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Post by friendlee on Aug 19, 2021 15:36:56 GMT -6
I think that is a good idea......and a respectful one, too.
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Post by friendlee on Aug 16, 2021 19:17:18 GMT -6
As promised......I heard the original KSVN burned down. Is this true? Why? When? Where was it originally located? At the tower site in Kanesville or somewhere else in Ogden?
For that matter....any other stories of this sort from Utah radio history?
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Post by friendlee on Aug 16, 2021 18:40:16 GMT -6
I still wonder why the beacon was nested in the top section of the tower.....makes it reeeeaal difficult to re-lamp!
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Post by friendlee on Aug 15, 2021 14:27:51 GMT -6
Interesting! This explains a few things I wondered about when I worked at KSVN. The back part of the building where the defunct TV control room, TV studio, and scene shop were located appeared to have been added onto the front part where the KSVN offices and control room were. There was this odd, really narrow room with a high ceiling that was used as the record library at the eastern edge of the front part that seperated the front half from the back half. The upper story where the Winegar's lived was accessed by stairs that were at the western edge of the eastern part. The load-bearing walls were all cinderblock which made me wonder as the narrow record library had cinderblock walls on both sides AS IF THIS SPACE WAS CREATED BY THE CONSTRCTION OF A SECOND BUILDING behind the first. The bathrooms were also oddly seperated at this same "line" where there was what appeared to be a heavy fire door. With the information provided above I'd be willing to bet that KVOG was originally in the front part of building which was later added onto to create the TV station then moved into the "new" building next door when the TV station was sold off. Also, the existing KVOG building definitely has a late 50's-early 60's vibe to it. Additionally it might explain why the tower is more directly behind the KOET structure than eastward from KVOG. Next time I'm down to Ogden, I'll look at the 1538 Gibson building to see if I can see any architectural lines that might support this line of reasoning.
Now for the question that could start a new thread: I heard the original KSVN burned down. Is this true? Why? When? Where was it originally located?
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Post by friendlee on Aug 12, 2021 18:09:19 GMT -6
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Post by friendlee on Aug 12, 2021 18:04:45 GMT -6
Yes they were when Wendell Winegar owned it....I worked there with Sandman, Rabbit, CJ, and Thomas. The dutch guy did Saturday afternoons and two Spanglish-speaking fellows did Sunday mornings. Wendell and his wife lived upstairs.
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Post by friendlee on Aug 11, 2021 16:35:10 GMT -6
I drove by just yesterday.......looks abandoned (and I have seen plenty of abandoned radios stations! ). I don't know how there is much signal with all the trees in the extreme near-field of the tower. Sun-faded poster taped to the glass front door. An old sofa and other discarded debris in the front office. Not sure if they are transmitting from the Gibson Avenue site or not. No recent tire tracks in the dirt out front, the gate to what was the parking lot eons ago is locked. The gate to the antenna field is wired closed. I did get a cool photo though. On a related note, the Western Electric transmitter was still in the building as late as 1985 when I worked next door at KSVN. If it's still there, we should go and get it.....!
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Post by friendlee on Aug 5, 2021 16:01:38 GMT -6
This makes me very sad.....I wonder if the W.E. 451A transmitter is still there? And why was the beacon nested in the top of the tower when it was built? KVOG was an important part of my summers visiting family in Ogden....
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Post by friendlee on May 25, 2021 12:17:11 GMT -6
.... I assume that was because KSL broadcast a different flavor of AM Stereo than my car's radio was designed to receive. I recall that there were different competing technical standards and the FCC wanted to let market forces decide which standard prevailed. Which of course resulted in "none of the above". Which is why none of my subsequent cars had an AM stereo radio. IIRC (and I may be wrong), KSL transmitted using the Kahn-Hazeltine system for AM Stereo and many car radios used the Motorola C-Quam method.
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Post by friendlee on May 18, 2021 10:54:22 GMT -6
......install DA-N (I think that stands for Directional Antenna only at Night, but please correct me if I'm wrong...... You are correct! DA-N translates to Directional Array - Night. Some stations have directional arrays during the day and/or during critical hours.
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Post by friendlee on Nov 30, 2020 13:53:09 GMT -6
Is it an accident of history that Utah has de facto competition in the non-commercial radio sphere? With the consolidation going on with the national program providors, there seems to be decreasing need to have two different statewide networks. Utah State University, the licensee of KUSU-FM and its network of translators and stations, is the Land Grant education and research institution for the State of Utah. USU fulfills that role by distributing information from the university to the citizens of the State of Utah through a variety of methods: printed and online publications, physical and virtual coursework, county Extension offices and agents, Distance Education, and outreach including Utah Public Radio. Other state colleges and universities are encouraged (wisely so) to play a key role in their cities and counties of influence however, USU by mission mandate, is required to do so on a state-wide level in order to fulfill its role as the Land Grant university. UPR fulfills its role within the university's mission through dissemination of research, education, public affairs/news, and cultural programming. UPR furthers its mission by taking a "rural-centric" approach (compared to a "capitol-city-centric" viewpoint) in its news and public affairs coverage. There is room for both institutions to have state-wide radio networks as each institution's goals and missions, though similar in some regards, are very distinct in other ways.
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Post by friendlee on Nov 24, 2020 10:44:50 GMT -6
From the article cited above: "The new frequency, KUQU 93.9 FM, restores NPR programming to one of the country’s fastest growing communities following the exit of Nevada Public Radio from St. George in April 2020." Funny....if I have my facts straight (and I believe I do), K215CF, K206AM, K214EH, and K247AG have never signed off, been bumped, or otherwise ceased to relay NPR programming to the residents of St. George, Washington County, Springdale (Zion National Park), and Cedar City since they signed on 20+ some-odd years ago. Perhaps I should check the licenses in big black binder next door to my office in the KUSU-FM transmitter room?!?
I believe there is room for everybody but if one believes one's own press......well, you know.
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Post by friendlee on Jun 24, 2020 14:27:48 GMT -6
According to Jon: "I’m thinking about buying a salmon farm in Nova Scotia."
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Post by friendlee on May 14, 2020 11:25:55 GMT -6
Yeah, being up on Little Farnsworth had it's limitations....funny that it caused so much upset both to the north and south when you could barely hear it above the noise floor in Magna. But then again, with a nearly 70-mile input path from the Clarkston ridgeline, it was a last ditch attempt to salvage what had been when it was over on Ensign with K224BO as it's input from Lake before it had to move to West.
Good luck with the new location and higher power.
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Post by friendlee on Apr 24, 2020 11:58:17 GMT -6
Could be "sub-audible" STL rumble.....think Marti 15-channel. Brrrdrdrdrd!! Brrrdrdrdrd!!
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