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Kimberly L. King
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The document is the operator's manual for KALX 90.7 FM radio station. It contains information about station rules and procedures, including details on the Emergency Alert System (EAS), transmitter controls, and guidelines for phone-in segments. The manual instructs operators to never remove it from the air studio and provides contact information for the station, located at 26 Barrows Hall at the University of California, Berkeley.

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kalx 90.7 fm Operators Manual Berkeley, CA, USA Last updated: 30 September 2014 KALX 90.7 FM 26 Barrows Hall UC Berkeley, CA 94720 (510) 642-1111 Email: mail@kalx.berkeley.edu
kalx 90.7 fm Contact: KALX 90.7 FM 26 Barrows Hall UC Berkeley, CA 94720 (510) 642-1111 Email: mail@kalx.berkeley.edu Document number 01-2014, Berkeley, CA, USA 28 September 2014 Copyright 息 2014, KALX 90.7 FM. The information contained in this document is the exclusive, confidential and proprietary property of KALX 90.7 FM and is protected under the trade secret and copyright laws of the U.S. and other international laws, treaties and conventions. No part of this work may be disclosed to any third party or used, reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any infor-mation storage or retrieval system, without first receiving expressed written permission of KALX 90.7 FM. Except as otherwise noted, all trademarks appearing here are herein proprietary to KALX 90.7 FM.
iii KALX Operators Manual control room rules NEVER REMOVE THIS BINDER FROM THE AIR STUDIO You may check out a copy of this manual from the Training Director or Program Director, or perhaps get it on line. Any questions or concerns about the content should be addressed to the station engineer. STUDIO RULES 金 No Smoking This means tobacco, weed, incense, candles, or other smoke producing material. Any substance producing smoke could easily set off alarms and devices that will render the station unusable. 金 No Liquids Coffee, Calistoga, beer, soda, vases of flowers, fish bowls, etc. Leave it on the floor or table outside the studios. 金 No Food Leave it outside the studios on a counter, table, or floor. NEVER REMOVE THIS BINDER FROM THE AIR STUDIO
iv KALX Operators Manual table of contents control room rules iii SECTION ONE - INTRO SECTION ONE - INTRO table of contents iv emergency phone numbers 01 glossary 02 SECTION TWO - ALL THINGS DJ all programmers must know... 03 block diagram - broadcast 04 emergency preparedness procedures 06 safety 12 in case of an fcc inspection 14 reading the dorrough meters 20 obscenity, indecency & profanity 22
v KALX Operators Manual table of contents what to do if the next dj doesnt show up 27 SECTION ONE - INTRO SECTION THREE - EAS what is the eas? 29 when you receive an eas signal 32 to send a weekly test 37 receiving & sending a monthly test 40 logging an eas message 42 SECTION FOUR - TRANSMITTER CONTROL transmitter status light chart 44 how to take meter readings 46 alarm conditions 49 turning off the transmitter from the studio 52
vi KALX Operators Manual table of contents raising & lowering transmitter power 55 SECTION ONE - INTRO SECTION FIVE - PHONE INS air studio - phone-ins 57 news - studio phone-ins 60 production studio - phone-ins 63 sports - broadcast [overview] 66 sports - home games phone-ins 69 sports - home games using campus loop 74 sports - remote, on the road broadcasts 79
02 KALX Operators Manual SECTION ONE - INTRO glossary CAPCON Common Alerting Protocol Converter DJ Disc Jockey EAS Emergency Alert System FCC Federal Communications Commission GM General Manager OC Operations Coordinator ID Identification RF Radio Frequency RFL PWR Reflected Power [in the antenna] RMT Required Monthly Test TX Transmit UCPD University of California Police Department VLT Voltage VU Volume Unit XMTR Transmitter
KALX OPERATORS MANUAL 29 The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is the system whereby Federal, State, and Local authorities can send safety alerts to various geographic areas by way of public media. The EAS is a web-like system of communication interlinks utilizing both analog radio, and digital information via the internet. EAS signals come directly from KCBS (AM) and KQED (FM). The third source is from a computer in the engineering room that listens constantly for messages coming over the internet (CAPCON). For all alerts, our broadcast is interrupted and the official message is passed on from the originator of the message, through KALX to our listeners. Tests that are received are not re-broadcast by KALX, except for the Required Monthly Test (RMT), which happens only SECTION THREE - EAS what is the eas?
