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KXKVI & The Galaxy Being – From The Outer Limits Of Andromeda

One of the Outer Limits episodes airing tonight on Pluto Tv was The Galaxy Being. Disc Jockey and station co-owner, Buddy Maxwell (Lee Philips), realizes that his brother, the station engineer and co-owner, Allan Maxwell (Cliff Robertson), has drained power in the area while researching microwave background noise using a device powered from the radio station. An alien from Andromeda appears on the three-dimensional television screen and is brought to Earth when a substitute deejay turns up the power in the broadcast studio. In the course of all the chaos and destruction, the radio tower crashes to the ground. The substitute jock is killed. He violated FCC rules by turning up the power after sunset. Darn fool!
The radio station is KXKVI in Los Feliz, a neighborhood of Los Angeles. Dial position 1820. That’s beyond the Outer Limits of the AM band.
Here is a clip from the program, taking you inside the KXKVI studio…

Jason Remington

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May 7, 2023 at QZVX

Jason Remington says:

I couldn’t do a 4-hour shift without headphones. Buddy Maxwell was a real laid-back pro.

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August 11, 2024 at QZVX

Dave Lascko says:

My absolute favorite episode of The Outer Limits I always wondered if the interior shots were done at KTTV studios or actually done at KXKVI KCBH back then today known as KYSR
For over a year when I first saw this episode as I was only 11 I couldn’t go upstairs to bed alone Yes true story
This was so daring considering it was the early 60’s

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- August 11, 2024 at QZVX
  
  Jason Remington says:
  
  My guess, based on the microphone just setting on the board rather than being a boom mic setup, this was recreated in the CBS Television studio. Outside shots may have been at the station.
  https://qzvx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Marv-Collins-who-started-at-KCBH-FM-in-1954.jpg (photo from https://kcbh-fm.org/)
  
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  - August 11, 2024 at QZVX
    
    Jason Remington says:
    
    Hmmm, Maybe this was filmed at the studio after all. https://qzvx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dougnelson.jpg (Doug Nelson at the KCBH studio)
    
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    - Untitled Comment by Kevin Malin
      
      Someone on another broadcast board thinks the station was filmed in Beverly Hills at the site of KCBH 98.7 now known as KYSR.
      
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      - Untitled Comment by Lou Robbins
        
        This echoes an earlier comment here https://qzvx.com/2023/04/14/kxkvi-the-galaxy-being-from-the-outer-limits-of-andromeda/comment-page-1/#comment-42355 so KCBH is the likely location.
        
        and see pic: https://qzvx.com/2023/04/14/kxkvi-the-galaxy-being-from-the-outer-limits-of-andromeda/comment-page-1/#comment-42357
        
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        Untitled Comment by Lou Robbins
        
        IMDB website identifies location as KCBH radio.
        
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    - Untitled Comment by Dave Lascko
      
      I agree Jason the mic on the OL looks cheesy I have sat at the board and their mic was on a boom I hope this kicks up some interest
      The radio station I sat at was literally right behind my grandparents house with 3 towers and I used to look out the back window at night to see if any Andromedeans were coming
      It sure made a lasting impression in my head I can watch it now and it’s ok but being 11 it scarred me for a good while I got over it !
      
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      - Untitled Comment by Lou Robbins
        
        Outer Limits aired right before bedtime. There were a couple episodes like this one and “The Sixth Finger” which featured another very scary creature (featuring David McCallum).
        
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    - Untitled Comment by Jason Remington
      
      But that mic on the OL doesn’t seem broadcast quality. Is there an engineer that might clarify what we are seeing?
      
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October 25, 2024 at QZVX

kevin Malin says:

I’ve been trying to DX this station since it first came on the air. Would love to receive a QSL card from them. Probably the rarest catch in all of radio broadcasting.

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- October 25, 2024 at QZVX
  
  Lou Robbins says:
  
  I heard they lost their license and went dark in 1963 after some violations due to unauthorized power increases, illegal television transmissions (KXKVI was not licensed for tv) and destruction of the transmission tower, all due to crazy actions by the engineer/co-owner of KXKVI.
  
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