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What gives? Why is Clear Channel helping out KWGS?
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Believe it or not, CC isn't the great evil, uncaring company that many remember from bad experiences in years past when it comes to other broadcasters. In fact, Tulsa CC engineers have helped out others throughout the country many times. My observation these days especially is that CC has been the leader in 'helping out' when people need them. Remember Virginia Tech? How about the hurricane and their partnership to save lives in the NOLA area? They have done the right thing and built up a collection of equipment to keep their stations running and serving the public. Since they have those resources, they've reached out and helped out a fellow broadcaster to stay on the air when they have to replace their antenna instead of them having to off the air. Hats off the Tulsa CC gang!! You guys are setting the standard these days for being great broadcast neighbors!
I was pretty impressed when I heard 89.5 mention last Friday that CC was helping them... it goes to show what I've believed for some time now: however awful those at the very top may be, Tulsa's local guys & gals (the "boots on the ground") are great broadcasters and great PEOPLE.
A tip of the mic to CC-Tulsa from me as well! (And I'm as guilty as anybody of talking about the "Death Star" at 27th & Memorial...)
Funny aside: After hearing they might be on and off the air or at greatly reduced power during the weekend, I turn on the radio Saturday morning to this rushing, roaring noise that was clearly an indicator they were as promised off the air.
...Then the NPR announcer began talking about the waterfall they were going to discuss. :-[
Well, it SOUNDED like white noise!
A tip of the mic to CC-Tulsa from me as well! (And I'm as guilty as anybody of talking about the "Death Star" at 27th & Memorial...)
Funny aside: After hearing they might be on and off the air or at greatly reduced power during the weekend, I turn on the radio Saturday morning to this rushing, roaring noise that was clearly an indicator they were as promised off the air.
...Then the NPR announcer began talking about the waterfall they were going to discuss. :-[
Well, it SOUNDED like white noise!
That is exactly what they are doing for us. Our bays are being replaced at the Coweta tower and we feeding KWGS via ISDN to 26th and Memorial and using a CC emergency back-up transmitter.
KWTU (the classical station) is running off a back-up system here on campus. (I think on a stadium light pole at Chapman Stadium)
We really had hopped to have KWGS back to full power by now, but the rain this week delayed things. Tonight at eight, we debut Steve Clem's great documentary on KAKC. Part two---The Drake Years--- is next Friday night.
KWTU (the classical station) is running off a back-up system here on campus. (I think on a stadium light pole at Chapman Stadium)
We really had hopped to have KWGS back to full power by now, but the rain this week delayed things. Tonight at eight, we debut Steve Clem's great documentary on KAKC. Part two---The Drake Years--- is next Friday night.
"Tulsa's local guys & gals (the "boots on the ground") are great broadcasters and great PEOPLE.
A tip of the mic to CC-Tulsa from me as well! (And I'm as guilty as anybody of talking about the "Death Star" at 27th & Memorial...)" Yup. The same here... There are a lot of really great people that work for that company. With that being said, someone at a pretty high level had to approve the money to buy equipment for backups, etc. That, I do have to give some credit to San Antonio for. The Tulsa guys suggested it, but ultimately upper management somewhere had to allow them to do the right thing. Honestly, they set the standard for redundancies at this point as they have mobile units with transmitters in them to drive to stations within their company (and others at times), backup audio feeds via small sat dishes, and other resources they've put into place to help themselves stay on the air. No other corporate broadcaster has bothered. I will also go on record to say this: In many markets these days CC has better maintained equipment and studios, etc. than many other big corporate broadcasters. It's sort of irronic, but the truth is the truth. These days, from an engineering standpoint, CC has taken a PROACTIVE approach to staying on the air. There's a lot of other broadcasters, including some sole proprietor owners that don't think that way. They run around with no spare tire or jack and expect to never get a flat tire. CC has appearently learned their lessons over the years when it comes to this and prepared for problems to address them when they happen. The Tulsa guys have a lot to do with that excellent common sense...
A tip of the mic to CC-Tulsa from me as well! (And I'm as guilty as anybody of talking about the "Death Star" at 27th & Memorial...)" Yup. The same here... There are a lot of really great people that work for that company. With that being said, someone at a pretty high level had to approve the money to buy equipment for backups, etc. That, I do have to give some credit to San Antonio for. The Tulsa guys suggested it, but ultimately upper management somewhere had to allow them to do the right thing. Honestly, they set the standard for redundancies at this point as they have mobile units with transmitters in them to drive to stations within their company (and others at times), backup audio feeds via small sat dishes, and other resources they've put into place to help themselves stay on the air. No other corporate broadcaster has bothered. I will also go on record to say this: In many markets these days CC has better maintained equipment and studios, etc. than many other big corporate broadcasters. It's sort of irronic, but the truth is the truth. These days, from an engineering standpoint, CC has taken a PROACTIVE approach to staying on the air. There's a lot of other broadcasters, including some sole proprietor owners that don't think that way. They run around with no spare tire or jack and expect to never get a flat tire. CC has appearently learned their lessons over the years when it comes to this and prepared for problems to address them when they happen. The Tulsa guys have a lot to do with that excellent common sense...
Now CUT THAT OUT, OKCRadioGuy!
You keep talkin' that way, I'm gonna start softening my view of CC corporate... and that must not be! ;D
You keep talkin' that way, I'm gonna start softening my view of CC corporate... and that must not be! ;D
Lol!!
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