The neon sign on the tower had stopped working prior to me working there. Ken Williams had just recently put a folded unipole on the tower because the original ground system had been torn up from the incursion of business and age. Even at 5kW day and 1 night from there, that station played pretty well. Ironically, we had a stupid CB radio in the studio with the antenna on the tower, and jocks were expected to answer the thing when some trucker would call.
Remember the custom built Continental transmitter in the hallway outside the studio? Years later when the office building was sold, I just missed putting dibs on that transmitter, but it was scrapped. Not sure what I would have done with it, but it was one of a kind. Now only an old radio guy would appreciate the history, I suppose.
Jessica wanted to sell the station and figured the best way was to move the transmitter to get 5kW night. Ken managed to find the spot in Bellevue swampland, but tried to counsel Jessica that even though 5kW, the directional pattern and the poor ground conductivity in Bellevue would have been a downgrade in coverage. It didn't seem to matter, so they moved to the swamp and the station was sold shortly after for more than it was worth. And Ken was right.. Even at 10kW day and 5kW night, the signal on 1150 was a downgrade.
