Don't you think you should replace that burnt out tower light?
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Hey KSTE Engineers!
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rickradio
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JACK's moving over to Ethan?
rickradio said:
Yes they *did* as KQJK is now part of the Clear Channel family of stations.
After the engineers fix the KSTE tower light, they might want to look at the KHYL audio chain. I noticed some distortion when I was in town over the weekend.
Mediaace said:Is KSTE still taking forever to go on day pattern like they did last year when I was working up that way? I'd call them and someone obviously embarrassaed a listener would ask such a question.
I called the newsroom "warm-line" from my apartment in San Francisco to tell them that one weekend afternoon a few years ago. It was pretty obvious from down there. I caught them by surprise. KSTE puts nearly 5 mv/m over NE San Francisco during the day. It came in well on my GE Superadio.
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rickradio
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I don't know about now, but when I was there in the late 90s, we did pattern changes manually. No computers or automation to do it. You had to be paying attention to the time AND know when it was supposed to be done. Usually pattern changes were put on the log, though, so we had a cheat sheet. But you still had to watch the clock so that you weren't bouncing 25 gallons off of the ionosphere.
Speaking of light,
I once misunderstood a song that makes reference to light
as "ripped up like a ******,
you know that woman of the night."
Well, when they repair that light you speak of, I'll remember the next line before piano playing Chopsticks, i.e.,
"Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun.
But Mama, that's where the fun is!"
I once misunderstood a song that makes reference to light
as "ripped up like a ******,
you know that woman of the night."
Well, when they repair that light you speak of, I'll remember the next line before piano playing Chopsticks, i.e.,
"Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun.
But Mama, that's where the fun is!"
My uneducated opinion is this station does it by light sensor somehow. I listen everyday on my bus commute with a walkman ( Imus transistions into Armstrong and Getty) . One day it happended later but that day was overcast. Its obvious on the bus as the static disappears at full power. On the other hand, perhaps I should get a life.rickradio said:
jhimbo said:
Doesn't work that way. Power/pattern change occurs at the same time in
any given month, on a quarter-hour mark
00/:15/:30/:45).You say the times drift from day to day? Perhaps KSTE borrowed a spare
lamptimer from Gumpdusky in Scottsdale.
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MT1
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CC does not have engineers in their Sacramento cluster. They contract out as services are needed. The FCC could probably cover its annual budget just with the fines from a single inspection of their radio stations here
MT1 said:
What happened to Gregg Garcia?
No, he isn't Enough said...
Enough said...That's sad to know that CC is using only contract engineers. I mean NO disrespect to contract engineers in this comment. I just feel that station groups, especially considering the amount of stations CC has in this market, need full time staff engineers of some sort.
ehh...no use crying of all of this...the industry has changed and the good ol' days are over. sad.
ehh...no use crying of all of this...the industry has changed and the good ol' days are over. sad.
whonigs said:
They have an ad for "Chief Engineer" on their website.
I have always shook my head in amazement with today's management, Radio Broadcasting works as a triangle of equal parts Programming, Engineering and Sales, and good management and promotions in the center to keep all working in harmony, Today there is a hook (the corporation and debt) dangling whats left of the triangle and you can't call it that anymore, Only do what is needed to keep it on the air period, stations sound terrible, programming is so safe it hurts, and salesmen have to be crooks to sell this crap. So why are still around We still love Radio
Have a nice day !
Have a nice day
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bkress said:I have always shook my head in amazement with today's management, Radio Broadcasting works as a triangle of equal parts Programming, Engineering and Sales, and good management and promotions in the center to keep all working in harmony, Today there is a hook (the corporation and debt) dangling whats left of the triangle and you can't call it that anymore, Only do what is needed to keep it on the air period, stations sound terrible, programming is so safe it hurts, and salesmen have to be crooks to sell this crap. So why are we still around? We still love Radio!
Have a nice day
You nailed that one, Bud.
They shouldn't have been. Sounds like someone there wasn't paying attention.
Oldiesfan is right. AM pattern changes aren't determined by light sensors; that's only for kicking on the tower lights. Pattern change times are on the station license, and like oldiesfan6479 said, every month is the same time each year. For example, 8:30pm (daylight savings time) is the time every June and July to kick down. I think 8pm is August, 7:15 for September, and so on, until December, when kick down is at 4:45pm. If the operator on duty isn't paying attention, they're putting the station at serious risk for heavy fines. At one station I worked at, our operator (a part-timer filling in for the regular op) forgot to kick us down to nighttime power, thus, we were shootin' 10,000 watts all over the western states until 4 the next morning when the next operator caught it and brought us down (we were supposed to be at only 250). We got a reception report from St. Louis a few days later.
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