Friday, August 19, 2016

So you think your going to do a Pirate Radio Station? Better rethink that.

With a lot of trepidation and effort signing nearly my life away, finally got the Internet/cable problem solved so we're good that way. It's like ole Waylon said it, "Don't be affraid to take a risk".
Okay then; Been reading in the trade press that the FCC is getting very serious about unlicensed radio stations. The Part 15 of the FCC regs, reads, that if a radio signal is over a certain power level then it must be licensed. Thing is the painful steps one must go through to get a fully licensed station. Like us here at HazzardAyre. The Knytes/Wolf-Pack who owns KKOD AM 1240 here in Evanston Wyoming, have went through more hell and frustration than you could possibly imagine. Now just need to find a place to put the station and get on air talent for it. But I know of at least two unlicensed stations. One is owned by a friend who repairs our computers for the Wyoming HQ, here run's a low watt station, and one out on U.S. 189, just shy of the Wyoming/Utah border headed out to Woodruff/Randolph. 
Fines of $15,000.00 and even more are being levied, plus fed prison time. The best alternative is podcasting and cyber air radio. But even there you have restrictions, mainly copyright clearences . But life does go on, but you should not try to build a pirate station. You might think just because your out in the deep woods somewhere the FCC wont find you. Most often not until somebody's TV goes screwy because of your overflow signal, or an aircraft that couldn't communicate because your on his channel or close enough with it overpower. The pilot calls the FAA, the FAA, calls the FCC, and somebody comes looking, just like revenuers. You might away with it for awhile, but eventually the Feds come calling. Unless you can demonstrate that your trying to get legal most likely wont phaze that Fed enforcer. If you run a station, you can be legal as a low power Part15 station any higher your going to feel the fire from the FCC.
Bottom line do it legally or a visit from some very nasty people will happen.
As for air time we'll be on the air at noon today, at www.livestream.com/hazzardayrecoast2coastfm , and at 05:00 on Spreaker.com 
TTYLY

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Wholly Bat Shit, it never ends, the eternal money drain of being online. AllWest is starting to irritate me.

When in trouble get a check loan right? However here in Evansgone Wyoming there's only one I'll go to again. So went to one across from the R&R here went in, wouldn't you know it the young girl behind a big glass shield was new. So went over to Wells Fargo, got me a paper check since this Quik Loan outfit, didn't do anything beyond paper checks, so after I filled out a complete pedigree they couldn't do the deal. So then went to USA Cash same thing. Finally went to Advance Cash, not only was the staff friendly, but knew their stuff. The process was rather painless and the atmosphere there was open and airy and I enjoyed the entire process. Granted I got just under the $500.00 I needed for good old AllWest, but I got $400.00 . Sadly the base answer pending a bit more discussion was I get turned off Monday If I can't beg borrow or scratch and kick, for the other $100.00 . To me up to now thought we had a few friends at AllWest, but seems that the courtship is over. and AllWest is having a serious case of PMS regarding the Club and me. This is why along with others is why people don't stay in Evansgone very long, let alone open a business. Again I handed over money before checking things a bit further. Had I known that the pending shut off is still being considered with only $100.00 left to pay, I would have kept the $400.00 in my pocket. And went over to Montpelier to talk with Evan over there on a pending house I'm looking at there. The main goal as it is now is to focus on cleaning up mess's readying equipment to vacate, and relocate before the weather turns really ugly. 
As it is now, I think in today's society where few if anybody is trying to climb off the Governments shit wagon and get off its payroll, you can't catch a break. On one hand you have lenders that will not look past their noses, many of which is very long, and see that here is someone trying to get off Uncle Sam's back, and lend small amounts just so you can make a living. Hell I've even been thinking of working part time for Wal-Mart. Nope , then you get assholes Like Beaver D, who bad mouths you everywhere, so no body will do business with you or at least grow your small business. Days like today, I'd be better off, just kicking back in someplace very remote, where I could tinker, watch Satellite TV, and not do radio, not tow not do a damn thing for nobody except myself and my Shelly, and give the big finger 
 to the rest of the public and world. Why work? Shit collect SSI for the rest of my life, eat on a EBT card, and just not give a shit. Just want to end this by saying thank you to Advance Cash, for helping me. Your kindness will not be forgotten.
Be on the Air at 05:00 .
TTYLY

