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Anyone who worked in radio or TV stations prior to the computer and satellite era,  which began in the early '80s,  will remember how the news they delivered on the air reached them.  The main source was by teleprinters connected to telephones lines being fed by a news gathering companies including United Press which later became United Press International (UPI).
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In 1958 the first  European “pirate” broadcaster to begin  broadcasting from international waters was Radio Mercur. Established by a group of Danish businessmen the station transmitted  from a small ship anchored off Copenhagen, Denmark.  Radio Mercur's success  led to other groups starting similar ventures  including Radio Nord in 1960 anchored off Stockholm, Sweden.  Radio Veronica in 1960 began broadcasting in Dutch from an old light ship anchored off the Dutch coast and Radio Caroline off the Essex, England coast. 
Paul Harvey Aurandt,  better known as Paul Harvey died February 28, 2009 at the age of 90.
In the decades since her demise, the RMS Titanic has inspired countless books and several notable films while continuing to make headlines. The sinking of the Titanic Influenced Wireless Radio.
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Modern technology has catapulted the way broadcast stations deliver their programs.   Anyone who worked in radio or TV stations prior to the computer and satellite era,  which began in the early '80s,  will remember how the news they delivered on-the-air reached them.   In the "old days" the news,  gathered by reporters around the world, was fed to radio stations around the country primarily by telephone data and voice lines  (teletype machines and voice networks.).  Many stations were affiliated with a major network like NBC, CBS, ABC, & Mutual, to name a few, which was delivered by a newsreaders over network lines.    Additionally,  stations received news via teletype networks including United Press and Associated Press. (See "News delivered by teletype systems")  and local news copy which was prepared and delivered from local their stations.  Today,  satellites have become the transport method and computers the source greatly assisting  the newsreaders delivering the news on-the-air.
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Camouflaged cell sites
 
Hammond  U. S. Army Hospital
hidden hit counter
hit counter dreamweaver
In 1942 KTRB moved from its original home on McHenry avenue to a new site on Norwegian avenue in Modesto.  The station at the time purchased  a surplus 1000 watt AM transmitter from the McClatchy Corp. in Sacramento as a backup for their main transmitter.  This story,  by our museum President John Chappell,  concerns the removal of the transmitter from the building on Norwegian.  The building has been empty for years has been burglarized several times.  The museum group hopes to display the transmitter someday if we are ever successful in obtaining a building.)

MacKenzie Repeater tape cartridge machine.  In the early 50's the Mackenzie Repeater tape cartridge machine brought to the broadcasting industry the first machine designed for continuous endless tape loop operation.  The magazines (cartridges) were made of metal with an exposed loop of tape.
Mackenzie Repeater Cartridge Machine
Radio Stations Modesto Area Index

Stories of audience check for MJC radio survey – Call letters assigned to KB0X– Bates radio shop advertisement – MJB coffee Ad– Princess Theater – Emergency Radio Conelrad – Ralph Brown files application for Modesto TV station – KTUR  plans to build studio and towers on Quincy Avenue– Stanislaus State radio station test the airwaves – KPIX San Francisco becomes first northern California TV station– KBEE–FM to broadcast Modesto Reds baseball games and much more.
Do you want to know more about microphones?  Perhaps you have a question?  There's a good possibility that Gary Avey, "The Microphone Man",  will have the answer.  Click here for his index page.
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On June 18, 1933  KTRB AM,  740 KCs, became the first commercial broadcast station on the air in Modesto and Stanislaus County. The station later change frequencies to 860 KCs. Twenty-one additional stations joined them by 2006 . The last, KMPH, came on the air July 10, 2006.  Here is the rundown.
U.S. postage stamp from the 1970s
Local & Area Radio Station Logo's
KTRB promotional video featuring Fred Hunter from KTRB and an unknown  female.  The video primarily aired on the local cable systems in Modesto and Turlock in the 90's. (P.S. If you know the name of a female please let us know by e-mail.
Hidden cell phone towers, also referred to as camouflaged or stealth cell sites, come in various natural and architectural disguises - palm trees, evergreens, cactus, flag poles, street lamps, church steeples, lighthouses, grain silos, water towers, chimneys, contemporary artworks and clock towers. Faux rocks and boulders have been constructed to house additional electrical equipment at the base of such installations.  Here is a video and an excellent website on the subject.

1.  Link to YouTube video.
2.  Link to " In Plain Site: Betty Beaumont Project". Excellent webpage on concealed sites.
The age of Technicolor, epic dance numbers, high waists and sassy footwork fill the screen courtesy of Rita Hayworth, in a magnificently edited mashup to the Bee Gees' "Staying Alive. The video features clips from her most popular movies of the 40s  She appeared in 61 films and is listed by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 Greatest Stars of All Time.  Notable dancers Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire are featured with Rita.
The Ampex Electric Company of Redwood City, Ca was the premiere manufacturer of tape recording equipment going back to the days following WWII.  The founder of Ampex had been in the military and had discovered the German development of tape recording toward the end of the war.
Ampex Model 600