Governor Sprague welcomes KOAC listeners to the Oregon State Fair, 1940. KOAC broadcasts from the Oregon State Fair in Salem were popular with fairgoers and with those at home. The KOAC staff "covered everything down to the last county booth and the giant squash."

New transmitter building, 1941. Located on the college experimental farm at Granger (about seven miles north of campus), this new transmitter house and two new 325-foot radio towers (in rear) were required in order for KOAC to increase the station power from 1000 to 5000 watts. The Granger site provided sufficient room for a ground system of 66 miles of copper wire buried two feet deep. The KOAC transmitter is a familiar landmark on Hwy. 20 to commuters between Corvallis and Albany and is on the Benton County Register of Historic Resources.

KOAC assists in flood response, 1943. During the Willamette Valley flood emergency of January 1943, KOAC stayed on the air broadcasting information and assisting in the evacuation of flood refugees. Burton Hutton (left) and Grant B. Feikert provided hourly readings of the rising river, allowing farmers to save irreplaceable machinery and valuable livestock.

Oregon School of the Air, 1940. Beginning in 1930, KOAC offered programs and presented for in-school use in classrooms throughout the state. One of the popular programs that aired in 1940 was "Hero Tales from Oregon History" told by Kenneth Munford. Listeners in Newburg wrote Munford praising the program.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• KOAC Radio Milestones
• Images: The 1920s
• Images: The 1930s
• Images: The 1940s
• Images: The 1950s