Couple stay in sync
By Andrew Atterbury, San Angelo Standard-Times, Texas | |
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Rick is at home at the KCSA 97.5 FM audio booth, plugging away at a buffet of switches and knobs as Kathie hammers at her keyboard, planning the radio station's next on-air guest.
More than 30 years ago, the
KCSA 97.5,
The station is licensed and owned by Concho Christmas Celebration and was created to provide a yuletide soundtrack for the 2.5-mile Tour of Lights along the banks of the
He has had an engineer's mind for as long as he can remember,
"I was building transmitters when I was 10 years old, tearing up the neighborhood,"
A career in radio called her name long before she graduated,
"You can be mad at the whole world, and when you flip that mic on, you're at peace,"
Kathie was working nights at a Midland station when a friend introduced her to
Around the late '80s, a radio station went bankrupt after Rick put in more than
"As it turns out, we liked it, and we work well together -- so we became professional tourists,"
The duo hauled hanging meat to the frozen
Their tractor-trailer travels brought them to the dark corners of L.A.,
"I've seen parts of the U.S. nobody should see,"
The
When Rick and Kathie settled back down in
The station expanded, first with an all-day
In 2012 the
"I don't sell advertising, I don't work by the book, I don't live by the ratings,"
Through Downtown Movie Night, which begins
"The station would not have gotten as big as it is without the vision of Rick and Kathie," Pfluger said.
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