It’s the 1980-1981 school year at Acalanes, and we have our first proper mention of the Acalanes Radio Club. While they don’t have a devoted section in the main part of the yearbook, they’re brought up in an article called “Quadrophonic Sound”. As soon as the lunch bell rings, students straggle into the Quad. Within […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Transition To Acalanes (1979-1980)
We finally made it! It’s the 1979-1980 school year at Acalanes. This is the year when things were in flux. Faculty advisor, Wendell Pleis, and several students who were involved in the FM Club at Del Valle came to Acalanes. The license for the station had been obtained, but without Del Valle, it was up […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1976-1977 Acalanes Radio Club
In the 1977 Aklan… we do not find an entry for the 1976-1977 Acalanes Radio Club. While we don’t find an entry in the yearbook, we do find the Acalanes Radio Club in the Winter 1976-1977 amateur radio call book. The entry states the following: B Acalanes Radio Club, 1200 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lafayette 94549 […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1975-1976 Acalanes Radio Club
In the 1976 Aklan… we do not find an entry for the 1975-1976 Acalanes Radio Club. While we don’t find an entry in the yearbook, we do find the Acalanes Radio Club in the Winter 1975-1976 amateur radio call book. The entry states the following: B Acalanes Radio Club, 1200 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lafayette 94549 […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1974-1975 Acalanes Radio Club
In the 1975 Aklan… we do not find an entry for the 1974-1975 Acalanes Radio Club. While we don’t find an entry in the yearbook, we do find the Acalanes Radio Club in the Winter 1974-1975 amateur radio call book. The entry states the following: B Acalanes Radio Club, 1200 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lafayette 94549 […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Moving Into The Third Phase
We’ve reached the 1973-1974 school year at Del Valle. This is an excellent point to once again stop and summarize where we’ve been and where we’re going. So far we’ve looked at all five schools in the Acalanes Union High School District (AUHSD) and one in Nebraska. Let’s try to arrange this into a narrative, […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1973-1974 Acalanes Radio Club
In the 1974 Aklan… we do not find an entry for the 1973-1974 Acalanes Radio Club. We do find an entry for the Acalanes TV show in the yearbook. I really got involved in something interesting this year when I joined the staff of the Acalanes Review, a T.V. show put on by some kids […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1972-1973 Acalanes Radio Club
In the 1973 Aklan… we do not find an entry for the 1972-1973 Acalanes Radio Club. We do find an entry for the Acalanes TV show in the yearbook. Reporting the activities at school, the Acalanes Review was a new and well-received activity this year. After establishing a studio in Moraga during October, a representative […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1971-1972 Acalanes Radio Club (Acalanes Gets An Amateur Radio Station)
This is the first school year where we could find amateur radio call books that show when Acalanes got their own amateur radio station. It may have been the previous year, but there weren’t any amateur radio call books covering that school year. Their call letters were WA6AAG. After Las Lomas had the first amateur […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1970-1971 Acalanes Radio Club
In the 1971 Aklan, we don’t find entries for the Acalanes Radio Club. However, when you look at the 1972 Aklan… and go to the senior section, then you find three students who are listed as having been in the Acalanes Radio Club during the 1970-1971 school year. Tracy Richard Christensen: Acalanes Radio Club 1,2,3,4; […]