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KAPS outage
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ByronNeuron
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Why not call them and ask? (360) 424-0660
A common problem with the KBRC/KAPS duo. I think when you're operating two radio stations from a tiny building only slightly bigger than small cottage, there's only so much room to move and accidents will happen....
They really need to move up to bigger digs than THIS. This place can barely contain one radio station, but it's being used for TWO.
KWLE operates from a former drive-in restaurant at 25th & Commercial in Anacortes. For years as KLKI, I resisted the temptation to walk in and ask for a cheeseburger and a large Coke with onion rings.....
And KWDB's studios are even more hilarious.
Read and see them all here:
http://www.fybush.com/sites/2007/site-070518.html
They really need to move up to bigger digs than THIS. This place can barely contain one radio station, but it's being used for TWO.
KWLE operates from a former drive-in restaurant at 25th & Commercial in Anacortes. For years as KLKI, I resisted the temptation to walk in and ask for a cheeseburger and a large Coke with onion rings.....
And KWDB's studios are even more hilarious.
Read and see them all here:
http://www.fybush.com/sites/2007/site-070518.html
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ByronNeuron
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I fail to see the relevance of how reliable a small market station is in relation to the size of its building. Care to elaborate?
I’d be willing to bet that someone in the traffic department goofed up the weekend log, and the automation just stopped. Like it or not, in the 21st Century when one is running a radio station on a PC, one doesn’t need much physical space .
I’d be willing to bet that someone in the traffic department goofed up the weekend log, and the automation just stopped. Like it or not, in the 21st Century when one is running a radio station on a PC, one doesn’t need much physical space .
That would have been my question. The spacious studios in the big market stations sit vacant in many cases, while the night monitor wanders the halls making sure all the stations in the cluster are modulating.
The KOL building on Harbor Island (after improvements) was maybe 4,500 sq ft, and contained 2 large AM transmitters, 2 FM transmitters, 5 studios, and numerous sales cubibles along with several offices and a very ample conference room with a wet bar.
We're operating 4 stations in a 2,600 sq ft building, and we have 5 studios.
As far as dead air on a weekend, not many small market stations have anybody home. The responsibility then rests on the staff to monitor and respond. Unfortunately, not all operators listen to their own stations enough to know if there is a problem. One of the other stations in my market not infrequently has long periods of dead air interrupted only by the news at the top of the hour and a couple of spots.
The KOL building on Harbor Island (after improvements) was maybe 4,500 sq ft, and contained 2 large AM transmitters, 2 FM transmitters, 5 studios, and numerous sales cubibles along with several offices and a very ample conference room with a wet bar.
We're operating 4 stations in a 2,600 sq ft building, and we have 5 studios.
As far as dead air on a weekend, not many small market stations have anybody home. The responsibility then rests on the staff to monitor and respond. Unfortunately, not all operators listen to their own stations enough to know if there is a problem. One of the other stations in my market not infrequently has long periods of dead air interrupted only by the news at the top of the hour and a couple of spots.
ByronNeuron said:
Yes. With computers, you can run a couple radio stations from a building the size of a telephone booth if you wanted.
But tight quarters aren't very comfortable quarters. It's more of a vacuum really. When you have to compete with the fly in the room just for space in it, accidents will happen.
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