Ha! That's awesome Aaron! Those were crazy times. I loved KTED! How Awesome that you got the old machine and it still has the liners I recorded. You left out that the station was so popular it somehow enabled us to bring Avenged Sevenfold, Saving Able and Buckcherry to perform a concert in the middle of Wyoming! It still blows my mind! I am sure I have the pics we took with the bands somewhere too. My show airs on TV in Wenatchee and I will have to talk about your video. I am sure a few people will recognise you. We may have to talk about that quad trip we took to the top of Laramie peak more too! To this day that is still one of the most exhausting and hardcore things I have ever done and I had my wife hanging off the back😅😅. You should definitely talk more about the box truck too! I don't remember the computer we used but it was a rebuild of some kind as well and we did the tech equivalent of using 2 cans connected with sting to get it talking to the box truck sitting on the hill with this massive FM antenna hanging off the side of a power pole. 🤣🤣🤣 It was so fun and crazy!
Oh wow so so many of those albums are a huge nostalgia hit from my teenage years. 5:17 "and he would go online and basically look up lyrics of songs" ok yes I believe you, he totally wasn't also downloading songs from Kazaa and lime wire 🤣 Very cool story though, you certainly gained a few points in coolness tonight.
that's one of the coolest story's I've heard in awhile..that's so cool arron that you have that original eMachines computer...building the radio towers ect sounds incredible.....you have done good!! that's for sure!
Excellent! I love the back story of the machine and your Wyoming radio station construction history. We in the "Wild West" certainly were underserved with radio in many area. After the "license boom" of that time we found ourself with a dizzying array of stations. Definitely more available stations than people per square mile in some far reaches. Thank you for sharing.
Great stuff there. Keep on rocking. On eMachines themselves, people crap all over them, but it was amazing what an impact they had. Before eMachines, even the cheapest Packard Bell machines were going for at least £999.99, but a year or two after eMachines bust onto the scene and started putting out their value computers the prices of computers as a whole just started tumbling to the point that you could get a decent computer for less than £400. Not saying eMachines did it, they certainly weren't alone, but it's also no coincidence that it played out that way.
The fact this EMachine just fired right up says something. Probably what brought on the stigma was Windows ME and Celeron processors. Oh and the tiny RAM. But all could easily be upgraded for fairly cheap.
it's great that you'll have that PC to relive a special moment in your life and career. Just needed to bust out that chain at 1:20 to complete the moment
In the video, I noticed the call numbers for a Plattsburgh station. Is this Plattsburgh, NY? I've been volunteering my time as a DJ for WRUV 90.1FM for 15 years now. However, I was always making mix tapes of my favorite music as a teen and recorded a demo for WITR (RIT radio) years before I became a DJ at WRUV.
oh wow this is so damn cool and I never thought a simple computer could run an entire radio station. I just hope that you're able to make an archive/backup of the hard-drive.
I had an eMachines when I was a child, and I certainly didn't hate it. It carried me through my middle school years. I wanted to try and wake it back up from the closet I shoved it in but it seems it has something wrong with the mainboard because it freezes and becomes unresponsive at the BIOS splash screen. Alas...
Aaron, thank you for a fascinating glimpse into your career. All of these videos are great, you are a fantastic storyteller, and the depth and breadth of content on this channel is unmatched.
Thanks for the trip back in time! I mentioned it on TV back in Washington state along with a dude who had fun with a 200 watt laser! 😆 th-cam.com/video/Q7m7wOhWwII/w-d-xo.html
Thanks so much for the trip down memory lane…impressed by all the work you’ve done previous to your current endeavors….great show then I’m sure…..definitely great show now !!!
They weren't kidding when they said never obsolete. lol.
Sounds like a station I would listen to.
What a fantastic story! Those radio installs sound like a ton of fun!!
Ha! That's awesome Aaron!
Those were crazy times. I loved KTED! How Awesome that you got the old machine and it still has the liners I recorded. You left out that the station was so popular it somehow enabled us to bring Avenged Sevenfold, Saving Able and Buckcherry to perform a concert in the middle of Wyoming! It still blows my mind! I am sure I have the pics we took with the bands somewhere too.
My show airs on TV in Wenatchee and I will have to talk about your video. I am sure a few people will recognise you.
We may have to talk about that quad trip we took to the top of Laramie peak more too! To this day that is still one of the most exhausting and hardcore things I have ever done and I had my wife hanging off the back😅😅.
