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KMHD2 transmitter will launch station
The Advocate
MHCC is one step away from having a high definition radio station, according to broadcasting instructor J.D. Kiggins.
“Right now we’re waiting for the company who builds the transmitter to come and install it,” Kiggins said. “It’s a piece that has to be installed in a very specific way.”
Kiggins said the goal is to be up and running later this month.
The new station will broadcast on KMHD’s auxiliary station as KMHD2 on the high definition (HD) frequency, 89.1. Aside from the broadcast, there will also be an Internet stream.
“They (the students) are transitioning from managing the Internet only to managing the Internet stream and the HD broadcast,” Kiggins said, adding, “I’ll be excited to get this transition over with and see what it’s going to look like.”
KMHD’s chief engineer Clint Losey came in to install the equipment purchased with a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Aside from finishing the equipment aspect, shows are starting to be lined up. Kiggins said that non-program students are coming in to work with program students.
“This is not just for program people,” Kiggins said.
Broadcasting student Mara McCloskey said several shows have been scheduled for the station.
“Spinning Your Pulse” will be hosted by DJ Toast and LCN on Mondays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and will focus on gaming and electronica. “Subterranean Sounds,” hosted by Miss Mara, is also on Mondays from noon to 1 p.m. and will feature the top hip hop according to the College Music Journal. Austin Martin and Ben Finley will host “Face Melter” on Wednesdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. while Bryan Bennett will host a show focusing on hard rock on Saturdays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. called “Metal Shop.”
“We’ll be playing bands because the music is good,” McCloskey said. “We’re trying to bring it back to how radio should be because right now it’s really corporate.”
McCloskey is excited about the opportunity that the new station presents as well.
“I’m excited about having a wider listening base, a more professional sound, to be an actual radio station,” she said. “It’s the beginning of something new, so anything’s possible.”
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