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Hi Tony, 

I am far from an expert. Very far for that matter, however I did help set up a website for a friend’s ministry to help her out. The domain hosting company walked me through the whole thing. They might be a resource.

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PAC-12 MBB Bracket

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Looking back in hindsight I guess I really could have waited about a minute thirty and let the announcers tell me. LOL

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[Edited to correct land size and pricing update]

In the end it wasn’t ratings that killed KFAN, it was dirt. A lot of dirt sitting in a prime spot in Murray.

Quick AM radio 101. AM antennas don’t just have the tower like FM stations do. In order to complete the AM phasing, there has to be a grounding system called radials. A radial is a strand of copper wire. Each tower typically has 120 radials surrounding it with a length of at least 1/2 the height of the tower. Dry ground around the tower acts as a resistor so AM stations normally build their towers near water. As in riverfront property. In addition, because electrocution is possible if someone is standing on a radial and makes contact with the tower the FCC mandates buffer zones around the towers. Needless to say this takes up a lot of dirt.

According to Salt Lake County’s plat map, KFAN’s transmitter site was 25 acres.

This is the official view from Salt Lake County’s plat map.

Enter real estate developer. Said real estate developer goes to Cumulus Media and says, “Dear Cumulus, we will give you (what I’ve heard from 3 people in local media) $2,600,000 for the transmitter site and we’ll pay to demolish the tower and facilities.” KFNZ’s gross revenue had been running about $13-15,000 a month. No brainer, Cumulus takes the deal so fast the air whistles.

Look for other AM stations to suffer the same fate.

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I remember a few years back at Fan Fest a couple of the FB players started flexing in front of a group of gymnasts. Not to be outdone Kristina Baskett went into a handstand and said, “try this if you’re so strong”. One player (I keep wanting to say it was Luke Matthews but I’m not sure) did a hand stand right by her. After maybe a couple of minutes Kristina went into a one handed hand stand. About a minute later the FB player’s arms started shaking and it was over. Kristina held the one hand handstand for at least a minute after he fell. She hopped back onto her feet, did a quick bicep flex in front of him and walked off. The rest of the team didn’t let him forget it the rest of the day.

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@Tacoma Ute Lya is not covering USU. Last I knew she is working as a personal trainer. Back in 2015 (or maybe 16) she was a personal trainer on tour with U2 in Europe.

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Just a quick update to a question from Milton Vanderslice and others. The 1:00 PM end time for Chris’s service is a soft end. If anyone wants to stay longer you are certainly welcome to stay. I know there are some that are considering hanging out until time to go to the basketball game and that’s fine. The only caveat is that Guardsman is not closed to the public like it is on game days. If people come into the lot to park, they have priority.

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While I did consider that for a moment and it would have been way cool to talk about if it really happened; I thought that the people that thought that Gunther and Ben were run and KFAN closed for low ratings might want to know what really happened.

Apparently a mistake. I’m still getting used to the tenor of this new board. Not sure who are the jokers and the uber-serious of the utehub world.

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Since it has now been made public knowledge by Kara here’s where Chris’s life insurance sits.

“As if things weren’t already hard enough with the loss of my husband. The bad news just keeps coming! 😭😭💔 Life Insurance says that there is no insurance!”- Kara on Facebook

According to a family member Chris took out a life insurance policy on himself to insure that his daughters would be financially stable. The last payment on that policy was made in November of 2016. The policy terminated on December 31 for non-payment.

That being said, Chris’s ex-wife (his childrens’ mother, not Kara), who has custody of Kyra, the younger daughter (the older daughter is over 18) has remarried and is financially stable and while Kyra won’t have the funding Chris wanted, she is well taken care of.

If anyone would care to help Chris’s family with final expenses, you are very welcome to contact Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary in Murray or reach out to Chris’s family tomorrow or at your convenience.

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You can RSVP John Theiling-Chambers or Elaine Totten on Facebook or if you just show up I’m sure it won’t be an issue.

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