Monday, September 28, 2009

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY....HIGH ONLY OF 58.
TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY AND AGAIN,  A HIGH IN UPPER 50'S.
WE MIGHT GET DOWN TO AN OVERNIGHT LOW OF AROUND 32 BEFORE THE WEEK IS OVER.

THE JACKSON COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR AUGUST WAS 7.4 PERCENT,
UP FROM 7.2 PERCENT IN JULY.

MAQUOKETA POLICE REPORTED THE THEFT OF A 12 SPEED BLUE MONTAIN
BIKE,  TAKEN WHILE ON THE GRASS AT THE MAQUOKETA POST OFFICE AROUND 7 SATURDAY NIGHT.

A SABULA  WOMAN, BRENDA WAGNER, AGE 46,  WON A $250,000 LOTTERY PRIZE AND PICKED UP HER WINNINGS FRIDAY IN CEDAR RAPIDS.  SHE BOUGHT THE $10 SCRATCH GAME AT THE HOP N SHOP IN SABULA.    SHE IS A LINE ASSEMBLER AT THE ELKA MANUFACTURING COMPANY IN SAVANNA, ILLINOIS.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AT 6 TONIGHT.

A BIRTH.   A GIRL BORN TO JIM AND BRENDA VANKEUREN OF SEVERN, MD...BORN SUNDAY.    GRANDPARENTS ARE DENNIS AND JANET STANGE OF MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

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


JOHN PORTER OF MAQUOKETA, GUIDING
IT INTO THE SMALL BUILDING OUT AT THE
BASE OF OUR TOWER AT BRIDGEPORT,
JUST NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA A COUPLE
MILES.     BRIDGEPORT  WAS ONCE A PLOTTED
CITY AND HAD A ONE-ROOM SCHOOL AND
STILL HAS A CEMETERY.   JONN, NOW A
RETIRED ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN WHO
WORKED FOR THE STATE, WAS KMAQ'S
CHIEF ENGINEER IN THE  60'S WHEN KMAQ-
FM FIRST WENT ON-THE-AIR IN 1967.
JOHN'S MOTHER, BY THE WAY, WAS WELL
KNOWN IN MAQUOKETA AS SHE WROTE
FOR THE MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPER.
HER NAME WAS GLEE PORTER.

MARK BECK HELPING TO SLIDE IT
IN PLACE AFTER LETTING IT DOWN
FROM TRUCK AND GUIDING IT
THROUGH THE REMOVEABLE
WALL PANEL IN THE TRANSMITTER
BUILDING.

          When you need to have something moved,
         call PORTER, MESSERLI & BECK, LTD.
in Maquoketa.....pictured left to right.
    Here they are, standing in front of KMAQ'S
   low-milliage FM transmitter, ready to push
out the KMAQ programs in a day or two.
               It's a 10 thousand watt transmitter, but 
            we can NOT run it at full power.    Our
           license is for 6kw.        DENNIS VOY