fh_kfjc_news_1959_10_08

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fh_kfjc_news_1959_10_08

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News article announcing that KFJC will start broadcasting October 13. Article notes that Bob Ballou applied for a FCC license with the help of R.A. Isberg and began constructing the station in the basement of Foothill College in Mountain View in April. The antenna was lifted onto the roof of the college by Ballou and Russel Rhoades on September 26. Photograph of raised antenna including Bob Ballou, Bryon Ballou (father), Bud Seeley (maintenance staff), Roger Murray, Nathan Ballard and Jim Fernbaugh (students).