[BC] Terrestrial Radio fights back

[Steve Newman]

This is probably urban legend but for what it's worth. Aren't (weren't) the 
towers located on the turnpike? That being answered here goes the story. I 
heard for years KOMA had an illegal setup underground that could put out, 
well let's leave it at "illegal power". This was discovered when the snow 
was suspiciously melting near the exhaust areas of the transmitters and 
there was no other snow melting around this particular area. I could hear 
KOMA a bit too clear where I lived in San Francisco out by the ocean on a 
regular basis and that was would correspond to the times you give (CST) and 
probably when they were shoving the power in a westward direction. I would 
tend to believe this story as opposed to the one I'd heard for years. It is 
a good story...for the movies. :)

I remember them as being a great station in the 60's. When you listen to 
airchecks you wonder where your head was. You should have heard Casey Kasem 
on KEWB in the early 60's. He was AWFUL! (Casey at the Bat)

Steve Newman
Steve Walker Productions
Opp, AL  36467


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DHultsman5 at aol.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Terrestrial Radio fights back



> The mighty KOMA in OKlahoma  was , when operated correctly    DA night
> towards the west
> to protect WBKW.   But they received one of the FCC's early  $10,000 fines
> for switching back to Non-DA  as early as 10 PM at night and  many time at
> midnight.
>
> They used to claim "Coast to Coast and Border to Border,  the Mighty  1520
> KOMA in Oklahoma."  I recall driving non stop with a group of guys to  LA 
> in
> the early '60's and at 4 AM coming down the mountain into the LA area
> listeniong to KOMA already into morning drive.
>
> Dave