The AM is on (and other matters)

We finally did it! It's on the air. There were a few programming issues, what with Mr. Snow taking the White House gig, but it's going very well. So well, in fact, that when the Angels pre-empted Rush yesterday, we received a lot of phone calls. That's a good news, bad news deal. I don't like anyone to be unhappy, but it was nice to know we had that many listeners. This has not been easy. Here's a short list of some of the stuff we have endured to get this baby up and running:

New Transmitter
New STL (that's the thing that sends the signal from here to there)
Had to remove AM and FM STL antennas from the tower.
New electrical work at the site
Wiring of all of the closures (this tells my computer what to do)
Install computer for automation of channel changes.

In the process of all of that, on one windy day, our big door to the transmitter building blew off.

So it was the usual suspects helping out (thanks Steve and Keith!) but the amount of help and hours worked from other folks really helped. Starting with John at Security Engineering and his staff. They made a doorway and put in a very nice foor. Al Huey, and his crew for teh electrical work, and then a special one to Al for his complete overhaul of the building. It's a Taj Mahal now. Steve again for the rush on the STL and Nick (my son) and his friend James for getting the antenna pointed in the right direction and a very windy and cold day. And last but NOT least, or engineer (who's shall remain nameless for his own preotction, since our compeition are jerks and can't mind their own business) who put in our transmitter and processor and made the station sound "Major Market".

We're off and running and we have listeners already. How do I know this? An Angel game pre-empted Rush yesterday and boy did we get some angry calls. We're talking about recording Rush on those days and playing him back after the game. We'll see.