THIS SUMMER, THE OLD KMAQ FM-

TRANSMITTER GAVE UP THE GHOST.   WE FOUND

               ANOTHER OLD  ONE IN DAVENPORT TO KEEP US ON THE AIR.

THE LIKE-NEW REPLACEMENT ONE FROM DUBUQUE

ARRIVED TODAY.     IT IS BEING  UNLOADED

ABOVE BY JOHN PORTER, TOM MESSERLI

AND MARK BECK.   TOM (MAYOR) IS OUR

ENGINEER AT KMAQ AND JOHN HELPS HIM

WHEN NEEDED.    TOM IS A FIREMEN

AND TALKED CHIEF BECK INTO HELPING MOVE

THE HEAVY TRANSMITTER FROM WHERE IT

RECENTLY WAS REPLACED BY A  NEW ONE,

IN DUBUQUE.    THAT STATION WANTED TO GO WITH

A DIGITAL TRANSMITTER AT THEIR NEW TOWER LOCATION.

OUR THANKS TO  JOHN REGAN OF RCS

COMPUTERS AND APPLIANCES IN MAQUOKETA FOR

LETTING KMAQ USE HIS TOMMY-LIFT  PICKUP.

SOON, IN A DAY OR TWO, THE ABOVE TRANSMITTER

WILL BE PUT ON-THE-AIR.

   FROM NOW ON, WE WILL HAVE TWO FM

TRANSMITTERS,  AS WE WILL KEEP

THE  OLDER ONE WE HAVE BEEN USING FOR

EMERGENCY USE IN THE FUTURE.

CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE.   

DENNIS VOY