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Engineering Star

Grey-haired, bearded man, holding tools, stands over large, illuminated star inside maintenance shop adorned with tools and shelves.
During a maintenance-focused visit in April, volunteer engineer Les Brown builds a new Christmas star for the top of KNOM’s FM transmitter tower in downtown Nome. Photo: Margaret DeMaioribus, KNOM.

He’s a star.

Longtime volunteer engineer Les Brown was back in Nome earlier this spring for a variety of fix-it and maintenance jobs at the station.

The brightest of his accomplishments was rebuilding the KNOM Christmas star, which will shine over Nome next winter, atop the FM tower.

Image at top: photo: Margaret DeMaioribus, KNOM.


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