Photos - Radio Free Nashville WRFN Barn Raising
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Show friend Beau Hunter (second from right, facing camera) enjoys eating with new friends while those of us on the food committee swill the grog. Beau often laughs or comments from the control room during “Future Quake” broadcasts (and used to host the show lead in called “Beau's Beat”), or otherwise disorients me during the broadcast; he is one of the triumvirate that organizes much of the programming for WRFN, and has one mean record collection! A meeting of the Nashville Young Republicans (just kidding!). Greg Welsch of WRFN on guitar joins out of town barnraising volunteers in making some good “vibs”. Pete Tridish, head of the Promethius Radio team in the foreground, monitors developments online.
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The volunteers begin to be organized to lift the 75 foot tall radio transmission tower BY HAND! Dr. Future and Mrs. Future (middle) help Dawn Kirk of WRFN show “Wake Up and Live” in organizing the food to feed the troops (my main contribution was observing and sampling).
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Dr. Future and WRFN's Mike Muldoon try our hand at installing hand-me-down vinyl siding (my specialty is holding things). More expert holding by Dr. Future.
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Future with station friend Beau (obviously having a good time), Mike Muldoon and other ne'er-do-wells in the WRFN visitor's “rotunda” (I obviously put the “rotund” in “rotunda”) The main guy wire crew puts their backs into it (over 13 guy wires were used!) as the 75 ft. tower starts to RISE!
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The “Fantastic Four” of WRFN – four handsome, debonair and well-respected gentlemen, including WRFN engineer/genius Matt Lane (seated). You can see raising a radio tower is quite a handful when raising it by hand!
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Look at 'er go up! One of the wires was mounted in a tree by one brave soul who shimmied several floors up the tree trunk! A little bit more pull, and we're done!
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Lots of media coverage – obviously following “Future Quake” staff around to see where the hot stories are.
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