RCA. In 1993 WCC became a remotely controlled station, using fiber optic cable to receive signals, transmit signals and issue such commands such as selecting and rotating directional antennas. Even the keying of Morse Code (CW) and Radioteletype (RTTY) was issued remotely at this early date in the public internet's infancy. WCC was operated from KPH Radio in Point Reyes, California until its closing. In 1999, MCI/Worldcom sold the WCC receiver station in Chatham and the transmitter station on Forest Beach Road in South Chatham — nearly 100 acres in total — to the town of Chatham for a fraction of their value. The Chatham receiver station is now the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center, and the home of amateur radio station WA1WCC, licensed to the WCC Amateur Radio Association. The South Chatham transmitter station is now preserved in its entirely as the Forest Beach Conservation Area by the town of Chatham. The callsign WCC is now used by Globe Wireless by a Maryland station it operates to transmit automated e-mail-by-radio. Chatham station was the subject of the Mooncusser Films documentary Chatham Radio: WCC the Untold Story, narrated by Walter Cronkite and directed by Christopher Seufert. Historic contacts 1928: communication with Richard E. Byrd's first South Pole expedition 1929: communication with the Graf Zeppelin during world's first around-the-world trip by air 1933: sends weather information to Charles Lindbergh 1937: possible last communication with the Hindenburg prior to explosion 1961: communication with Santa Maria (callsign CSAL) during hijacking See also Marconi Wireless Station Site (South Wellfleet, Massachusetts) — first station site, at Cape Cod National Seashore Marconi-RCA Wireless Receiving Station — Chatham station site Chatham Marconi Maritime Center — the museum now at the Chatham station site Coast radio station KPH (radio) Marconi station (general list) References External links WCC Amateur Radio Association, operating WA1WCC from the WCC site Soundtrack from the WCC Radio Documentary with Walter Cronkite CC Shortwave radio stations in the United States Coast radio stations Defunct radio stations in the United States