KVHS broadcasts from a tower tucked in Concord’s rolling hills, a few miles southeast of the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial on the shoreline of Suisun Bay.

Dave Hughes doesn’t have a key to access the property, despite being the on-air personality behind The Beat of Diablo , KVHS 90.5 FM’s hyperlocal evening radio show.

That’s not normally a problem, because there’s not a physical station to unlock. Instead, this small, DIY broadcast — powered by a four-member volunteer crew and computer software — remotely blasts songs, public service announcements, event listings and other educational content through a single, small antenna.

But continued access to the unmanned, unassuming tower is now uncertain, as Hughes and several other community advocates fight to prevent 90.5

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