The reason she was a part-time substitute host on KBFK and KGO was because she had gone back to school, law school, and got her J.D. She was (and probably still is) a working attorney. So Christine not only doesn't need fulltime on-air work, I doubt she would have the time for it.
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If Wikipedia is correct, she's 81 now. My, how time flies. She does pro bono work for animal rights causes. It's not mentioned if she's retired now.
In San Francisco, Air America was set to launch on Inner Cities' 1400 AM before the Clear Channel deal put it on 960. Inner Cities was looking for a new home for the brokered Asian programs they had on 1400 and approached Bonneville about doing a LMA of 1260. The Clear Channel deal killed the LMA before it happened but not before 1260 got a new Nautel in preparation.
On another note, Bonneville didn't have stock so instead of an ESOP they offered employee matches on a 401k based on how well each division was doing, in addition to a traditional pension. KOIT's success meant SF was making record profits and the company was unbelievably generous about sharing them with all of their employees. During the 5 years I was there the company made matches up to 4 and 5 times employees' 401k contributions. Plus they gave everyone a day paid time off each quarter their division reached their profit goals. Plus paid time off for volunteer community service and up to $1000 a quarter match for charitable contributions. Under Bruce Reese it was by far the most generous company I ever worked for and the workplace atmosphere reflected that.
Needless to say I maxxed out my 401k contributions and that plus the pension made for a very nice nest egg when I retired.
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Three weeks left.
Id be shocked if 560 comes back at this point. AS I understand the site is leased and exbornantly expensive
The site has been essentially dismantled over the past 90 days. I’m not sure what remains, but the California Historical Radio Society Museum is in possession of the top tower beacon and a few dozen boxes of tapes, photos and memorabilia that had been stored at the 560 transmitter site.
It used to be that the overhead for KSFO was very little because of where is is positioned on the AM dial. You acheive a signal that goes from SF to Lovelock, NV on 6000 watts.
It is very likely that Cumulas will find a buyer for the license for this very reason.
There are too many killjoys on this site who wish nothing but bad news or fate about this station,that station, or those stations. If you have tired of the 560 discussion, then simply stop reading the "thread".
It is very likely that Cumulas will find a buyer for the license for this very reason.
There are too many killjoys on this site who wish nothing but bad news or fate about this station,that station, or those stations. If you have tired of the 560 discussion, then simply stop reading the "thread".
*CumulUs
its not kill joys, its reality. And some of us have knowledge of what is actually going on behind the scenes
what does its dial position have to do with overhead? The lease on the 560 site was costly
Well sell it and open yourself up to competition.. dismantle and sell equipment and keep some for spares
I think it's more like there people waiting for someone to propose a commercially viable use for the frequency on a band whose obsolesence is becoming more and more pronounced by the day.
There is a lot of pie in the sky stuff on message boards like "I think that they should make it a [FILL IN THE BLANK] station because [INSERT CITY] doesn't have a [FILL IN THE BLANK] format, so there's a huge opening for [FILL IN THE BLANK]." Rather than a thoughtful discussion as to how one should operate the station in a way that will generate sufficient revenue to cover the operating costs and provide a suitable return for the owner.
Okay, first, and I mean this in all sincerity:
Huh?
Lovelock? Lovelock?
Even if that were true, the ability to reach Lovelock contributes nothing to ratings or revenue. Vacaville, yes. Lovelock (Lovelock?), no.
Second of all, its ability to reach a given point isn't just a factor of x watts at y on the dial. Where the tower is matters greatly---and---as I mentioned---they've dismantled the tower. The California Historical Radio Society Museum In Alameda has its top beacon sitting against a wall in the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame gallery and has for a couple of months now.
All of which greatly contradicts the conclusion that "it is very likely" Cumulus "will find a buyer for this very reason".
Lovelock?
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
You misspelled "realists".
I mean, even RENO doesn’t care about reaching Lovelock…
Named after English settler George Lovelock.
Lovelock • Nevada Expeditions
Exploring Nevada and beyond, one ghost town at a time.
www.nvexpeditions.com
Also, not even in the top 50 of weird place names in Nevada.
The clock is ticking on the temporary silent authority. It expires in three weeks.
I think as towns names go Zzyzx, CA tops them all!
Did not see that turn coming.
All true and fair, but.... There are Cumulus stations given up for dead that have been revived at the last minute. KPUR has been discussed on another RD forum; there are a few others. Cumulus has other AM sites on the peninsula at which it could string a wire and keep the KZAC license alive with low power and a very inefficient antenna. Is that likely? I don't think so. But I can't rule it out altogether.
My thinking is that, if something is to happen, it will happen before August 12, whether that's a sale, a surrender, or some other action. It might be just a few days ahead of the 12th, but no point waiting until the day itself. I don't expect Cumulus to just let the license expire; that leads to messy bookkeeping.
There’s also a Lovelock in CA, named after the same guy (this site says he was born in Wales and other sites say he was born in England, but if he was born in Wales then he was Welsh):
Point of Historic Interest: Lovelock, California
Named for George Lovelock, born in Wales in 1824, emigrated to California in 1850.
noehill.com
Anyone interested in starting a "Save 560" petition, and presenting it to Cumulus?
*just kidding*
*just kidding*
I looked that up too. Lovelock CA is about 15 miles northeast of Chico, a bit beyond Paradise, which makes a bunch more sense in the context of the signal range of 560 from San Francisco than Lovelock Nevada ever would.
Cumulus owns KNBR, which is in Redwood Shores, 30-or-so miles from the former Xmtr site. Or KTCT. Or KGO. (I drove by that transmitter building on Saturday and the sign STILL says KGO, after how many months?)
Any one of those could diplex 560 temporarily. Or permanently.