Comments on: Kinda neat http://springstvtalk.freedomblogging.com/2009/06/26/kinda-neat/1413/ Local and national television news and opinion from Colorado Springs Gazette TV writer Andy Wineke Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:21:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Stephen Blake http://springstvtalk.freedomblogging.com/2009/06/26/kinda-neat/1413/#comment-2977 Stephen Blake Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:58:51 +0000 http://springstvtalk.freedomblogging.com/?p=1413#comment-2977 The date on the slides I shot during our adventure put it sometime in the winter of '69-'70. We knew the old transmitter way dying and we were looking for a backup while we worked with the CC administration and Chief Tyree to figure out the future of the station. In one of life's little coincidences, Mrs. Tyree was my 5th grade teacher at Skyway Elementary The date on the slides I shot during our adventure put it sometime in the winter of ‘69-’70. We knew the old transmitter way dying and we were looking for a backup while we worked with the CC administration and Chief Tyree to figure out the future of the station.

In one of life’s little coincidences, Mrs. Tyree was my 5th grade teacher at Skyway Elementary

]]> By: Andrew Wineke http://springstvtalk.freedomblogging.com/2009/06/26/kinda-neat/1413/#comment-2975 Andrew Wineke Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:42:25 +0000 http://springstvtalk.freedomblogging.com/?p=1413#comment-2975 That's a fascinating bit of history. How long ago was that? That’s a fascinating bit of history. How long ago was that?

]]> By: Stephen Blake http://springstvtalk.freedomblogging.com/2009/06/26/kinda-neat/1413/#comment-2973 Stephen Blake Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:40:38 +0000 http://springstvtalk.freedomblogging.com/?p=1413#comment-2973 There're a few more towers and transmitters up there than when Bud Edmonds donated KCMS' old backup to us at KRCC and we drove up to disassemble it and haul it down. After visiting the engineers living up there (the FCC required live monitoring of transmitters then) we took it apart and brought it down. Unfortunately, Bud had described the wrong unit to us so, we pulled his on line standby out, and had to put it back after a blizzard. KCMS didn't loose its main transmitter during the time and I don't think Bud ever let the FCC know about the situation -- which would have required re-certifying the transmitter and antenna. There’re a few more towers and transmitters up there than when Bud Edmonds donated KCMS’ old backup to us at KRCC and we drove up to disassemble it and haul it down.

After visiting the engineers living up there (the FCC required live monitoring of transmitters then) we took it apart and brought it down. Unfortunately, Bud had described the wrong unit to us so, we pulled his on line standby out, and had to put it back after a blizzard. KCMS didn’t loose its main transmitter during the time and I don’t think Bud ever let the FCC know about the situation — which would have required re-certifying the transmitter and antenna.

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