KALX Operators Manual 30 ...the Required Monthly Test (RMT) which occurs on the second Tuesday of the month. SECTION THREE - EAS on the second Tuesday of the month. The EAS signal begins with the buzzy burst of information repeated three times. If the signal is a test, there is the familiar two-tone attention signal, a short test message, and then the end tones. An alert follows the same program, but the voice message is specific to whatever the alert is about, a Child Abduction Emergency (CAE), a Shelter in Place, etc. When the signal is detected, the EAS receiver turns on, decodes the information, prints the log tape, and, if warranted, interrupts our broadcast with the alert or RMT message. .. TESTS .. We broadcast weekly tests on a random schedule. Once a month, these tests are coordinated with all the other participating radio, television and cable stations in the Bay Area; this is the RMT. All stations will re-broadcast this test within 15 minutes of receiving the test from KCBS, KQED, or CAPCON. These RMT tests received on a monthly basis are automatically forwarded by KALX. This is why your show may be interrupted in the middle of a cut.
KALX Operators Manual 31 ...an alert will immediately interrupt the show that is on the air. SECTION THREE - EAS .. ALERTS .. The receiver in Air is programmed to receive alerts and digitally process the information that is received. The receiver filters the messages and automatically forwards the ones that apply to our local counties. Again, an alert will immediately interrupt the show that is on the air.
transmitter status light chart KALX OPERATORS MANUAL 44 The layout of the Burk Technology (AKA The Burk) transmitter remote control system and the light chart status alarm descriptions are viewable on the next page. SECTION FOUR - TRANSMITTER CONTROL
KALX Operators Manual 45 SECTION FOUR - TRANSMITTER CONTROL

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  • 1. kalx 90.7 fm Operators Manual Berkeley, CA, USA Last updated: 30 September 2014 KALX 90.7 FM 26 Barrows Hall UC Berkeley, CA 94720 (510) 642-1111 Email: mail@kalx.berkeley.edu
  • 2. kalx 90.7 fm Contact: KALX 90.7 FM 26 Barrows Hall UC Berkeley, CA 94720 (510) 642-1111 Email: mail@kalx.berkeley.edu Document number 01-2014, Berkeley, CA, USA 28 September 2014 Copyright 息 2014, KALX 90.7 FM. The information contained in this document is the exclusive, confidential and proprietary property of KALX 90.7 FM and is protected under the trade secret and copyright laws of the U.S. and other international laws, treaties and conventions. No part of this work may be disclosed to any third party or used, reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any infor-mation storage or retrieval system, without first receiving expressed written permission of KALX 90.7 FM. Except as otherwise noted, all trademarks appearing here are herein proprietary to KALX 90.7 FM.