I don't mind debating with people until they get nasty or stupid

I don't mind debating with people as long as the debate is done with a good degree of intelligence. Or at least civility . This thing with Beaver-D, and I has started to get out of hand. The kick back on his latest comments, go, yes I still tow, LexiBelle still pulls, and a regular schedule. One only need to examine our Yelp ad to know that the stats don't lie. Beyond that I will get a call first followed only then by any other tow service, and its usually me directing outsiders to other services if it is a call I don't want or someone I don't want to tow for, plus there are those calls that I know are bogus, so I just shuffle em off. Knowing I would respond, spend fuel dollars and get there and no tow job at all. Plus just how would BD know what I do? Does he live here? No he's admitted that. Does he know the Knytes? Does he know the Wolf Pack? No. Does he know Videl our eastern Idaho sub-charter President? No. On our audio console and our studio, Yes it is bland , I'll admit that, and no I can't do the quality shows I used to as I'd like, plus a streaming service that was recommended to me by some jerk in Lake Tahoe Nevada, that as long as you can upload at a minimum of 10mbps the quality audio and otherwise, your not going to have the same fidelity that you'd have greater bandwidth. Sorry BD, AllWest can't provide that, at best I get 4mbps up, and that's on a good day. Yes we are looking for a place back in Utah for the audio works, and we have a contact for more equipment in Northern Wyoming. As far as it being old, okay yep it is, but I'm a nostalgic buff, the programming and the entire idea of our shows are of as and what radio was , as well as those that are old enough to remember the Dukes-of-Hazzard, BlackSheep Squadron, and hell, even B.J. & The Bear. I picture myself as and maybe this is my fantasy, since all of us need at least one, but as good old WolfMan in a station in Delrio Mexico, at XERF AM in the early to mid 1960's. Hence part of the AyreWolf/RodeWolf concept. So my equipment is of that era, not the ultra techno computerized gear that's doing radio today in many areas. Plus if B-D, is a audio engineer , why doesn't he join the team , and me here doing radio and building the show, he's more than welcome. Maybe its time he put down the knife and pick up the peace pipe? I remember another who was all so groovy and kind who worked at some TV gig in San Francisco Ca, who rode from Lake Tahoe to San Fran every day or so. Sure I am very greatful to him for directing us to Livestream. But right when we moved from Twin Falls Idaho to Ogden , all of a sudden he left us. Without any road map on resetting the Livestream program on our computers, nothing. It was good I was good that I got a few pals from Infogenix in Provo, and two from a firm in Bountiful, who got us the place in Woods Cross Utah. My thought to B-D, is why not become part of our solution rather than just bitch. You can't just sit behind a keyboard from a distant location, and bitch and say this ain't so, until you really get on a Panhead, and ride over here and look. In essence become part of the solution, not always part of the problem.
Okay then enough on that. 
Starting this COMING Tuesday, I'm in my ride doing some location siting for the Club for not just the film, detailing the history of the Club, but for our radio werx. So our radio voice will be silent for two weeks. We'll be back on just after the 1st. 
Look, I don't mind being criticized, as long as that critizism is constructive, and all, but when it becomes just bitchy, or starts to be combative, I do not have time nor inclination to engage in junk that does nothing but to raise my blood preasure . I'll be on air later, need feed and a shower.
TTYLY
  


Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Coward and Stupid is as Coward and Stupid does. Sorry Beaver Prick, but this is my world stay out of it.

So was into this afternoons show on Spreaker.com and who should raise his fugdugly mug but good onery Beaver Dick. Calling me chicken. Really, I told you in how many posts the Wolf-Pack's camp trip wasn't until this weekend. Guess you have to pitty the fool. Then he started bellering like a moose cow looking for its calf. I mean really dude, it was him saying I ain't this and the club is a fluke and so on. So let me clue him and ya'll in. I have gave this nation 28 damn years of my life, mainly flying, okay sure can't fly at this minute but its not because of my weight although that's a contributor, but its this damn diabetes. Doc here gave me a green light, and just waiting on a waiver from the FAA and then I'm back in my birds. Then he was barking about the radio gig saying something along the line of it just being an old mixer. Really?
Does this look like JUST an old mixer?

