{"id":58571,"date":"2023-12-24T13:00:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58571"},"modified":"2023-12-24T08:32:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T12:32:06","slug":"kggfs-old-time-christmas-radio-drama-and-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/kggfs-old-time-christmas-radio-drama-and-music\/","title":{"rendered":"KGGF’s Old-Time Christmas Radio Drama and Music!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, James Copeland (KD\u00d8ICP), who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi Thomas,<\/p>\n

Hope you are doing well. A few years ago, I sent you a story about radio dramas we were doing on my college radio station, KSDB in Manhattan, KS<\/a>. Well, I’m now working at KGGF in Coffeyville, KS, continuing the tradition on this heritage AM station.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, we broadcast a community Christmas program to benefit our local theater in town that is being restored. The broadcast featured two old-time radio dramas and local music. Coffeyville, KS is a small town with a population under 9,000, but it has one of the oldest and largest radio stations in the area. 10 KW day and 5 KW night on 690 kHz. I thought some in your audience might enjoy trying to tune in Christmas morning at 8 a.m. CST for the rebroadcast of the program. A link for more information and the audio as well is available here:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/kggfradio.com\/local-news\/721426<\/a><\/p>\n

For those who are interested in the technical details of the broadcast, I used two ribbon mics and the main microphones, an RCA 77-DX and an RCA BK-11. The room acoustics proved to be a bit of a challenge with the final mix, but the whole thing was live with no edits and while it was far from perfect, I think the genuine nature of the community program shines through. The signal was sent to the station using a VHF Marti remote pickup unit. This particular recording was made at the station.<\/p>\n

Also, if your readers are interested in submitting QSL reports, I would be glad to answer them. We usually get a few throughout the year, and I especially enjoyed a report early this year from some of the serious DXers in Norway!<\/p>\n

Merry Christmas and 73!<\/p>\n

James Copeland, KD\u00d8ICP<\/p>\n

Many thanks, James, for sharing this here on the SWLing Post. We all love a good radio production! It’s brilliant that you’ve brought this tradition to Coffeyville, KS!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve also linked to the audio file of the broadcast below:<\/strong><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/kggfradio.com\/assets\/files\/ACoffeyvilleChristmas.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, James Copeland (KD\u00d8ICP), who writes: Hi Thomas, Hope you are doing well. A few years ago, I sent you a story about radio dramas we were doing on my college radio station, KSDB in Manhattan, KS. Well, I’m now working at KGGF in Coffeyville, KS, continuing the tradition on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,433,3,305],"tags":[625,6607,10404,7478,7089],"class_list":["post-58571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-nostalgia","tag-am-radio","tag-james-copeland","tag-kggf","tag-otr","tag-radio-plays"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-feH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29006,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/video-watch-students-at-ksdb-perform-a-numbers-station-radio-drama\/","url_meta":{"origin":58571,"position":0},"title":"Video: Watch students at KSDB perform a numbers station radio drama","author":"Thomas","date":"October 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, James Copeland, who writes: I have enjoyed reading the SWLing Post for years and appreciate all your hard work. 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