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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

In Oklahoma City...Is "The Spy" Coming In From The Cold?

Today, I received a rather happy bit of news about a good old signal in Oklahoma City that might light up Alternative again...

Get your best FM antennas out and tuned to 105.3 MHz, folks...it's gonna be a bumpy ride!

Of course, I like to look at the bigger picture, and to me it looks like the big radio congloms are staring despondently at their ledgers, noticing that the "accounts receivable" section doesn't even come close to covering the section marked "debts past due", and then wondering what they can sell cheap to get some money in the door, and then thinking...maybe they can sell some of those stations they overpaid for.

What that means is...fringe FM signals cheap! Within the purchasing range of the true believers! And our old Altrok pal Ferris O'Brien is certainly a true believer and, of course, the standard-bearer for the classic 105.3 The Spy (even continuing with his SpyRadio show for quite a long time at nearby rock station KATT, as well as his stint here at altrokradio.com) ...will he get his wish? Stay tuned.

By the way, Oklahoma Citians, it's easy to make a really good FM antenna that pulls in weak stations. Get some speaker wire (about 15 feet will do), some electrical tape and a long, thin stick. Starting at one end of the speaker wire, split the two wire leads and spread them so that they make a "T", with the unsplit wire making the base of the T and the two split wires making the top of it. Tape the split wires to the stick so that the top of the "T" is as close to straight as possible; for 105.3 MHz, the top of the T should be exactly 4 feet, 5-11/32 inches wide, with the unsplit wire coming in right at the center. Then connect the unsplit end to your FM radio's antenna leads, and point it in the right direction...

In the meantime, here in central NJ, that antenna would measure 5 feet, 2-1/16 inches wide for 90.5 ... and have I mentioned the rather nice Insignia HD Radio at Best Buy?

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