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KISN 97
Jan 29, 2022 7:41:09 GMT -6
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Post by friendlee on Jan 29, 2022 7:41:09 GMT -6
You have your pick: the 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd or 30th ' the Mondays of April 2001.
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Post by friendlee on Jan 29, 2022 7:35:25 GMT -6
I took photos on the 15th and 17th but not this last Thursday. Too depressing, it was obvious they had just cut the guys on the east side and let it collapse. But here's a mystery: mixed in with the tubular tower steel there were sections of a much older, painted angle iron tower; one section with a tree trunk growing through it. It must have been stacked on the ground back behind in the "urban forest" east of the tower pier. Makes me wonder where that was in the "history"...?
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Post by friendlee on Jan 28, 2022 7:46:27 GMT -6
The tower is down, its wreckage is shoved up against the building. I suppose the building will be next. There is nothing left of the KOET building.
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Post by friendlee on Jan 15, 2022 17:46:31 GMT -6
Field trip day....the wreckage of human ambition.
Original KVOG/KVOG-TV/KOET/KSVN 1538 Gibson building - nothing but a pile of concrete rubble. All the cinderblock and wood is gone, all that's left today is broken-up foundation and floor. Looks like the building has been pretty much dropped and hauled off. So sad to think I once worked there. As long as the building was still standing, my radio past still seemed "relevant" in some way.
Later KVOG/KJQN/KOGN/et al 1506 Gibson building - still standing. Respectfully let myself in for the self-guided tour of mourning. The stereo-ized Raytheon console is in the garage (looks like someone is going to retrieve it...I sure hope they do!) The remains of the 1970-ish RCA BTA1 and Harris SX-1A transmitters are there. The RCA has been scavenged. The Harris might be usable. The WE 451A is not on site. The building is full of broken furniture and debris. Power is on in the building. Tower is still standing and plumb. All the above-grade ground system copper is gone including the strap from the relatively-new ATU to the tower. I'm sure the radials have long since corroded away. There is no transmitting happening from this site.
Reminds me of the day I "toured" KUTA, Blanding a year or so after Phil Mueller had to sign it off. The words in my head raged: "Let me in! I can turn it back on!" but reality was that if Phil couldn't keep it on, how would I? So sad to see the remains.
The wreckage of human ambition.
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Post by friendlee on Jan 11, 2022 11:20:31 GMT -6
Thanks for the update! It's sad to see it go but like many tower sites and studios, what was once the outskirts of town is no longer quite so rural anymore. I'll be in SLC this weekend so I will have to remember to make a detour on the way there to "pay my respects" to radio and television history.
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Post by friendlee on Jan 2, 2022 14:10:47 GMT -6
Happy New Year!!
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Post by friendlee on Jan 2, 2022 14:00:55 GMT -6
David, I just read this......! Yes, that's KSVN - KVOG - KOET.....
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Post by friendlee on Dec 29, 2021 8:54:31 GMT -6
Stations I worked at were still running vinyl up until the mid-1990's. The majors probably were mostly on cart by the early 80's based on video I've seen that was shot in control rooms at that time. CD's had to wait until players like the Denon 950 came along, others were too slow in loading (like the high-end Studers, consumer decks too unreliable).
I remember visiting KALL once in the early 1980's.
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Post by friendlee on Dec 28, 2021 23:39:58 GMT -6
Always analyzing....I wonder if that was actually a production studio and I'm guessing that short shotgun mic by the turntable was doing the pickup work, not the BK-5. Love seeing the vintage studio! Classic!
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Post by friendlee on Dec 23, 2021 14:02:25 GMT -6
Yep! Most older stations have/had a full-blown workshop (or two), at the transmitter or studio. A lathe, drill press, table saw, etc were always right up there with all the other tools and equipment. Plenty of old parts, too. Never throw away an old part, unless it's totally dead. Yep 2x....and that is how we do radio folks!
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Post by friendlee on Dec 21, 2021 23:29:04 GMT -6
The antenna field really needs to be clear of stuff....whether it be trees (or an urban forest like at KOGN!), old cars, anything that can de-tune or couple capacitively or inductively to the tower. Storage bays would cause trouble not to mention RFR issues with tenants. A HUGE warehouse facility was built on the same land as KTNQ's 5-tower array in Southern California. Took major shielding and massive engineering to accommodate the ground system and the five tower "wells". Amazing but this was done long ago when a major AM in L.A was worth the multi-million investment.
I'm scared to call because I'm afraid it's either been vandalized or canabalized or worst of all......waiting for me to save it from the recyclers!
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Post by friendlee on Nov 29, 2021 14:10:38 GMT -6
I'm guessing that the original KBRG call letters stood for BRiGham Young. Perhaps BYU Radio Guild.....USAC Radio Guild was the forerunner of KVSC (later KUSU-FM and UPR)
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Post by friendlee on Nov 19, 2021 9:49:41 GMT -6
Sounds like what I prefer to do, old-school style, rather than a complete swap-out for 30+ days and then back with the "flip of the switch".
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Post by friendlee on Oct 20, 2021 15:18:31 GMT -6
I'm too far away to know the Ogden real estate scene......but if I can remove a few things from the building saving them time and labor, then so be it.
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Post by friendlee on Oct 20, 2021 13:36:48 GMT -6
I wonder what's still in the building???
(Thinking WE 451A1 transmitter or other stuff...)
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