Trying to find some history about an old station where I was previously employed sent me on an internet search which brought me back to an old post here from 2005! I got a big laugh out of it, “Last seen in 2009”. Ok. Here I am again. Only older. Still retired from radio. My question about KOLO 920. Reno NV. See if anyone can direct me. As I remember it was a 2 tower array. At Pyramid & McCarran. Where can I find the old engineering to verify? Didn’t the station used to be directional at night? Now the current version of the station appears to be a single stick out on the university alfalfa field.
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@Michi provides us all a tremendous resource on fccdata.org, which presents current and legacy FCC data in a much more easily understandable way than the actual FCC sites.
Here's the one for 920, and if you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page, you'll get the link to the FCC's history cards, which will take you back through the whole history of the facility up to 1980.
@Michi provides us all a tremendous resource on fccdata.org, which presents current and legacy FCC data in a much more easily understandable way than the actual FCC sites.
Here's the one for 920, and if you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page, you'll get the link to the FCC's history cards, which will take you back through the whole history of the facility up to 1980.
Also a quick way to "see" the tower site is radio-locator.com enter KIHM on call letters. There is link for transmitter location that takes you to Google maps.
radio-locator is a toy and does not get into history, only very brief (and sometimes incorrect) information on current.
Thanks Scott. I appreciate your response. And fyi, I am probably one of the few part time DJ’s that changed the tower light (202 foot) because the chief was too old. 1993
The only reason I mentioned Radio-Locator was the transmitter site is easily to find and follow the link that goes to Google maps. He started naming streets. Google maps might help with his "jog" his memory. Another thing that RL has is the FM translator(s) tied to the AM listed at the bottom of the page is easy to find and follow.
I was just trying to keep it simple for the location.
I hope you got some extra "hazard" pay
And a climbing harness!
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
That's also on the station information page at Michi's site. It's the very last entry in the left column, which I do not find in the least difficult to find and/or follow.
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