tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600560384355436278.post8616392007937933891..comments2024-02-24T15:19:02.095-08:00Comments on SPARK NEWS: THE RADIO STATION IS IN MY BEDROOM!Ken Mills Agency, LLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00792966356989583664noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600560384355436278.post-85228388705019958332020-05-30T07:05:45.534-07:002020-05-30T07:05:45.534-07:00KSOI resides in a 1890's mansion built by a ra...KSOI resides in a 1890's mansion built by a railroad speculator/surveyor (hence all of the wood in this house). The house was in need of significant repair when I bought it in 2007, but it had good bones and with a lot of elbow grease, got it back into shape. Fun fact, KSOI started broadcasting at the end of summer in 2013, the old boiler system with cast iron pipes and grand cast iron radiators had failed and I was working to replace/restore all pipes with Pex and install a new boiler simultaneously with getting KSOI on the air. Our first and only employee started in October, had to use a space heater and blankets while at the station. I don't think I got the heat working till about December. Now all is good and keeps getting better, I just got AC installed last year.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13485884311136948475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600560384355436278.post-59716917389388823462020-05-30T06:53:49.943-07:002020-05-30T06:53:49.943-07:00KSOI is a full power 19kW FM station. We serve a ...KSOI is a full power 19kW FM station. We serve a 12 county rural area in Southern Iowa and brush into Northern Missouri. We are grateful for our supportive community and continue to broadcast a unique locally generated broadcasts in the US tailored to the listeners of Southern Iowa. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13485884311136948475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600560384355436278.post-15361857841807826342017-05-11T03:15:58.791-07:002017-05-11T03:15:58.791-07:00It's quite rewarding to see the many LPFM stat...It's quite rewarding to see the many LPFM stations that serve their communities with pride by giving a voice to those towns and cities which may not be served by a larger, corporately owned radio voice. It's also interesting to note the author's commented about their teen years with Part 15 radio. While nowhere near the coverage of an LPFM there's a growing population utilizing legal, license free Part 15 AM radio to serve their neighborhoods, school campuses and special business applications such as shopping malls and tourist attractions. This growing subset of microbroadcasters legally fill the niche where there's a lack of spectrum to acquire a construction permit for even the most modest LPFM facility.Bill DeFelice - HobbyBroadcaster.nethttp://www.hobbybroadcaster.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600560384355436278.post-28556840740742220492017-05-10T06:19:58.432-07:002017-05-10T06:19:58.432-07:00FWIW, I believe Radio Malibu couldn't join NPR...FWIW, I believe Radio Malibu couldn't join NPR not because KPCC or KCRW, but because NPR requires a minimum number of five full-time staff from an affiliate station.<br /><br />Also, that's a studio in his spare bedroom???? WOW. Those wooden wall baffles are usually a sign of Russ Berger Design Group, and he's not cheap! It looks rilly, rilly nice but I wonder how an LPFM could afford that.Aaron Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07971835990882097517noreply@blogger.com