Results Radio Fights Fire With Fervor
For a week, the four impacted stations broadcast via a temporary “Cell On Wheels” (COW) tower set up the parking lot. The 106-foot structure weighs 14,000 pounds and was transported up Interstate 5 from Educational Media Foundation’s Sacramento headquarters. Four broadband vertical dipole antennas were spaced at the top, fed by four 300-watt transmitters.
This past weekend, Results’ Chief Technology Officer Ron Castro led a team composed of Redding Chief Engineer Tom Morris, Andy Forbes Technologies, and the crew from Steve Wilde‘s SWE Services and American Amplifier Technologies LLC up the burned-out South Fork Mountain (elevation 5,482 feet) with a temporary 10×16 container and 25kW diesel generator to return the four impacted stations to service as PG&E works to restore site power. The Redding team also mounted a community fund-drive, dubbed, “Rebound. Recover.” The team has been collecting cash donations with local remote broadcasts, augmented by Results’ sister stations in Chico, Yuba City and Sacramento. [Special thanks to Dave Shakes]