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Bob- I walked up to the top of the mountain..&#13;
Ben- Oh did you .&#13;
Bob- about a week and a half ago. To where the station used to be cause the&#13;
tower is still there.&#13;
Ben- Yeah. Yeah.&#13;
Bob- um but of course, you know and I I Just you know it was like was there&#13;
alone, it was a beautiful day and you know you kinda wish that your doing to trip&#13;
over a “d”, that fell off the building that was covered by Kudzu, but no such luck.&#13;
Ben- Well is there uh, There’s still some equipment in there oh isn’t there part of&#13;
it.&#13;
Bob- but the building doesn’t exist..&#13;
Ben- well the rest of the building it was pretty good sized building, that was built&#13;
for TV, uh, I was there when they blasted all that rock off.&#13;
Bob- Uhhuh,&#13;
Ben- and made a smooth enough place to put building,&#13;
Bob- well there’s a building there, I mean you know there’s a building but I just&#13;
assumed that um, I just assumed that what ever was WJLD, cause the studio&#13;
was up there wasn’t it.&#13;
Ben- Everything was there.&#13;
Bob- Yeah.&#13;
Ben- Studio, office, all was up there…&#13;
Bob- But I just assumed that when I had spoke to Frank Giardino, He said no&#13;
they bulldozed everything to the ground. It had been vandalized, it sat there for&#13;
so long..&#13;
Ben- Umm&#13;
Bob- um I just assumed that that building that now exists there was just you know&#13;
new.&#13;
Ben- Some body probably told him that, I don’t think he ever goes up there. It’s&#13;
hard to get to, isn’t it?&#13;
Bob- Uh Not terribly, I mean you can walk up, ..&#13;
Ben- Yeah Well I’m talking about..&#13;
Bob- You can’t drive.&#13;
Ben- Yeah.&#13;
Bob- But you can walk up.&#13;
Ben- Yeah well I walked up there, before they put the place there.&#13;
Bob- Uhhuh. Uhhuh.&#13;
Ben- It was just trees and rocks the first time I went up there.&#13;
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