Re: [IRCA] KTKR and KVLI

[Rick Lewis <ricklew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The now-defunct KTKR in Taft, CA was an interesting operation.
Gerald Mann and his mother Louise ran it out of their home from 1959 or so 
till the late 80s.
They also got the license for 103.9 FM, which probably netted them some 
serious bucks when the stations were sold.
It wasn't unusual to find them tracking an album to the end, followed by 
several minutes of dead air before someone remembered that the station 
needed attention.
It was a daytimer, but apparently it was always winter on Sundays, because 
signoff was 4:45 even in summer.
Despite what the maps may say, KVLI didn't put much of a signal into 
Bakersfield. I'm not surprised about its absence from DXers' logs.
Only a DXer would listen to it; your casual listener probably was totally 
unaware of its sign-on in around 1978-79. (going by memory here.)
Long before sunset, Las Vegas and Sacramento dominated 1140 in 
Bakersfield.
--
Rick


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