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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1977)
Proposed radio station future ‘in limbo’ By ANNA HOYT of the Emerald A lack of funding may kill the proposed ASUO radio station be fore it is even born. The future of the station, prop osed last summer, as an alterna tive to KWAX, the lone campus radio station, is in limbo because the Incidental Fee Committee (IFC) says it doesn't have funds available to pay for a community survey that must be made before applying for a license from the Federal Communications Com mission. Facility would provide KWAX option There is a possibility that the IFC may receive more supple mental funds next term, however. One of the stations major func tions would be to give broadcast ing students real practical experi ence. "One of the weaknesses with KWAX is that it has nothing to do with a real commercial radio station,” says Sandy Fowler Hawkins, the state’s engineering consultant for the ASUO. "If you're going to make a living with a degree in broadcasting, you'll probably start at a commer cial station — probably in sales. Where are you going to learn?” He points out the station would exist in relation to the University much as the Emerald does, and it would be run by the students. However, the radio stations would have to compete with many com mercial radio stations making out rageous profits, Fowler-Hawkins says. "The station would have a two fold function,” says ASUO pres. Gary Feldman, “to present stu dents with the type of program HEW awards training grants for family service positions The department of CSPA has been awarded a Children and Family Service grant from Health, Education and Welfare, to make positions available for non-CSPA field placements in management and administration. Students who are accepted will be placed with supervisors, man agers or program development specialists in children and family service agencies. Placements can be for three months on a full-time basis or for six months part-time. Applications and information are available from PhyHis Geyer, Room 211 A, Hendricks Hall. Stock (Continued from Page 1) tions, those who testified and the state board for the "historical de cision." He said the job for the people of Oregon is now to publi cize the decision and advise other state systems on how the results were gained. Mhlambiso also said the deci sion can be used as a springboard for other states This decision is bound to affect other universities around the na tion," he said The students of the State of Washington told me that they would be looking to the Oregon State board to set an ex ample. They felt that if Oregon de cided to divest it would be a much easier step for them to divest also." University Pres. William Boyd agreed He said that despite the fact that Oregon's state system isn't one of the richest in terms of monetary worth, it will have a great effect, because the state of Oregon is thought of as a leader — especially among young peo ple. Boyd predicted the divestment would pass after hearing the tes timony of the church leaders. "Their line of testimony did not follow ideological or practical ar gument," Boyd said. "They fo cused on the moral witness of the community. I feel the board peo ple reacted to that.” Dennis Huneke of the Campus Christian Ministry, told the board that although divestment may be impotent, but it will give one more reason to hope and more reason for South Africans to continue their work for equity and human rights.” One University student. Liz Boze, presented the board with a petition of over 1,000 names of faculty and students that she col lected herself, in favor of divest ment. The presentation made in favor of keeping the stock was a letter sent to the board by the Oregon State University (OSU) student body representative. Feldman said the letter was dearly an effort to undermine the Oregon Student Lobby, of which OSU is a member. Daniels told the audience, “For those who expressed their sincere concern for the conditions in South Africa, I am voting for di vestment. But I am not voting for divestiture on the behalf of those who pointed accusing fingers at the members of the board.” The board may be expected to re-mvest its stock without any necessary delay, according to Boyd's interpretation of the mo tion. However, he warns, the board s business managers must be prudent in transferring the stock to avoid unwise invest ments. COOPERATIVE PRINTING 13c copies. 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For every dollar the ASUO con tributes for the station, the Corpo ration for Public Broadcastina would give three, Feldman exp lains. “We re talking about a substan tial cost, but also a substantial be nefit to the students,” commented Feldman, “ff done right, this sta tion could duplicate what a real commercial radio station is like in ternally.” "I think it would be a good op portunity for students to work on a station that has some listeners,” Fowler-Hawkins adds. If your signal only goes four miles, how many listeners can you have?” Hawkins said there are some dif ficulties with KWAX — their signal doesn’t go very far because they are 50 feet below average terrain. The EMU has been mentioned as a possible location for the sta tion. One suggestion has been the roof of the walkway between the fishbowl and the new addition. Feldman suggests the skylight. There are two possible sites for the transmitter: on Blanton heights and in the Coburg hills. “The Blanton site is preferable because there is easier access and telephone and power lines are already up there.” Fowler Hawkins says. The Coburg site is a secondary site and would only be used rf Channel 6 in Portland filed an objection to building it on Blanton. There is a potential for interference between the FM signal and the TV station's audio signal. CAFETERIA GRILL EMU food service Hamburgers French Dip Daily Specials Open 7 am-2:30 pm Breakfast 'til 10:30 am / • , I 4 ' V I • . ' a ■ i frt . . . < • , • , " • . t i - i •* vi ■ »' • .. • i, i; EMU Cultural Forum presents MIRIAM SCHAPIRO Distinguished New York Abstract Artist
