Thought this deserved a separate thread.
From July 8, 1981 - "The New 93" is born.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcmezj6IC94
From July 8, 1981 - "The New 93" is born.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcmezj6IC94
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The birth of KUBE - original video
- Thread starter Rob Piotrowski
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That always brings back a lot of memories. I graduated high school in 82, went to Bates Technical for 6 months to learn the technical side. During that time I dropped buy KUBE and visited with Drak the engineer I got a job helping Drak and Smitty build the new transmitter site for KUBE on Cougar. Had a lot of fun at the new 93.
That studio was built with No ups, they still were not in style then. My first Oops unplugged the wrong thing (were off the air) was at KUBE. It was the CP803 composite clipper at the old transmitter site. It was only for a couple of seconds.
My first on air segue was also at KUBE. Tom Hutler was in the bathroom and I was swapping out a cart machine in the studio, Tom took too long in the bathroom so I had to fire off the next song, it was a loose segue because I was not expecting to fire off the next song. Second time that happened, I was on the window side behind a rack in the main studio and a song was playing and fading out. I first thought that wow they are actually letting a song run long on the segue, then dead air. I hear the bathroom door down the hall slam and I think it was Bob case yelling to push the button, push the button. By that time I had gotten off the floor and was behind the console, amazed at the fact the VU meters were not moving, I hit the button.
I kept finding coffee and other office supplies stashed in a rack in the control room. Took a few weeks to figure out it was the morning show stash of coffee and office supplies.
My first on air segue was also at KUBE. Tom Hutler was in the bathroom and I was swapping out a cart machine in the studio, Tom took too long in the bathroom so I had to fire off the next song, it was a loose segue because I was not expecting to fire off the next song. Second time that happened, I was on the window side behind a rack in the main studio and a song was playing and fading out. I first thought that wow they are actually letting a song run long on the segue, then dead air. I hear the bathroom door down the hall slam and I think it was Bob case yelling to push the button, push the button. By that time I had gotten off the floor and was behind the console, amazed at the fact the VU meters were not moving, I hit the button.
I kept finding coffee and other office supplies stashed in a rack in the control room. Took a few weeks to figure out it was the morning show stash of coffee and office supplies.
Curious: Where was KBLE's site before they moved up to Cougar?
When KBLE sold the FM to, I think it was First Media, they were already on cougar but running mono and a lower ERP. When the new owners took over I know they but up a 5 bay ERI and got the ERP up to 50KW till the new site and taller tower were built just 300' away. I can remember they used a fork lift to move a transmitter from the old site to the new site. There was an old RCA 1KW that was sold to forks for their first FM.
I'm not sure where KBLE transmitter site was before it was at Cougar.
Another fun early KUBE fact. When KBLE sold the FM, the new owners just moved it to the second floor of the building KBLE was in. The control room ended up right above the KBLE GM's office. A very young MR case, while talking on the mic, would crank up the monitor volume way up so that when he turned the mic off you were hit with a wall of sound. And the KBLE GM could hear it loud and clear, and complain. We had to stick pads in line with the monitor amp so you could only crank it so loud. And that was only a crown D75 and some JBL's
I'm not sure where KBLE transmitter site was before it was at Cougar.
Another fun early KUBE fact. When KBLE sold the FM, the new owners just moved it to the second floor of the building KBLE was in. The control room ended up right above the KBLE GM's office. A very young MR case, while talking on the mic, would crank up the monitor volume way up so that when he turned the mic off you were hit with a wall of sound. And the KBLE GM could hear it loud and clear, and complain. We had to stick pads in line with the monitor amp so you could only crank it so loud. And that was only a crown D75 and some JBL's
Here is another neat video from California Aircheck of the old Charlie & Ty morning show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNwdmsT_d50
I never had the opportunity to listen to the show, as it was well before my time, but I did have the opportunity to meet Mr. Flint recently. He's a very kind individual, and it meant a lot that he would give a young broadcaster like me the time of day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNwdmsT_d50
I never had the opportunity to listen to the show, as it was well before my time, but I did have the opportunity to meet Mr. Flint recently. He's a very kind individual, and it meant a lot that he would give a young broadcaster like me the time of day.
I'll bet he was.
As a non-local, when did KUBE switch to Rhythmic Top 40? And between 1981 and then, what were its formats?
KUBE was a very upbeat CHR from '82-'90, seemed to loose their way in '91 and changed to urban in '92.
KUBE was a great station from '82-'90...very up beat and fun...very unlike todays bland cookie cutter programming.
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