tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17544460.post9217687673419210004..comments2024-03-18T22:27:39.461-05:00Comments on St. Vincent Memories: KCND RevisitedTrishymousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10448388630980259659noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17544460.post-72194325010459111052020-01-13T01:04:27.983-06:002020-01-13T01:04:27.983-06:00The first summer of operation at KCND-TV revealed ...The first summer of operation at KCND-TV revealed a mysterious intermittent loss of signal on the STL between the studio and the transmitter site. I don't remember how long it took them to figure out that the problem was the result of heat rising from I-29 and bending the microwave signal to such extent that the picture would get 'snowy'. The solution was to erect a taller tower at the studio end which got the midcowave path high enough above the highway surface that the signal was no longer affected by the heat. Tom Bryant tjbdx@comcast.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17544460.post-84676236626312478962019-04-10T11:00:02.460-05:002019-04-10T11:00:02.460-05:00Where was the KCND-TV studio building located and ...Where was the KCND-TV studio building located and is it still there? Would like to use Google maps to locate, even if the building isn't there.ROBCANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852169660470080196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17544460.post-17288575011403872282010-02-23T22:49:22.208-06:002010-02-23T22:49:22.208-06:00I wish I could help you, but even after searching ...I wish I could help you, but even after searching my gmail account's archives, I can't find Dennis' email messages to me that he originally sent me anymore, which puzzles me but oh well. I'm really sorry but I can't put you in touch. And he originally found me, not him. He swooped in, I communicated with him for a bit, then now he's gone. I agree, I think they were a young bunch back then, exciting and different times!Trishymousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10448388630980259659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17544460.post-10483990634636973172010-02-23T22:31:07.611-06:002010-02-23T22:31:07.611-06:00I'm doing some early research for a post I'...I'm doing some early research for a post I'm planning for November on the 50th anniversary of KCND's and CJAY's race to get on air. (KCND won by a mere five days.) <br /><br />It would be great to hear more from Dennis or others on what it was like to work at the station -- especially in consideration of the fact that there are few people left with first-hand memories of life at the station.<br /><br />Somehow I imagine it as having been run by a very young staff just getting started in the industry, with everybody doing any job that needed to be done -- in short, a real adventure at a tiny TV station in a rather remote location.The View from Sevenhttp://theviewfromseven.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17544460.post-60835573708576033622008-12-06T19:36:00.000-06:002008-12-06T19:36:00.000-06:00I heard that a local customs broker was using it f...I heard that a local customs broker was using it for a warehouse, but that may only be rumor. But the building is still there, across from the bus plant...Trishymousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10448388630980259659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17544460.post-82093408353668495192008-12-01T23:28:00.000-06:002008-12-01T23:28:00.000-06:00What did they do with the old studios after KCND s...What did they do with the old studios after KCND shut down in 1975?<BR/><BR/>I was too young to remember anything of KCND, but it would be great to see some archival video posted to YouTube, if anything is still available after 33 years -- even if it's just a station ident.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com