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This is the engineering workroom at KIEM, one of the known hangouts of Larry Dean. He designed and built these wonderful parts storage selves and also sorts the items put into the stocking boxes. |
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Located on a high majestic mountain top, near Kneeland, is the KIEM television transmitter facility. |
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Inside the building is the Harris TV channel 3 transmitter. |
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Just as radio operators on boats are commonly called "sparks", the Chief Engineer at a TV station often carries the moniker of "god". Here Bob Mottaz, with halo, recreates the miracle of loaves and fishes, filling empty plates with Costco pizza, much to the amazement of Ernie Earnshaw, one of the twelve and a KIEM production operator
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Six of the dishes used at KIEM. NBC network is delivered by satellite and airs live as it is received. Most of the other programs (ie Live with Regis, People's Court, Wheel of Fortune, etc ) are delivered by satellite and recorded on videotape for later playback. |
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Don Nelson attends to monitors in the KIEM master control as Live with Regis plays. Programs and news tapes play in decks to the left. Station break commercial and promo spot announcements play from computer digital files stored on hard disk. They play in sequence at the touch of a button. |
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The complete interstitial spot load of 2000 clips held on the disk array (arrow) replaces a whole room full of videotapes. Previously, people had to search the walls to find tapes and then load up a stack of VCRs before each and every station break. |
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April 2001 |
KIEM not only serves itself, it also helps others. Here the live news production truck is used by KEET to provide the microwave link needed for its broadcast coverage of the annual Rhododendron Festival children's parade. |
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The live truck mast is made of aluminum tubes that fit inside each other. Compressed air makes the telescope sections lift up. Here the tubes are dissassembled in order to replace the rubber seals and o-rings which keep the air pressure from leaking, and to clean the inside and outside surfaces for smooth running. Yet another fine job for Larry Dean. |
 May 2001 |
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One of the more exciting sporting events at KIEM is the monthly tape toss. These 3/4" tapes are so obsolete that it is not feasible to ship them out or reuse them. Ernie shows his NBC Olympic skill in this highly stylized event. Meanwhile FedEX, proud sponsor of the games, is busily delivering a fresh supply of tapes.
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