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secondchoice said:
Are there any "studies" that the metal casing in well plus the water injected help the ground-wave coverage on AM's?
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I doubt it. As I understand it, fracking involves injecting water (and other chemicals) thousands of feet below the surface. Much too deep to serve as a ground plane for a tower.
 
Even if you nuked both towers, there isn't enough land there to plant a drilling operation.
 
When you tune in and actually find us on the air, be the fifth caller to WIN!!
 
Maybe the end is near. One of these days, that 1968 transmitter is going to blow a gasket that can't
be replaced.

(But I hope not, because I enjoy the station.)

C.
 
I LOVE AM Radio and do not like to see Radio Stations go Dark, But I Think it"s time for WKZV to Die. I Have Great Memories of WKEG Playing Oldies in the 70's Long Before Oldies Formats were Used Fulltime . I Liked Jay Pojapin, who would Do the Morning News on WFFM 97, And Play Oldies in the Afternoon on WKEG. Listening As I Did my Service Route Through Scenic Washington, Westmorland and Fayette Counties.
Please Owners of WKZV Sell or Shut Down.
 
A lot of People got their start at WKEG. One that comes to Mind is "Paul Cleaveland", Real Name Bill Tush from Lawrenceville Area. Bill Went to Atlanta to work at WTCG TV 17 one of Cables First SuperStations.
 
Does anybody remember when Bill Tush did the news "overnights." I remember one morning at 3:30 or 4AM? (not sure on exact time but still way too early) getting ready to go to work and he had a bulldog (chewing on cheese in its month) on camera while he was reading the news off camera. Just about choked on a cheerio from laughing so hard!
 
I recall Earl Bugaile doing half-hour news blocks on WKEG, one in the morning, one at midday and I think there was a third in the afternoon. He went there after his stint at WEDO-810. Today he's an editor and occasional reporter/anchor at KQV-1410.
 
How about 9 of us kicking in a thousand apiece. We'll get her a new solid-state xmtr. and she can pay us 300 a month for 3 years. Of course, their studio gear may be shot to hell also.
 
If people really love community broadcasting and classic country, this might be an ideal test case for turning
the station over to a non-profit. There could be a kickoff fund raising drive to buy a new transmitter and equipment.
This has been done with a small AM by a group of jazz fans, someplace in Missouri.
 
hypwr said:
Of course, their studio gear may be shot to hell also.
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They're using a Radio Systems board in the main control room. It's pretty reliable. They're still using turntables and cart machines. Those have got to go. Two PC's in the studio (one for internet only and the other for Simian or other relatively cheap hard disk audio system) would make a big difference in the overall sound.

I believe there's only one working CD player in the main studio.

Production studio is a joke. They still have the original main studio board they went on the air in 1970 with in there, along with a single cart recorder. I was there in 1999 and the reel-to-reel deck was down. I'm betting it still is. I say put another PC in there and make the RR a doorstop. I don't remember production ever having CD capability...it might. I'm not sure.
 
They were on yesterday afternoon, but I suspect at low power (reception very dicey in
USC-Mt. Lebo). Gone again this morning.
 
WKZV's problem is not with their transmitter or the studio equipment, it is Verizon's phone line link from the transmitter to the station. Verizon has installed new digital equipment that just does not work, at least in this situation. This has been an ongoing problem for several months and Verizon's technicians have been on site numerous times but can't seem to find the solution.
The real problem is WKZV's elderly owner who will not or doesn't know how to bring the proper pressure on Verizon to solve the problem. If you don't believe me contact George Lasko and he will tell you what I have said here.
Now will this end the speculation for a while. It just amazes me that of the dozens of successful radio stations in Western Pa., this station consistently remains on or near to top of the subject lines on this message board, seemingly always. I am at a lost to figure out why that is unless it's simply a case of the vultures circling the dying carcass.
And one final thought don't start suggesting that the owner needs to install a wireless link to the transmitter, that will never happen while she owns the station.
 
I continue to wonder the same thing, why do we care about this station? Helen won't sell it. She won't fix it, and she really doesn't care. So until her sons are stuck with it, it won't be sold.
 
1250WTAE said:
I continue to wonder the same thing, why do we care about this station? Helen won't sell it. She won't fix it, and she really doesn't care. So until her sons are stuck with it, it won't be sold.
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I'm one of the people who got my start there. Can't speak for some of the others, but I hate to see it go this way.
 
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