  • 3. iii KALX Operators Manual control room rules NEVER REMOVE THIS BINDER FROM THE AIR STUDIO You may check out a copy of this manual from the Training Director or Program Director, or perhaps get it on line. Any questions or concerns about the content should be addressed to the station engineer. STUDIO RULES 金 No Smoking This means tobacco, weed, incense, candles, or other smoke producing material. Any substance producing smoke could easily set off alarms and devices that will render the station unusable. 金 No Liquids Coffee, Calistoga, beer, soda, vases of flowers, fish bowls, etc. Leave it on the floor or table outside the studios. 金 No Food Leave it outside the studios on a counter, table, or floor. NEVER REMOVE THIS BINDER FROM THE AIR STUDIO
  • 4. iv KALX Operators Manual table of contents control room rules iii SECTION ONE - INTRO SECTION ONE - INTRO table of contents iv emergency phone numbers 01 glossary 02 SECTION TWO - ALL THINGS DJ all programmers must know... 03 block diagram - broadcast 04 emergency preparedness procedures 06 safety 12 in case of an fcc inspection 14 reading the dorrough meters 20 obscenity, indecency & profanity 22
  • 5. v KALX Operators Manual table of contents what to do if the next dj doesnt show up 27 SECTION ONE - INTRO SECTION THREE - EAS what is the eas? 29 when you receive an eas signal 32 to send a weekly test 37 receiving & sending a monthly test 40 logging an eas message 42 SECTION FOUR - TRANSMITTER CONTROL transmitter status light chart 44 how to take meter readings 46 alarm conditions 49 turning off the transmitter from the studio 52
  • 6. vi KALX Operators Manual table of contents raising & lowering transmitter power 55 SECTION ONE - INTRO SECTION FIVE - PHONE INS air studio - phone-ins 57 news - studio phone-ins 60 production studio - phone-ins 63 sports - broadcast [overview] 66 sports - home games phone-ins 69 sports - home games using campus loop 74 sports - remote, on the road broadcasts 79
  • 7. 02 KALX Operators Manual SECTION ONE - INTRO glossary CAPCON Common Alerting Protocol Converter DJ Disc Jockey EAS Emergency Alert System FCC Federal Communications Commission GM General Manager OC Operations Coordinator ID Identification RF Radio Frequency RFL PWR Reflected Power [in the antenna] RMT Required Monthly Test TX Transmit UCPD University of California Police Department VLT Voltage VU Volume Unit XMTR Transmitter
  • 8. KALX OPERATORS MANUAL 29 The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is the system whereby Federal, State, and Local authorities can send safety alerts to various geographic areas by way of public media. The EAS is a web-like system of communication interlinks utilizing both analog radio, and digital information via the internet. EAS signals come directly from KCBS (AM) and KQED (FM). The third source is from a computer in the engineering room that listens constantly for messages coming over the internet (CAPCON). For all alerts, our broadcast is interrupted and the official message is passed on from the originator of the message, through KALX to our listeners. Tests that are received are not re-broadcast by KALX, except for the Required Monthly Test (RMT), which happens only SECTION THREE - EAS what is the eas?
  • 9. KALX Operators Manual 30 ...the Required Monthly Test (RMT) which occurs on the second Tuesday of the month. SECTION THREE - EAS on the second Tuesday of the month. The EAS signal begins with the buzzy burst of information repeated three times. If the signal is a test, there is the familiar two-tone attention signal, a short test message, and then the end tones. An alert follows the same program, but the voice message is specific to whatever the alert is about, a Child Abduction Emergency (CAE), a Shelter in Place, etc. When the signal is detected, the EAS receiver turns on, decodes the information, prints the log tape, and, if warranted, interrupts our broadcast with the alert or RMT message. .. TESTS .. We broadcast weekly tests on a random schedule. Once a month, these tests are coordinated with all the other participating radio, television and cable stations in the Bay Area; this is the RMT. All stations will re-broadcast this test within 15 minutes of receiving the test from KCBS, KQED, or CAPCON. These RMT tests received on a monthly basis are automatically forwarded by KALX. This is why your show may be interrupted in the middle of a cut.
  • 10. KALX Operators Manual 31 ...an alert will immediately interrupt the show that is on the air. SECTION THREE - EAS .. ALERTS .. The receiver in Air is programmed to receive alerts and digitally process the information that is received. The receiver filters the messages and automatically forwards the ones that apply to our local counties. Again, an alert will immediately interrupt the show that is on the air.
  • 11. transmitter status light chart KALX OPERATORS MANUAL 44 The layout of the Burk Technology (AKA The Burk) transmitter remote control system and the light chart status alarm descriptions are viewable on the next page. SECTION FOUR - TRANSMITTER CONTROL
  • 12. KALX Operators Manual 45 SECTION FOUR - TRANSMITTER CONTROL