This was KJR’s new transmitter near Lake
Forest Park in 1927. In the first photo, chief engineer
Clarence Clark is standing, while chief operator Mr. Fesidnor is
seated. KJR initially operated this transmitter at 2,500
watts, but the power was later raised to 5,000 watts. The
transmitter was probably built by Vincent Kraft's Radio Service
Company, and was similar to transmitters that Clark later installed in
Portland and Spokane. In the lower photo, Clark is showing
the station's new transmitter to Victor Rivers, 1927, pointing to the
transmitter’s final amplifier tubes. Separate audio cabinets
with their modulator tubes are to the left in this image, and the
monitor speaker and modulation monitor are on top of the
cabinets. Victor Rivers was a University of
Washington engineering student in 1927, and later became an Alaska
State Senator. .