Jim Dalke, CPBE AMD 8VSB CBNT – W7PB: The proposed legislation SB5000 was withdrawn by Senator Honeyford as a result of the response from the amateur radio community and professional radio broadcasters. It is possible that legislation will be reintroduced in the future with an exemption for towers associated with appropriate FCC licensing. I recently…
Westlake 1963 Westlake Electronic Supply is celebrating 60 years of service to the Northwest communications industry. In celebration of service since 1952, Westlake is holding a big Party and Trade Show July 26 from 2 to 10 pm at the Columbia Winery in Woodinville. Westlake Supply has been in the capable hands of the Granard…
Ken Broeffle is taking a position as Director of Engineering and IT for KUNC, Community Radio for Northern Colorado on August 6th. Ken was recently elected as Vice Chairman of SBE Chapter 16. We will miss Ken here as a longtime SBE member and a leader in the Northwest broadcast engineering community. Ken served several…
The FCC cleared the way for KKXA to begin commercial programming and has given the station the green light to operate its new transmitter facility in the Snohomish River Valley. The station will likely be the last new AM station in the Puget Sound broadcast market. In his explosive hit single “Country Must Be Country Wide” Brantley Gilbert sings “In every…
KRKO and KKXA are on the air! From Stephen Lockwood: KKXA is now broadcasting 10 kW non-directional on 1520 kHz from Snohomish. Those of you all with HD radios tell us where you can hear it. It will soon be 50 kW just a few more high voltage problems to chaise down. The FCC has…
Fisher Communications’ board has waged a fierce proxy battle against a slate of nominees proposed by FrontFour Capital, which, says Fisher, wanted to break up the company and sell it. In an SEC filing on its shareholders’ meeting, Fisher says it’s not yet ready to name the new board, but based on preliminary results, “it…
