[BC] Re:CATV and RCA BTF-10D

[Mike McCarthy]

I heard he was a decent guy to work for...but didn't want to spend much 
money on things.  Typical small market. But he had a 2nd transmitter on 
both stations, plus the 5KW at the studio from the original 
installation.  So I know someone pressed for those items and he realized 
the importance.  I have the genset from the site as well.

Were you around when they built the tower on 23?  Is that an Atlas 
tower?  I found some drawings for it, but I'm not sure if that's the 
manufacturer or not.

MM

At 11:25 AM 11/11/2005 -0500, Paul Christensen wrote
>>I didn't know you spent time there Paul. When were you working there?
>
> From 1980 through 1983 when I finished at NIU.  Jerry Cerny was a great 
> boss to report to.  He allowed me to work as much as I wanted, whenever I 
> wanted and insisted that work at his stations shouldn't affect school 
> work.  He's was one in a million.  I last spoke with Jerry about two 
> years ago and he was still in good health as he neared 90 years of age.
>
>The other memorable moment was living through the great Kishwaukee River 
>flood during the summer of '83.  Jeff Glass will remember that one as he 
>was working at WNIU just down the road.  The WLBK and WDEK studios were 
>completely flooded with waist-high water.  After the river receded, we 
>spent a week washing all the equipment, drying it, and placing it back in 
>service.
>
>Back at Jeff's studio on College Avenue, they shared a portion of the 
>building with the university's art department.  The art department had 
>several commercial-grade ovens for use with various art and sculpture 
>projects.  We used those ovens at a low temperature to bake the moisture 
>out of a lot of equipment.  In the end, I believe we were able to breathe 
>life back into all affected equipment.  The river water literally came 
>within 1-2 inches from filling Jeff's studio.
>
>The WDEK transmitter site was used as a temporary studio for about a week 
>during the flood.  No bathrooms of course, and at the time, there was 
>nothing on that section of the highway to use with the exception of the 
>Com-Ed payment center across the street.  They were accommodating but the 
>staff had to make a mad rush to use their facilities and get back all 
>within the duration of a long song!
>
>The air filtering system at the site was awful.  Glad to hear they 
>recently added HVAC as well as the Harris TX.  The amount of dust created 
>by the local farmer tilling the soil behind the building contributed to a 
>lot to the premature equipment demise.
>
>Paul
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