In late 2000, a major initiative was begun to replace much of the ageing studio equipment,
which had been in continuous operation since 1985. As part of the "15th Anniversary
Equipment Replacement Project", the Master Control room was renovated with state of the
art digital equipment and other facilities to enable KLUX to proceed into the future. Once
again, the John G. and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation responded generously
with a grant, which, together with gifts from KLUX listeners, put the project well on its
way toward completion.
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Renovated Master Control Position |
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The 15th Anniversary Project positioned the station for the digital era. KLUX
now boasted over 240 gigabytes of digital audio storage for its library of four thousand
musical selections and an equal number of announcements. While still capable of standard analog
origination, the station could now record, store and deliver a digital audio stream from its hard
drives to the input of the transmitter.
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A section of the KLUX Transmitter
Room in 1999 |
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In early 2000, as part of the annual Gabriel Awards competition, KLUX was
awarded national recognition for its outstanding achievement in total programming and
public service by the National Association of Catholic Communicators, "UNDA
USA".
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