A late August tour of the La Mirada transmitter site tour sponsored by SBE Chapter 47 brought together an impressive collection of veteran chief engineers, including Marvin Collins, now 90, who was Chief Engineer of KFI (AM) 640 between 1976 and 2000, along with current CE Doug Irwin.
The iHeartMedia crew maintains impressive redundancy, including three capable transmitters, two independent antennas, electric generator, and standby studio.
Many thanks to GatesAir and their regional sales rep, Ron Lane, for helping to support SBE Chapter 36 activities. It was great to see Ron at our September meeting. Ron, a veteran broadcaster himself from KKOS Carlsbad, had worked for Pacific Research & Engineering before the company was acquired by Harris, that later split into two companies, one of which is today’s GatesAir.
We had a nice turnout at Dirty Birds in the SDSU College Area on September 17.
Many thanks to Ron Lane and GatesAir for sponsoring our lunch!
The FCC’s ETRS (EAS Test Reporting System) Form One filing window is now open. Due on October 3rd, this is mostly a time to update contact information for stations as there will be no national test (NPT) this year.
On August 13, 2025, SBE Chapter 36 toured the recently remodeled KPBS FM and TV studios on the SDSU campus. We were pleasantly surprised to see so many veteran KPBS staff engineers join us.
Many thanks to Tony McDaid and Tom Guidry for showing us around.
