[BC] FM History

[Jeremy Eisenzimmer]

Wow, would have loved to definitely see pictures from that.

As far as early FM equipment, we still have a Collins 830D 1kw
transmitter in place for KDVL-FM (it was KDLR-FM pre-1978). Since the
Harris FM-20K was installed on the current RF site in 1983, it has
served as our auxiliary transmitter since, still sharing the KDLR-AM
tower, and it still fires up and runs nicely. IIRC, KDLR-FM used to be
located on 96.7 MHz (where KQZZ-FM is at now), until they changed
frequencies to what is now 102.5 MHz. I'll look through records and see
if I can't find out when KDLR-FM (KDVL-FM) was put on-air. I know I
wasn't even born then. <g>

Jeremy

>But nothing from the early days of FM, unfortunately.  The only early
memory 
>I have of older FM was in 1971.  I worked for WAAF back then.  Some
dumb kid 
>put a bomb loaded with nails on their transmitter.  Blew up and did
damage 
>enough to shut it down.  I got called in around 11pm for that.  Some
years 
>later the kid bragged about doing it and got caught.  Wish I'd taken
some 
>pictures of that...