Broadcasting From Downtown Loris

The switch was thrown today (Thursday, December 27, 2007) and WLSC started broadcasting from Main Street in Loris, SC. We basically pulled the plug at the old location and then pushed a button at the transmitter site and (Poof!) we were on the air from our new studios.

The first announcer at the new location was my 3 year old son, Tristan who simply said, "W-L-S-C Radio!" That was all there was to it, now back to our regularlly scheduled programming.

I'll be behind the microphone for a while tomorrow, but don't expect to hear any of my usual radio antics until early next year.

The Banana Jack Murphy Show is not scheduled to return until January 2008. In the meantime, I'll have my hands full with a lot of behind the scenes stuff that is not very glamorous, but is required to make WLSC what I envision and that is...(drum roll please!)... The Biggest Little Station in America. You heard it here first!

Stay Tuned!

Knee Deep in Bluegrass is Coming to WLSC

Cindy Baucom, the host of Knee Deep in Bluegrass was as excited as I was with WLSC becoming the first radio station in South Carolina to air her award winning program. Check out the following link for more information.


http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/knee-deep-in-bluegrass-adds-wlsc/

Stay Tuned for more programming announcements coming soon to WLSC including the return of The Banana Jack Murphy Show debuting sometime in early 2008.

Prince & Prince To The Rescue

Last weekend, I was in the woods with my good friend, Bob Scarborough clearing trees and briars at the transmitter site. Yesterday, I watched someone else do it. i called the man. Edward Prince of Prince & Prince Properties assisted me in clearing my acreage. In just a few hours, Edward finished what would have taken me several days to complete. It was well worth the price.

Yes, I called the man. You can call the man too. Edward's number is 843-222-6329.

Now, the transmitter site is about 95% completed which means I won't have to spend the weekend in the woods with Bob. By the way, Bob the lumberjack is driving around the county right now giving me updates on the signal quality of WLSC. Seriously, he calls me every time he picks up the station in an area that he believes is new WLSC territory. I think that he's calling me again right now....Wait a second!

Hi Bob, where are you now?.............Really, you can hear the station on Forestbrook Road? That's great. You're turning on to Limerick Drive. Hey, Bob I'm busy with this blog thing. Can you hold on? Yeah, I know we've got to go back and trim up around the guy wires. Sure, we can do that over the Christmas holidays. Hold on.

I've gotta go. Bob is really excited today and to tell you the truth, so am I!

Merry Christmas!

On The Line For Me Today

It has taken weeks to resolve one pesky technical issue. Today, we resolved the problem. My friends at HTC came through and we finally have established contact between our transmitter and our studios, which happen to be about two miles apart. After a few tests, we should be in the position to start relocating to the new studios.

I honestly believe that when we start broadcasting from downtown Loris, we're really going to start creating a buzz. I just hope that buzz isn't on the line.

Stay Tuned!

Timber! We've Started Clearing The Transmitter Site

I knew it had to be done, but it certainly wasn't my idea to start clearing trees at the transmitter site, but that's what I was up to today. My good friend, Bob Scarborough volunteered his services and he actually sort of took charge and so, I was on the hook. It appeared to me that Bob was determined to rid the transmitter site of unwanted trees with or without me, so since I own the place I figured I'd better be there.

So, there we were with two chainsaws that didn't work. We bought a new one. I borrowed a weed whacker from a friend and we started what was going to a long project. As I said earlier, this had to be done, but it was certainly more work than I had anticipated.

If you know anything about AM radio, then you know that there is a ground system of copper lines that extend out from the base of the tower. There's a ton of trees and briar and all kinds of nasty vegetation growing where it shouldn't and that is possibly detrimental for WLSC's signal.

Well, we took down a few trees and we really cleaned up the base of the tower and then the rains came. Yeah, it rained on my parade, but I think we'll be back... unless I decide to call the man.

If you remember the episode of The Andy Griffith Show where Aunt Bee buys a freezer full of meat from Diamond Jim's and then her freezer goes out and she doesn't want o pay the man from Mt. Pilot to come out and fix it and Andy says over and over, "Just call the man!" I might have to do that.

After I got home and cleaned up, it looks like I got into a fight with a polecat. One of those nasty briars cut my ear. It looks like I got my ear pierced. I'm the owner of a radio station. i can't look like I've got my ears pierced. Who's going to believe that i was wrestling a polecat anyway? Who's going to believe that I actually did some work?

Man, I hope this improves the radio station's signal. Ouch, I found another scratch. I'm calling the man.

Tristan Has a Birthday Party at WLSC

A few weeks ago, my wife, Barb and I decided that it would be a wonderful idea to have our son's birthday party at the new radio station studios. It was a grand idea, but we were way behind on construction. I was also a little bit over budget and just a little bit stressed over the whole situation.

There was even a few nights this week where I was painting until midnight. I had to paint until 2:30 one morning because I made a major mistake at the hardware store. I put the wrong color of paint on three walls and there was just no way, I was going to let all the folks coming to the birthday party witness my major no-no.

Well, after a few sleepless nights, a couple of arguments with my wife and the guys doing my construction work and last but not least, I got a cold, we pulled it off. My son, Tristan had a wonderful party. Santa Claus was there and 16 kids and their parents showed up. Man, we had a crowd in that radio station.

Whew, we really were cutting it close to pull off the party, but it was worth it. It was actually a cool birthday party for my son, who actually celebrates his 3rd birthday on December 22nd, but that is so close to Christmas, we just had to move the birthday party up a few days.

Now, if we could only work out those technical difficulties that are prohibiting me from moving the studios to downtown Loris. Oh no, I'm stressing out again and I have this terrible cold and.......I think I'll go take a nap.

Stay Tuned!

Finally, I'm A Station Owner

There was no ticker tape parade. There were no fireworks. No champagne. No hip-hip-hooray! Nonetheless, at 5:00 PM on Friday, November 30th, I became a station owner. I would imagine that most of us that have ever spent anytime behind a microphone have dreamed of owning our own station. Well, dreams do come true.

The goal now is to remain steadfast in making my vision for WLSC a reality. Following the business plan and the mission statement and drawing upon our past experience combined with the absolute need to ask God for guidance on every important decision are the invisible keys that will keep this dream from turning into a nightmare.