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Ocean Shores station discusses tower backup, fiber, underwriting and merchandising plans
Summary
KOSW station staff reported on fiber options, the need for battery backup at the hilltop transmitter, recent event damage and underwriting/merchandise plans; the board left the battery decision as continuing old business and asked staff to return with more information.
Station staff reported progress on several operational fronts and flagged a persistent limitation on the station’s emergency reach: the main hilltop tower lacks backup power.
Butch, who delivered the station report, said he is exploring fiber service to the studio to improve streaming reliability and phone backups. “If we had fiber in there, it'd be a lot more consistent,” Butch told the board, describing intermittent streaming and phone issues at the studio during peak storms.
The meeting returned to a prior discussion about purchasing battery backup for the mountain transmitter. Financial documents reviewed during the meeting indicated unspent funds from a prior tower project; the transcript shows the board noting roughly $133,000 remaining in the account, but the…
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