You should definitely talk more about the box truck too! I don't remember the computer we used but it was a rebuild of some kind as well and we did the tech equivalent of using 2 cans connected with sting to get it talking to the box truck sitting on the hill with this massive FM antenna hanging off the side of a power pole. 🤣🤣🤣 It was so fun and crazy!
Awesome story! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Oh wow so so many of those albums are a huge nostalgia hit from my teenage years.
5:17 "and he would go online and basically look up lyrics of songs" ok yes I believe you, he totally wasn't also downloading songs from Kazaa and lime wire 🤣
Very cool story though, you certainly gained a few points in coolness tonight.
Great video. Your nostalgia made this so personal.
Such a cool story! Thanks for sharing this history!
What a great story... Who has not wished they could program a radio station at launch.
that's one of the coolest story's I've heard in awhile..that's so cool arron that you have that original eMachines computer...building the radio towers ect sounds incredible.....you have done good!! that's for sure!
What a fun walk down memory lane. Very cool story!
Completely underrated channel!
Yeah
Amazing story Aaron. Thanks for telling it.
Excellent! I love the back story of the machine and your Wyoming radio station construction history. We in the "Wild West" certainly were underserved with radio in many area. After the "license boom" of that time we found ourself with a dizzying array of stations. Definitely more available stations than people per square mile in some far reaches. Thank you for sharing.
I love the story and providence of the system. Wonderful video. :) Loved the insight into your past also.
Great story
Great stuff there. Keep on rocking.
On eMachines themselves, people crap all over them, but it was amazing what an impact they had. Before eMachines, even the cheapest Packard Bell machines were going for at least £999.99, but a year or two after eMachines bust onto the scene and started putting out their value computers the prices of computers as a whole just started tumbling to the point that you could get a decent computer for less than £400. Not saying eMachines did it, they certainly weren't alone, but it's also no coincidence that it played out that way.
The fact this EMachine just fired right up says something. Probably what brought on the stigma was Windows ME and Celeron processors. Oh and the tiny RAM. But all could easily be upgraded for fairly cheap.
it's great that you'll have that PC to relive a special moment in your life and career. Just needed to bust out that chain at 1:20 to complete the moment
Aaron! This is so great, I love the history that went behind this. Thanks for sharing, hope all is well!!!
loved this emaches desktop pc w the front panel blue colbalt led lights
I hosted a shoutcast internet radio station way back in the day, I ran it on an early ppc Mac running Linux, the Mac was a discard from elsewhere.
So, that awesome radio story is part of what you do OUTSIDE your geeky life?
I love the story about the radio sites! I’d love to hear more like this.
In the video, I noticed the call numbers for a Plattsburgh station. Is this Plattsburgh, NY? I've been volunteering my time as a DJ for WRUV 90.1FM for 15 years now. However, I was always making mix tapes of my favorite music as a teen and recorded a demo for WITR (RIT radio) years before I became a DJ at WRUV.
oh wow this is so damn cool and I never thought a simple computer could run an entire radio station. I just hope that you're able to make an archive/backup of the hard-drive.
Imagine broadcasting Pearl Jam: Yellow Ledbetter. FCC would file a complaint your broadcast was incomprehensible.
Very interesting!
I had an eMachines when I was a child, and I certainly didn't hate it. It carried me through my middle school years. I wanted to try and wake it back up from the closet I shoved it in but it seems it has something wrong with the mainboard because it freezes and becomes unresponsive at the BIOS splash screen. Alas...
Nice!
And of course now I'm curious what all stations you've worked on! (I currently work directing news in Minneapolis.)
I love this trip to memory lane. Pretty cool !
Aaron, thank you for a fascinating glimpse into your career. All of these videos are great, you are a fantastic storyteller, and the depth and breadth of content on this channel is unmatched.
Too cool to see this, I remember when kted 100.5 went on the air!
Awesome story and photos! Great video and piece of history!
Very neat story!
what a cool story!
that's my computer! I also changed the CD rom too and I have two extras power supply for it .👾
i still have ME
Family 6, Model 8 ought to be a Pentium III Coppermine so it's likely been upgraded too :)
The Coppermine based Celeron's are also Family 6, Model 8
good show! something bout the .. kicks the lamas ass
you should image it.
Thanks for the trip back in time! I mentioned it on TV back in Washington state along with a dude who had fun with a 200 watt laser! 😆 th-cam.com/video/Q7m7wOhWwII/w-d-xo.html
I subscribed because God has heard.
Thanks so much for the trip down memory lane…impressed by all the work you’ve done previous to your current endeavors….great show then I’m sure…..definitely great show now !!!