[Kzyxtalk] Fwd: [MCN-Discussion]- Ukiah studio costs

[David Gurney]

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From: David Gurney <jugglestone at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [MCN-Discussion]- Ukiah studio costs
To: discussion at lists.mcn.org


I noticed the nice round figures of 50k and 100k, for a Ukiah satellite by
"KZYX Business Development."

Business Development?

& I challenge anyone to find one single public radio station in this known
universe, that does not publish a staff directory on their website.

...


On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 12:55 PM, King Collins <king at greenmac.com> wrote:

> KZYXtalk and others,
>
> John Sakowicz got it right on the Ukiah studio costs. As the right tackle
> on my high school football team used to say "A blind hog will find an acorn
> every now and then"  (Don't worry, John can take it. and if you don't
> believe it watch the recent board meeting, now available for viewing on
> www.mendocinotv.com. )
>
> John S said:
>
> ".... A Ukiah studio is as simple as renting studio time...and sending the
> signal to Philo via VoIP (Voice over Internet). A $50,000-$100,000 pricetag
> for a Ukiah studio is insane. No new physical studio is necessary. No new
> tower is necessary. No satellite uplink is necessary....When I first
> started my show with co-host Jay Johnson six years ago, we broadcast our
> show from a little studio in Jay' Johnson's office on State Street in
> Ukiah. It worked fine...."
>
> FROM THE ARCHIVES: The same idea was proposed by Interim GM. Here's a
> quote from my report of the May 10 2005, KZYX Board Meeting In Ukiah (full
> report at www.greenmac.com. I found it my searching for Mitchell Holman):
>
> "....Ukiah Studio Project. The new "Interim General Manager" Mitchell
> Holman promised to provide the Ukiah Studio Committee with an all-in-one
> computerized transportable console. I don't think that quite describes it
> right. The cost of about $5000.00 would be paid out of the funds already
> donated to KZYX for the Ukiah studio. It sounded like a good idea to me. I
> told him that the KMEC folks would need to see it, and he said he would
> email the information. This report and follow up materials will be sent to
> the techs in the Ukiah studio group, and other who express interest."
>
> That was as close as the Ukiah studio got to happening, and before long
> MItchell was gone as well as all thought of actually creating a Ukiah
> satellite studio. That was nine years ago.
>
> King Collins
>
> * * * *
> John Sakowicz said:
>
> ",,,, a Ukiah studio is as simple as renting studio time from KMEC and
> sending the signal to Philo via VoIP (Voice over Internet). A
> $50,000-$100,000 pricetag for a Ukiah studio is insane. No new physical
> studio is necessary. No new tower is necessary. No satellite uplink is
> necessary.
>
> I'll explain why.
>
> When I first started my show with co-host Jay Johnson six years ago, we
> broadcast our show from a little studio in Jay' Johnson's office on State
> Street in Ukiah. It worked fine. And it worked fine for more than a year.
> Jay Johnson was a software engineer. Brilliant guy.
>
> But Coate was threatened by our independence, I think. So, Coate found a
> bogus excuse to suspend Jay Johnson from the air -- something about a
> stupid contest Jay Johnson ran for about five minutes during a show. Jay
> Johnson told Coate to fu*k off and quit. My show was moved back to Philo,
> where it's been ever since. John (S)"
>
> * * * *
>
> David Steffan (KZYX staff) said:
>
> "....Many people wish to open a Ukiah studio and office. The issue is
> location and cost. The former is in progress. The latter will take, at
> minimum, between $50,000 and $100,000 dollars. That's being worked on as
> well. David"
>
> David Steffen
> KZYX Business Development
> (707) 895-2324 office
> (707) 322-9895 cell
> (707) 895-2451 fax
>
> * * * *
>
>
>
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