Don Lee (d. 1934) had applied for the license for the W6XAO transmitter in February 1931, and it was granted five months later and transmitted programs from a location in downtown Los Angeles. In the late 1930s, Thomas Lee, Don Lee's son, purchased this 20-acre site on Mt. Lee to increase the transmission field of the station. This 300 feet high steel antenna, built to the cost $200,000, is placed upon what is considered the highest television transmission site in the world. The new transmitter antenna and station building for Don Lee Broadcasting System's electronic television station W6XAO, located atop of Griffith Park's 1,700 ft. high Mt. Lee.
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