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
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for family service positions
The department of CSPA has
been awarded a Children and
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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
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six months part-time.
Applications and information
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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.
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ming they demand and to draw
students into all facets of radio
operation. The station would be
completely run by students with
the exception of some production
people,’’
Since there are no commercial
FM radio frequency bands availa
ble in Eugene, the ASUO would
apply for an educational band. By
applying for an educational band
the ASUO would be eligible to
apply for a grant from the Corpora
tion for Public Broadcasting,
which allocates funds to non-profit
organizations to assist in station
construction.
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.
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