  Looks like a helluva lot more than just an old mixer to me. Now he'll come back in a few days saying something along the lines like prove its yours so here I am sitting in front of it all
 Talk about just telling partial truths. So then grabbed some dinner, and catching some zz's. I really hate it when people only tell things or say things that they just barely know anything about. Or maybe just a smidge . If I'm such a coward Mr. BD, why is it You wont come to Evanston to have a pow-wow? Any mile don't make no difference, since I blocked the bastard from the Spreaker.com outlet for the show.
So rolled out to the shop, LexiBelle fired like it was childs play, LiL Lexi was dead again., Guess need to buy a new battery, and an isolator so I can run two batteries. 
So old Beaver D, here's advice, don't let your keyboard overload your jaybird ass. 
Here's some LexiBelle art, 
 
 Now to finalize here. Beaver D, says that good old LexiBelle hasn't towed anything for a few years, yep since 2012, when some scallywags from Burley Idaho, just had to help themselves to my J hooks and Chains. plus my tag lights. Sure they're not that expensive just $200.00 a piece plus the drive to Salt Lake City to get em, plus my tag lights are roughly $100.00 plus the go fluid to again haul down to SLC to buy that. Sure I could get em at AW Direct, but I don't like buying online from anybody, plus I dig Rick and the crew at Rocky Mountain Wrecker Sales, they know me, I know them, and were there at the birth of LexiBelle, in the fall of 1974. Thing is inch by inch the light is at the end of the tunnel. See you in the morning on the Livestream show, and at noon on the Spreaker.com version at 13:00
TTYLY

Welcome to Our SheepTraxx. wHY So Many Names?

I often get quizzed about why our toewing service has so many names? The reason behind the many handles to the light the candles is that we as a company and I mean Company have a lot of locations and territories . Some handles can be transfered to other locations some can't, especially if there is another Company in the area with a similar sounding name. Such as here in Evanston. Running as anything with A1 in it, means some might view us as part of A1 Diesel and Truck Repair here. So here in Evanston Wyoming, we run the highways as Highway Hooker Toewing. In Eastern Idaho its SpeedWrench Toewing, In the Magic Valley as Cooter's A1 Toewing, in the mini Cassia area of Idaho, mainly Burley/Rupert, and western Wyoming we run split as both Highway Hooker Toewing as well as in Western Wyoming as; BlackSheep Toewing
as well as in extreme eastern Idaho from Bancroft Idaho to the Wyoming Idaho Border, as BlackSheep Toewing. There's also good reasons to run several companies out of the same location related to each other. One is; to have more places on law enforcement agency call lists, or as its called in the business rotation lists. 
Now for the name BlackSheep name. 
Back in 2001 myself, a wirely cat named Jerry Westlake and an associate named Terry Junkert , sought to set up and operate a what was then, called the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series , team. We built one heck of a truck, did well on some local tracks and was in the run to becoming a pro team. But how to support it? While Deere & Company was part sponsor the other half came from our ag aviation company AyreWolf Aviation. A few of my fellow Marine Aviators of the still operating VMA 214 and I got together in Utah and crafted a secondary sponsor and put into full operation in honor of squadron creator Greg Boyington. Thus BlackSheep Toewing. We set up an office in Burley Idaho, but did most of our track practice and testing at RMR Raceway in west Salt Lake City, on off days when there was no event upcoming. 
Finally, the thing with spelling Towing with an extra letter of e. For those who are not having to deal with dragging and snagging every day, if they see the word TOW , the often rhyme it with COW , not Toe. So one of my interns said smoosh the two words together  as Toewing. Plus a slight misspell means people stare at the wording on the trucks etc, and as such remember it. That's also a key the different names of the company are tied together as one big disabled vehicle rescue company. If you see the last word of a company name as TOEWING, you know that company is part or a subsidiary of AyreWolf (HazzardAyre) Aviation.
TTYLY