That a mom and pop radio station would even think to invest in studio video cameras is considered unthinkable, not to mention financially risky. Such a move might be thought by many in the industry to be reserved strictly for talk radio outlets that are home to nationwide syndicated radio stars.

Mike Lundgren on the other hand, gave this a lot of thought, and decided to take the risk. In the middle of a busy life, where he owns and operates his own 7 day a week internet business from his offices in Elgin Texas called "Ideal Solutions," Lundgren saw a way that he could put his Dad's fledgling radio station on the map. Mike is the son of Fred Lundgren, the CEO of Broadcast Managment Services, the company that operates and controls KCAA/Loma Linda, a talk station located in the Inland Empire of Southern California at 1050 on the AM dial.

In addition to running Ideal Solutions, a company dedicated to offering customers the best in integrated wired and wireless voice and data communications solutions(from installation to service and maintenance), Lundgren sees each day how he has provided answers for his clients on small levels and has seen noticable growth for his customers businesses. In fact he experiences this so often, that it made sense to apply the same business model to help his father take his enterprise to the next level. Lundgren also serves KCAA as its Internet Technologist.

His first task was to make sure that the station, which is touted as being "the station that leaves no listener behind," is able to be heard all over the world on an internet that is using the very finest server. As KCAA is presently a daytime only station, he wanted listeners not only worldwide, but in the local coverage area, to be able to continue listening well past sign off. This month, this will no longer be a need as KCAA was recently granted FCC approval to broadcast 24 hours a day. This is expected to go into effect sometime this month.

The next task was his perfection of the on demand "Podcasting" technology. With state-of-the-art equipment recently purchased by KCAA, each podcast will download and buffer much faster now, and will feature the highest quality sound. The podcasting page for each host and programmer on the station is able to hold several shows on one page. According to Lundgren, "when we've run out of space on the page, we'll create an archive page where those shows will be stored and will always remain on listener demand anytime they want to hear a show."

Effective this week, each show that is a KCAA locally originated program, can now be seen. The station features a huge roster of syndicated shows, such as "Imus in the Morning," "The Alex Jones Show" and several Air America programs. When those air, all that viewers can see are various KCAA board operators sitting in the studios listening to the audio feeds of these shows which originate away from the station. Programming that broadcasts live from the station (located in the San Bernardino Carousel Mall) include "The Right Source" with Kevin Shannon; "The Daily Briefing" with Col. Ray; "H.T.O.S." with Howard and Nick, and of course "The Many Moods of Vince Daniels."

Said Lundgren, "the best way for my Dad to develop and to build-up shows and get them ready for national syndication, was to think big. If we thought we were big enough to have cameras in the studio and could create that excitement, we would be percieved as big stuff by the industry. Hey, people eat this stuff up."

A link to the KCAA T.V.feed is available here on the homepage.