Via email, I recently made contact with an organization tagged Adakisland.com   When asked about the status of the radio and TV stations they replied "The radio station is no longer there and the TV channel is only a reader board".  My goodness, how sad.  It was totally alive years ago.

This was the main area where most of the barracks, chow hall, and radio/TV studios were located, most of which were underground.  This was a typical day on Adak.

You don't get the fun at the station until you pay your dues.  I was originally assigned to the Adak Public Works Department as a lineman working on telephone cable maintenance.  Here I am with a crew digging up the #35 cable to make a splice.  It was awful duty and freezing cold no matter how much clothing you wore.

Things got a little better in a couple of months when I was assigned a bucket truck to at least go up the poles.

Finally, I was pulled off of the line crew and assigned another truck to do in building telephone work.  Much warmer.  I was on the air with the radio and TV stations during the evenings, and finally assigned to the stations full time.

This was one of those freebies that come along once in a while.  This is the telephone central office and switchboard.  My friend Mike Ferarra who is in the background got us in there almost every night for a round of free phone calls back home.  The cost to make a legitimate call was $15 for the first minute and around $5 for every minute thereafter.  But not if your calling from this room.  Thanks Mike.  We would probably be court-martialed if they knew what we were up to.