[BC] Re: Transmitters in houses

[Allen Sherrill]

>From: Xmitters at aol.com
>Seriously, I've wondered about the chief's family living with a working
>transmitter. Wonder what happens when the nephews, grandkids or even the 
>kids ask
>"Gee daddy, what would happen if I pushed this big red button?" or in the 
>case
>of the TV transmitter has this ever happened; "Well boss, here's the
>explanation of why we were off air during the soaps. My son was home with a 
>bad cold
>and he did not like what he saw on the transmitter TV monitor. So he pushed
>"plate off" thinking it was the channel changer button. He called me 
>shortly
>afterward to tell me that he had broken the great big funny looking TV 
>set."


Don't know if this counts but...not long ago at our Tucson stations, I was 
listening to our AM and heard the audio cut out several times during a spot. 
  When I got to the station, I noticed one of the DJs sitting in the AM 
studio with her 3-year-old son, who likes to push buttons.  Found out he had 
been exercising the "cough" button on the digital delay.

Allen Sherrill