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92.3 KFII In Genoa, CO
I’ll keep this one short and sweet. I mostly want to keep some pictures here. This is a site owned and operated by Scott Scarborough (Showcasesound.com). Located atop a grain silo, this is a roughly 1.5-2kW 4-bay FM transmitter. Here’s a view of the grain silo that the antenna is on. The astounding views from…
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Visit To The Cheyenne Mountain Transmitter Farm
Thanks to Ray and Bill over at Cumulus Media I was given the opportunity to come see another one of Colorado’s most prolific broadcast transmitter sites. This is a 40+ acre antenna farm up at over 9,500ft on Cheyenne Mtn. Colorado Springs. Yes, the one on top of NORAD. This massive complex is home to…
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Trip to the KVOR 740kHz AM Transmitter (Colorado Springs)
Ray Uberecken, broadcast engineer for the local Cumulus Media branch was kind enough to show me around the site for the KVOR AM transmitter located in Black Forest northeast of Colorado Springs, CO. This was a fascinating trip that taught me a lot about the trials and tribulations of running a true broadcast radio station.…
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