“KBOA’s electronic wizard is R. H. (Bob) Conner, chief engineer. He is responsible for keeping the signal you find at the 830 spot on your radio dial and helped design the new building. Keeping KBOA on the air has not always been an easy task and Bob has worked more than a few nights all the way through so that when you turned your radio on next morning, those familiar call letters and your favorite programs would be there just for the dialing. Mr. And Mrs. Conner, her friends call her Charlcye are Mississippians. He is a native of Calhoun County and she hails from Pittsboro. They have a son, R. H. (Bert) Conner, Jr., 13 ½. To Bert that ½ is important. The Conners live at 312 North Baker Drive. Bob came to Kennett in June, 1947, to begin work on KBOA. He had previously been chief engineer at KLCN in Blytheville and had been engaged in radio service work since 1935. He received his formal training at National School of Electrical Engineering and Radio Communication in Los Angeles, California.” (Daily Dunklin Democrat, 1957)