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; […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1969-1970 Acalanes Radio Club
In the 1970 and 1971 Aklans, 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 two students who are listed as having been in the Acalanes Radio Club during the 1969-1970 school year. Tracy Richard Christensen: Acalanes Radio […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1968-1969 Acalanes Radio Club
In the 1969, 1970, and 1971 Aklans, 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 two students who are listed as having been in the Acalanes Radio Club during the 1968-1969 school year. Tracy Richard Christensen: Acalanes […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Moving Into The Second Phase
We’ve reached the year 1962. This is a good point to stop and summarize where we’ve been and where we’re going. Up until now we’ve looked solely at Acalanes, Las Lomas, and Miramonte. Acalanes At Acalanes we saw early examples of radio clubs. Acalanes also introduced us to the undocumented radio/electronics clubs. Sometimes these clubs […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1958-1962 Electronics Club
In the senior section of the 1962 Aklan there are two students who are listed as having been in an Electronics Club all four of their years. To make sure they weren’t transfer students, we also checked the 1959, 1960, and 1961 Aklans. They were in all of them. What isn’t in the 1959, 1960, […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Mystery Radio Club Member (1956 Aklan)
In the 1956 Aklan… you can find a student named Steve Luther Syverud. It lists him simply as having been in the “radio club”. There’s no year after it. As such, we don’t know exactly when this person was a member of the Radio Club. It’s likely that it was during their senior year, but […]
