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Loyd C. Sigmon (May 6, 1909 - June 2, 2004) was born in Stigler, Oklahoma to a cattle-ranching family. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated Ungulates a member of the Subfamily Bovinae of the family A ranch is an area of landscape including various structures given primarily to the practice of ranching the practice of raising grazing livestock such as Cattle He soon became interested in radio, earning his amateur ("ham") radio license at age 14. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Amateur radio, often called ham radio, is both a Hobby and a service in which participants called "hams" use various types of Radio communications His broadcasting career began in 1932 at the Boston Short Wave and Television Laboratories. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. In 1941 he was hired as an engineer for MacMillan Petroleum Company's flagship radio station, KMPC, in Los Angeles, California. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. KMPC ( Radio Korea, 라디오코리아 is a radio station based in Los Angeles California that airs Radio Korea programming Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West That job was interrupted by World War II; he served in the United States Army Signal Corps on General Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general

Sigmon resumed his job in Los Angeles after the war, rising to the position of Executive Vice President with Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters, which owned eight radio and two television stations on the west coast, including KMPC. __FORCETOC__ For the Vice President of the United States, their roles and other information see Vice President of the United States. Orvon Gene Autry ( September 29 1907 &ndash October 2 1998) was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy

In 1955, Sigmon invented a specialized radio and tape recorder that the Los Angeles Police Department used to alert radio stations throughout the city to traffic conditions and emergencies. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) The messages were referred to as "Sigmon traffic alerts," a phrase quickly shortened to "Sig Alert. A Sig Alert is defined by the California Highway Patrol as "any unplanned event that causes the closing of one lane of traffic for 30 minutes or more as opposed to a planned " The system, now employed throughout California, has been copied in numerous other areas. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.

Loyd Sigmon received recognition and honors from local and state government agencies, the National Safety Council, and broadcasting and radio organizations. The National Safety Council (NSC is a Nonprofit, Nongovernmental Public service organization dedicated to protecting life and promoting Health In 1998, when the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the California Highway Patrol opened their Freeway Traffic Center in Los Angeles, Sigmon attended as their special Guest of Honor. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The California Department of Transportation ( Caltrans) is a Government department in the U The California Highway Patrol (CHP is a state agency that acts as the State police force of California. He was quoted in the Los Angeles Times as saying, "I ran a multimillion-dollar corporation, but it's the Sig Alert that people remember me for. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed "

Sigmon kept his ham license, W6LQ, current even after retiring to Oklahoma. Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America.


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