In the 1980 El Caballero, Las Lomas devoted a section of the yearbook to memorializing the closure of Del Valle. They talk about how the closure affected a lot of students and faculty who ended up at Las Lomas. We’ve included the relevant sections below. At the end, there is also an excerpt from The […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Del Valle 1978-1979 FM Radio Club & The Closure Of Del Valle
In the 1979 Del Valle yearbook… we find an entry for the 1978-1979 Del Valle Radio Club. The members are listed as follows: Charlie Jursch Kevin Ridout David Crane Chris Verdugo Ross Archer Jonathan Hymer Bill Lewis Kirk Weir Darrell Haydon Ron Mickaels Miguel Flach-Alaznar John Zib According to the 1980 Aklan (Acalanes High School […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Del Valle 1977-1978 Radio Club
In 1978, Del Valle chose to call their yearbook the Vivlio. You can see the new name on the inside cover as well. This year we still find the FM/Radio Club. To one day get an FM station at Del Valle was the goal of the FM Club. However, this was a long range project. […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Del Valle 1976-1977 Radio Club (The Arrival of Jonathan Hymer)
This is a very important year in the history of KCEQ. This is the year that Jonathan Hymer arrived at Del Valle. Or is it Jonathon Hymes? Jonathan Hymes? Jonathan Hymen? It’s Jonathan Hymer! Why the 1977 Del Valle yearbook had four different versions of his name depending on where you look is beyond us. […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Del Valle 1975-1976 FM Club/Amateur Radio Club/DV Radio Club
In the 1976 Del Valle yearbook… we find the 1975-1976 FM Club, Amateur Radio Club, and DV Radio Club. The F.M. Club was started 3 years ago by Scott Burnside, and consists of students interested in F.M or A.M. radio broadcasting. At the moment they only play music over the P.A. system, but with some […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Del Valle 1974-1975 FM Club
In the 1975 Del Valle yearbook… we find the 1974-1975 FM Club. The F.M. Club is composed of students who are interested in electronics and/or radio broadcasting. They are building their own station in a part of the electronics lab and are planning to get a license from the F.C.C. The club also provides an […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Del Valle 1973-1974 FM Club (Del Valle Gets An Amateur Radio Station)
If you were to do a barebones history of KCEQ, then this is where you would begin. Wendell began teaching at Del Valle during the 1969-1970 school year. Unlike when he started at Campolindo, there doesn’t appear to have been either the emergence of an electronics/radio club or the continuance of a pre-existing club upon […]
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: Del Valle 1968-1969 Radio Broadcasting Club
In the 1969 Troiana… we find an entry for the 1968-1969 Radio Broadcasting Club. The students are listed as follows: Peter Hubbard Bill Egli Kurt Franseen Ray Hasey Brad Sarty Bill Jason Forrest Patton We are reaching a turning point for radio in the Acalanes Union High School District (AUHSD). All the other groups we […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Del Valle 1967-1968 Radio Club
In the 1968 Troiana… we find an entry for the 1967-1968 Radio Club. The students are listed as follows: Donald L. Gardner Robert Dedrick Nathan Therien Steve Wolf Kathi Picone/Dana J. Michaels Curtis Wiser Dave Jordan Geoffrey Eukel Jon Chubb Brian Murphy G. Johnston Bill Waggoner That’s all the information on this part that we […]
