The high desert is ripe with nasty lightning plus all the static.
Art did it right.
Sometimes I wish I didn't live in SoCal... I could see myself working (probably for free) at a local station like that again in my declining years.
Yes. There is a magic to the smaller radio stations of the past and the diminishing independents that still remain like KNYE. They have personality.
I grew up near WAPE 690, an AM rock and roll station. They had an indoor outdoor swimming pool in the front of the building for people to stop by and use. They also hand built a lot of their consoles and equipment and were a dedicated group of people. They were also home to Doug Tracht, aka the Greaseman, for many years early in his career. He was quite a character on the radio when he was here before he went large market. It was all local and people were invited to come by the studio.
In this day of automated corporate rubber-stamped stations, it is always a treat to see the small independent stations succeed. They are really what radio is about.