KTRB's First  Home On McHenry Ave.
1933-1941
Frank Trainer at KTRB controls  on McHenry Ave. June 1933
Mr. Adam Harksen, a German who came to the station every week to play the piano and announce the selections in broken English.
The original KTRB 250 Watt home-brew transmitter on 740 KCs. (1933) Built by Bill Bates.
L-R.  Cecil Lynch and Selden Palmer on front steps.

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Mrs. Carol Glass conducted the first children's talent program on KTRB beginning shortly after the station signed on  in June of 1933.  The photo on the left was taken in front of the original KTRB studios at McHenry and Sylvan. The photo on the right includes many of the performers on a parade float with Mrs. Glass.  Note, one of the two wooden poles that supported KTRB's antenna is visible in the upper left of the photo on the left.   KTRB used a wire strung between two wooden poles as it's antenna.  This type of antenna was commonly referred to as a "flatop" antenna.

(Courtesy of Sandra McCoy)