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The “HA – HA – BOATER” Hotline : (424)226-2837

Nixon and Mao had their red phone.  Now we have ours.

So, why in the world should I call  HA – HA – BOATER? 

To give a happy birthday wish… To suggest a song… To tell a story… To report a lost wedding ring… To request a snack… To break a news event… To publicize a garage sale… To share a whale sighting… To rant about a parking ticket… To greet a sailing buddy… To congratulate a new mother… To dispel an island rumor… To invite us to a party… To… To…

Ahhh the beauty of it…. just leave a message and Island Radio will pass your voice along through the airwaves and across the island. 

HA HA BOATER!!! 

424 226 2837

Nice Rack. Or… How KISL Gets a Needed Donation.

It’s Sunday afternoon and I’m lounging around at the Getty Center waiting for a call from the KTTV sky copter. My iphone starting buzzing just as I finished an overpriced Caesar salad.

“Meet me at the Van Nuys Airport in thirty minutes.”

The Van Nuys airport, lodged between a Home Depot and a Budweiser brewery on a desolate stretch of Roscoe Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley is probably best known for its central role in airlifting South American pharmaceuticals to Hollywood nostrils during the snowstorms of the 1970’s. This is not LAX.

Larry Flint’s private jet taxis by as I enter the security zone. In a wide open hangar I glimpse the gleaming blue fuselage of a vintage test craft, the kind of speed machine Chuck Yaeger would fly. Or Chuck Norris. BK waves me over to his SUV and we survey the merchandise.

“Nice Rack.”

It barely fits into my Toyota but we squeeze it in. 16 hours later it’s on a barge to Catalina Island, where its new home is the Greenhouse. High-rise housing for the console power supply, the Universal Power Supply, the Optimod, the Studio Transmitter Link, and the Emergency Alert System. The Greenhouse just got a whole lot cleaner. Thank you KTTV!

Electronics Rack for KISL
Electronics Rack for KISL

Wanted: You. And him. And them. And her.

The KISL studio
Our Studio

Catalina community radio – where do you fit in?  Is it your passion for music?  Are you a history buff with stories to tell?  Got a great idea for a quiz show?  Has it always been a dream of yours to produce original radio theater?

This gem, this working, breathing, living radio station can help bring your idea to our community of listeners on Catalina Island, and anywhere in the world through the internet.

Write or call me to find out how how we can train you, provide technical support, and guide you to your finished program – and to the ears of Catalina and beyond.

This is your year to do radio!

Yours in the airwaves,

Dave Markowitz,
Station Manager, KISL
decompressionchamber@yahoo.com
(424) 226-2837
HA-HA-BOATER
42-42-26-28-37