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Did You Note Our Newly Painted
Tower In The Picture?
The
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and also the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) require our tower to be painted, and the tower is also
required to be of a specific brightness. The tower here at WPEL needs to
be painted approximately every 5 years. The orange and white bands and their
related widths are prescribed by the FCC and FAA. The color is “Aviation
Orange”.
Our tower is 300 feet. In September of 2007 the tower was painted by a professional company located in Hazleton, PA. It took two men two days to prepare and to paint it. If you are visualizing paint brushes or power paint sprayers that is not correct. They used “paint mittens”. Put on your mitten, dip your hand in the paint and paint away. Of course, hold on to the tower with the other hand! Just kidding, the painters are attached to the tower by means of safety harnesses.