[BC] STL question

[Steve Newman]

Yes. What a challenge! The control room was completely encased in copper 
mesh. The frame for the control room door had copper nailed to the frame so 
when it closed all that mesh in the door was grounded. We were surrounded by 
RF. There were 4 other stations including KDFC. KKHI-FM, KEAR-FM, KMPX-FM 
and KABL-FM. We used old florescent tubes and strapped them to one of the 
tower's guy wires that went over the road. Great lighting for driving at 
night. It was pitch black up there. On a clear night the view of San 
Francisco was spectacular as you were looking from the West of the Golden 
Gate. When the fog came in going up and down Wolfback Ridge road was NOT 
fun. You could easily drive off the edge.

That place was something else. I was there twice. First in 1966 when I was 
still going to SF State. I did 6 to mid. I came back as P.D. in 1980. We 
beat KKHI for the first time. Ed broke out the Champaign. If you knew Ed, he 
would find any excuse for a party. :)

Quick story. I did a program on Sunday evenings called "Direct-to-Disk". All 
the recordings were classical recordings mastered in that manner. Telarc was 
a big label in the direct-to-disc arena. Well, guess what finally arrives! 
You got it. The 1812 Overture with real cannons. I put the Orban in bypass 
mode and rode the pots as if my life depended on it. If I hadn't, that 
transmitter would have taken flight when the cannons hit. It sounded great. 
Talk about your dynamics.

Fun times.

Steve

Steve Newman
Steve Walker Productions
Opp, Alabama

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DHultsman5 at aol.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] STL question


>
> In a message dated 4/8/2007 8:23:03 PM Central Daylight Time,
> shnewman at alaweb.com writes:
>
> We used  KDFC-FM's signal with a specially designed crystal controlled
> receiver for  the audio for KIBE AM. It's the reverse situation but the 
> owner
> did it for  years and this was in the San Francisco Bay Area right under 
> the
> nose of  the FCC. I don't believe there's anything about how audio is
> delivered to  the transmitter.
> KDFC was/is licensed to San Francisco and KIBE (whatever  the calls are 
> now I
> don't know) was licensed to Palo Alto which is about  30 to 40 miles south 
> of
> San Francisco if that means  anything.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> Reply***
>
> Steve:  I recall hearing about that AM station relaying KFDC   from Mt.
> Beacon one time when I was up at the KABL FM site with Bob Beemish,  then 
> CE of
> KABL-AM-FM.   Did KFDC originate their programming at the  FM Transmitter 
> on Mt.
> Beacon at that time?   Trying to recall.
>
> Dave Hultsman
>
>
>
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