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KAAY's Transmitter Building To Be Bulldozed

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Bud50

Finally took that trip I'd dreamed of for so many years...met some of The Greats of KAAY, early and later deejays, etc. Took a lot of pictures, then got the news from a Citadel staffer: they're going to bulldoze the building by year's end.

I'm in hyper-drive now, seeing if anything can be saved for posterity. More news as it develops.

Bud S.
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http://mighty1090kaay.blogspot.com/
 
What a shame. I assume this is the same building where Clyde Clifford hosted Beaker Street? So are the towers remaining there or being moved? I've read so much about the rotting condition there. I'd love to see some photos...
 
"All good things must come to an end", including KAAY. The "legendary" radio station has been gone for years. Now, the final straw. The old transmitter should be saved in Smithsonian. It was a classic. And, as I remember, the ground system was rather unique...above the ground. You could walk under it. Hopefully there are photographs, and recordings of the great old KAAY. The king is gone....the memory survives.
 
Agree with above post about photos, hopefully every inch of the building can be photographed for posterity. I'd photograph it with my DSLR if I could get in.

Sure hate to hear that. A lot of broadcast history out there in that building. Assuming the reason is to totally overhaul the vandalized ground radial system, unless at some point they plan to move completely to a new site. One away from the copper thieves & also the new structures constructed nearby that were causing pattern problems. They've been operating on STA for quite a while because of these issues.

Didn't see anything in FCC links below about a site move. Yet.

http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/corrp_list.pl?Facility_id=33253
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_list.pl
 
Yes, a bunch of pictures have been taken and I'm just sorting through them and my week-long notes. They will be posted on the Mighty 1090 KAAY blog in a couple of weeks. My head is still whirling from the trip.

The info came from the tech on duty, who was trying to get the station back up; before we walked in, the transistorized transmitter went down, spilled it's guts and the little 5kw Harris wouldn't fire up. Just what happens when you have electronic equipment in an un-air-conditioned, leaky building.

We're quietly working on several avenues, hoping the razing date will not escalate. You know how things "get" when they go high prifile. More later, keep your eyes on the blog (link in my original post).

Bud S.
 
It's a shame it's been reduced to the condition it's in. A lot of people care about it - even if corporate doesn't.

I'll watch the blog, I read it often - you do a great job Bud & it's much appreciated. AJ would be proud. ;D
 
This brings about some questions....

Will KAAY remain on the air, or go silent?

If KAAY remains on air, will station move tx site, or rebuild with small building on the current site?

Little Rock has lost two AM frequencies in past 20 years: 1010 (ex KLRA), and 1150 (ex KXLR). As bad as KAAY is at present (content and signal), I would hate to see 1090 go completely silent.
 
Bud50 said:
Yes, a bunch of pictures have been taken and I'm just sorting through them and my week-long notes. They will be posted on the Mighty 1090 KAAY blog in a couple of weeks. My head is still whirling from the trip.

The info came from the tech on duty, who was trying to get the station back up; before we walked in, the transistorized transmitter went down, spilled it's guts and the little 5kw Harris wouldn't fire up. Just what happens when you have electronic equipment in an un-air-conditioned, leaky building.

We're quietly working on several avenues, hoping the razing date will not escalate. You know how things "get" when they go high prifile. More later, keep your eyes on the blog (link in my original post).

Bud S.
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I beg to differ with your semantics: That’s what happens when you neglect the building and LET it get leaky and poorly maintained.
 
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