We were running a
Gates BC-1G transmitter with 1 kilowatt into a quarter wave tower with a really
good ground system...120 radials quarter wave long...had good processing for
the time, The Gates Solid Statesman compressor and limiter at the transmitter and
an older Gates Sta Level at the studio with an equalized phone line to the
transmitter site. I have a couple air checks from there and one tape that was
sent by a DX-er from Finland who picked us up. We were live a lot more than
most stations...live from 6am-11, from 1-2, and from 4 to midnight. The AM was
top 40 most of the time, with two hours of country. The top 40 had a heavy soul
mix in. Weekends were mostly oldies. The FM was automated taped beautiful music
except 7-10 pm weeknights when there were specialty shows...classical, folk,
oldies, album rock, etc. FM was 200 watts. TV was 100 watts on Channel 2. We
were on 3 pm till 1 am weeknights...noon til 2 am on weekends...did half hour
of news and weather at 6 and 10 every day and a live kids show on Saturday
morning...for a time did a Saturday dance show and a quiz show sort of like
College Bowl. I was there 1972-73. The station was actually on before it was an
AFRTS affiliate. Kagnew Station was an Army Security Agency site and we had no
trouble getting anything we needed! There were 4 am studios including a news
room with 2 reel to reels, cart recorder and 4 cart playbacks, FM stereo studio
with 2 Scully reel to reels and cart recorder and playback, gates automation
system for FM with 4 reel to reels, two carousel cart players and three single
play carts...a small and large AM production studio. Control room in AM had
Gatesway II, and there were Sold Statesman boards in the smaller studios and in
FM control. TV control had a Grass Valley Switcher and a Sparta ten pot audio
board...we had Norelco cameras but I can't remember what the film chain was. No
tape in TV in those days. We did shoot both film and slides for TV and the post
film processor was across the street as part of PAO and they did processing and
film editing for us.
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