[BC] KSWP/KAVX woes (Lufkin, Texas)

[Mark Earle]

Bob Barnswatts wrote:
> I sent a letter to the editor, that is nuts.  And what transmitter costs 
> $163,000?  Heck, a tv transmitter is cheaper than that.
>
>   

n earlier emergency fundraiser helped them move 30 percent toward their 
goal of $163,000 to replace the two failing transmitters.

So the 163k is for a pair.

In the meantime, listeners already had a sense of the sound of silence, 
as the station was going off the air six to eight times a day. Prior to 
that, they operated on 1,000 watts for 14 days after the breakage — 
reaching far fewer audience members than their normal 100,000 watts touched.

Currently the stations are running at 85,000 watts, hoping nothing else 
happens to the transmitters until the businesses who underwrite them and 
the public who listens make the effort to keep them on air.

43k each transmitter? 85k each? 85k is close enough to 100k ERP no 
listener will know the difference.

> I explained all about transmitters and how the older it was the more 
> likely it could be kept on the air by proper maintenance, and that no 
> manufacturer we know of has went bankrupt anytime soon.
>
>   
Maybe they have a pair of arc-n-spark FM20k's :) Those are not great but 
can be made to run.

 
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