake’s being the site of the tallest structure in Illinois is whether the broadcast tower would have an observation deck like the one at the Sears … Continue reading
Among the questions that popped into my head as I was thinking about Crystal Lake’s being the site of the tallest structure in Illinois is whether the broadcast tower would have an observation deck like the one at the Sears … Continue reading
Yesterday I complained that McHenry County College had no meeting posted on its web site for February 18th. That seemed to be a significant omission, considering BMB Communications had announced a meeting that night in his February 2nd press release, … Continue reading
Here is the press release that the company wanting to pay McHenry County College $6 million ofr 3.6 acres on which to build the tallest structure in Illinois has issued: BMB COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT, LLC TO PROPOSE PURCHASE OF LAND FOR … Continue reading
Yesterday I complained that McHenry County College had no meeting posted on its web site for February 18th. That seemed to be a significant omission, considering BMB Communications had announced a meeting that night in his February 2nd press release, … Continue reading
Here is the press release that the company wanting to pay McHenry County College $6 million ofr 3.6 acres on which to build the tallest structure in Illinois has issued: BMB COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT, LLC TO PROPOSE PURCHASE OF LAND FOR … Continue reading
Look at this image closely. (Click to enlarge.) The TV-radio tower being proposed by the McHenry County College Board will be 1,500 feet–taller than the Sears Tower. The Sears Tower is 1,450 feet tall, its web site says. The Eiffel … Continue reading
Look at this image closely. (Click to enlarge.) The TV-radio tower being proposed by the McHenry County College Board will be 1,500 feet–taller than the Sears Tower. The Sears Tower is 1,450 feet tall, its web site says. The Eiffel … Continue reading
So, how tall is a 1,500 foot tower? The Eiffel Tower is 1,063 feet (324 meters) 1,500 feet is 41% higher than the Eiffel Tower, the tallest structure in the world when it was built in 1889. The observation deck … Continue reading
So, how tall is a 1,500 foot tower? The Eiffel Tower is 1,063 feet (324 meters) 1,500 feet is 41% higher than the Eiffel Tower, the tallest structure in the world when it was built in 1889. The observation deck … Continue reading
When we last left yesterday’s article about the “first we say we will, then we say we won’t” activity of McHenry County College board members and top employee President Walt Packard, two security officers had completed their assigned task to … Continue reading