We can’t even guess how many people this true gentleman has helped over the years, including those of us at Jiveradio. Any help you can give will make a difference.

The 2026 fire season has caused profound hardship for NTA Board Member Tim Stoffel. He lost his home in Reno, along with his cherished cats and a lifetime collection of electronic equipment, astronomy-related items, an organ that brought him great joy, music and book collections. Everything in the residence he called home has been lost to the Hawk Fire.

Throughout the years, Tim has contributed hundreds of hours to NTA as a board member, association member, and convention audiovisual specialist for approximately 15 to 20 years. He had a long-standing connection with the Reno PBS station and continues to work as an independent installer. Additionally, he has assisted many of our member licensees in resolving transmitter issues and addressing the operational needs of both LPTV stations and translators.

We understand that a GoFundMe page has been established to assist Tim with his immediate needs and support his long-term recovery as he rebuilds his life. https://gofund.me/698d6a0af

We extend our deepest and most sincere condolences to Tim. Such complete devastation is difficult to comprehend, and words seem inadequate to convey meaningful comfort during this time.

Jack Mills, President National Translator Association August 26, 2026

FUN WITH ATLAS OBSCURA

 

While it doesn’t sound great, if you’re a Van fan, you’ll want to give this one a listen. Recorded at Bill Graham’s Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco California on December 2, 1978. Check it out under our CONCERTS tab above.

8/1-9/26 – it’s Jerry week on Jive. Extra doses.

Sister Tiny will be doing Friday afternoons from 4 to 7 PM Pacific time, with her own version of what should be done, at least when it comes to great radio.

9:50am (pt) 7/28/26 – 71,000 acres with 10% ‘containment’.

10:45AM (pt) 7/26/26 – the Brewer fire is now at almost 52,000 acres with 5% contained.

3:15 PM (pt) 7/24/26 – the Brewer fire is now at 35,000 acres with 5% contained. Threats to our mountain top transmitter site seem low. Weather could change everything. We’ll keep putting out radio while the planet cooks.

4:20PM (pt) 7/22/26 -authorities closed off access to the site and concurrently a lightning storm knocked out our Maine streaming server for about 45 minutes. Things are acting stable now, but smooth sailing might be days away.

3:33PM 7//22/26 – the Brewer fire around our transmitter site has expanded to 29,000 acres with evacuation orders surrounding the area. Local tech Cliff Peck made it up last night and replaced a faulty power strip which restored our rack and internet. The site itself is not under direct threat, yet, but KJIV is back on the air.

3:15PM 7/21/26: the Brewer fire, which surrounds our KJIV 96.5 FM transmitter site outside of Madras Oregon is now at 28,000 acres and growing with 1% containment. At last word yesterday, the site itself is not currently under threat, but access to the site and other fires in the area are complicating the efforts of our ISP to restore the Internet. As we say in radio: “please standby”. It could be days, or hours. We will be contributing to “The Fan Fund” in an effort to blow all smoke south.

Word has it wildfires in the area of our KJIV transmitter site at Grizzly Peak in Central Oregon have a part in the outage of our Internet service to our transmitter there, knocking out our signal on 96.5 FM. As always, our crack technical crew, powered by Mormon tea and Ayahuasca, are working on it. We’re hoping Canada doesn’t charge us for the smoke going north.

Listeners in the area are advised to consult their favorite net media consumption device as our stream is carrying on. Thank you for your attention to this matter. DeeJayTea