The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, July 1, 1977 Page: 4 of 12
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Rice radio relocates transmitter to SRC trashroom
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by Philip Parker
"This is KTRU, Rice radio,
transmitting with an effective
radiated power of 350 from the
trash room at the base of the
Sid Rich tower..
Placing their transmitter in
a storage room and connecting
it with 140 feet of coaxial cable
ran through an abandoned
trash chute was not what the
engineers at Rice radio really
wanted to do. But these
masters of improvisation, or
"kluge" as they put it, have
survived a major flood and
reconstruction and now the
sealing off of the colleges for
the summer.
Formerly the KTRU trans-
mitter was located in the
elevator room atop Sid Rich, a
few feet from the antenna.
When Buildings and Grounds
decided to cut power to the
colleges, KTRU was informed
that they would be denied
access to Sid Rich in an effort
to maintain constant humidi-
ty in the building. Federal
Communications Commission
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rules require weekly checks of
the broadcasting equipment,
so the radio had to move the
transmitter or go off the air for
the summer.
According to station
manager Eric Sisson, there
were three important consider-
ations for remaining on the air
this summer. The station had
already suspended operations
for three months within the
past year while they repaired
flood damage and could not
afford another extended
layoff. Another extended
hiatus would only make it
more difficult to persuade
record companies to supply
the station with the albums it
needed. Sisson also noted that
proposed FCC regulations
would require weekly schedul-
ing year round for all stations.
"While the rules haven't been
passed yet," he explained, "to
close down would be detrimen-
tal to our license."
KTRU could have moved
their transmitter off campus,
but approval to move the
antenna would necessitate
getting FCC approval which
would take up to a year to get.
Even if they could have found
a building that would allow
them to use their roof, the
station would have to invest in
a microwave unit costing
about $4200 or rent phone
lines to connect the transmit-
ter to the antenna.
Fortunately the staff found
a shed off Sid Rich used to
store food service trash cans
and walled off a portion of it
for the transmitter. During the
Memorial Day weekend, the
engineering staff moved the
transmitter and ran 140 feet of
cable up an unused trash chute
after clearing out a two floor
high stack of SRC debris.
To maintain the same power
the station had to use sealed
coaxial cable with dry air
pumped through the cable.
The cost for the line along with
the pump and desicator was
about $3300. Since the move
was part of B&G's energy
conservation program the cost
will be paid by B&G.
After obtaining a Special
Temporary Approval for the
move, the radio resumed
broadcasting June 8 and plans
to continue a 4pm to 4am daily
schedule all summer. Or at
least until the next disaster.
Bush to join Jones faculty
Former Ambassador George
Bush is joining the faculty of
the Jesse H. Jones Graduate
School of Administration as
an adjunct professor of
Administration.
"We expect Ambassador
Bash to play a significant part
in the teaching process at the
Jones School," Robert R.
Sterling, dean of the school
said. "We are interrelating
Business and Public Manage-
ment in our new master's
program. Ambassador Bush
has a wealth of experience in
both government and
business management that
will be of immense value to the
education of our students. We
also are offering a concen-
tration in international
management in which the
Ambassador's expertise will
provide an important added
dimension. His wide range of
personal accomplishments in
the private and public sectors
will add weight and substance
to his lectures and seminars on
the Rice campus."
Bush is former Director of
the Central Intelligence
Agency, a former U.S.
Ambassador to the United
Nations, and former Chief of
the U.S. Liason Office in the
People's Republic of China. He
also has been a U.S.
Congressman from Texas and
head of the Republican
National Committee.
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Parker, Philip. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, July 1, 1977, newspaper, July 1, 1977; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245338/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.