Re: [IRCA] KTKR and KVLI

[Mike Sanburn <mikesanburn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

'Guess I was lucky to log KTKR when I did. The pastor at my church always has stories about growing up in Taft CA. I've never visited there. I'm sure the AM 1310 allocation is long gone and likely wont ever reappear. Another 1310 station in CA that I was lucky enough to log back in the day was KIOT Barstow. There was a SS station there recently  (KIQQ?) Not sure if they are currently silent....ms

> Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 16:05:46 -0700
> From: ricklew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Subject: Re: [IRCA] KTKR and KVLI
> 
> 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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