KKOL Christian Radio Station's death rays bombard Tacoma Dome, threaten Jehovah's Witnesses

[Ian David]

Last month KKOL's new 50k watt transmitter at the Port of Tacoma threatened to blow up an urban oil refinery, kill innocent union dock workers, ruin the Western Washington economy, and endanger U.S security by hindering fuel supplies to McCord Air Base.

Now we learn their Big Throbber is suspected of electronic interference on nearby public address systems, making odd chatter on phone lines, and inappropriate speaker squawks at a recent Rascal Flatts concert at the Tacoma Dome.

"It's a real problem because it has made some of the intercom systems unusable," Rainier Connect's network manager Mike Bell told the Business Examiner. "Rascal Flats had the station coming in through their speakers. The Watchtower Folks have engineers working on the problem. We've got all these graduations coming up, too. I hope we can get a solution to this before then."

The 'Watchtower folks he's speaking of are the upcoming Jehovah's Witness May 18th convention- one of the Dome's biggest annual events.

KKOL, owned and operated by the ultraconservative, Christian Salem Communications, has so few listeners, it doesn't even show up in Arbitron's Seattle market ratings list, but they're hoping (praying might be more accurate) to build the station by upgrading syndicated programming, increasing wattage, and hiring local pros such as new Market Manager Joe Heslet, and former KIRO PD Tom Clendening.



More:
http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/2007/05/kkol_death_rays.html


See also:

kkan kkol kkick ass?
http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/2006/02/_kkan_kkol_kkic.html

And:

A Higher Frequency
How the rise of Salem Communications' radio empire reveals the evangelical master plan
By Adam Piore
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2005/12/higher_frequency.html

[shain from kane]

1. It's going to be Hell on Earth for the Jehovah's Witnesses.

[Schema Thing]

2. lol, maybe it will change their doctrine to believing in hell?

[WillParkinson]

3. Big Throbber?

So funny it MUST be true.

[MadHound]

4. Well, let's see if the FCC fines their ass off for having a shoddily constructed tower

There are 50+k stations all over the US, and they don't bleed in the nearby electronic infratstructure unless the quality of the tower and installation is sub standard. Generally the FCC doles out a fine and forces the offending station to clean up their signal. Let's see if that happens in this case.