[BC] Longest station to stay on original frequency...

[Dana Puopolo]

The antenna has been rebuilt at least twice, once in the late '70s and a
second time last year. In both cases, it was rebuilt to the old design
EXACTLY!

The ATU was new when they put in the BE 1 kW and I rebuilt it again after the
"hurry up and slow down" move out/move right back in a few years ago.
In a nutshell, I was ordered to strip the old site IMMEDIATELY upon activating
the KBLA diplex. I fought the decision (I wanted to wait a few weeks), but was
overruled by Arthur Liu himself. They signed on the KBLA site and the next day
I decommissioned the old site.  Two days later I was ordered to put the old
site back together! I literally threw it together in a few hours, because the
pressure was INTENSE! Fortunately, I had left in the program and R/C telephone
lines. Later field measurements found that the signal in Koreatown from KBLA
was 50 mv/M, less then HALF that produced by the old site. The old site was
not only closer to Koreatown, but it was quite directional E/W. At the Santa
Monica pier, the KBLA site put about .75 mv/M; while the Hammock antenna put
in 2.5 mv/M. Koreatown is right between the two locations.

Now they want to AGAIN move back to KBLA, this time with a two tower DA aimed
at Koreatown. By now they will have spent close to 500K on this project-all to
save 3K a month in rent! How do YOU spell penny wise/pound foolish?

Such was life with Multicultural-needless to say I don't miss it at all!

-D


------ Original Message ------
Received: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:17:55 PM EDT
From: Barry Mishkind <barry at oldradio.com>

At 08:14 AM 9/10/2008, Burt I. Weiner, wrote
>If I understand your question correctly, then I'd have to suggest 
>KGFJ 1230 in Los Angeles.  .... they have been using the same 
>antenna since 1924,

         It was first licensed in 1927?

         ... and wasn't the antenna, especially the ATU rebuilt?




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