KWAX provides music,
training for students
From a cramped space in 341
Villard Hall come 133 hours a
week of invisible entertainment,
information and news. It's the
home of KWAX, otherwise known
as QUACKS, 91.1 FM, the Univer
sity wireless, classical radio, the
station without advertisements.
From Salem to Roseburg, and at
the coast on the cable, KWAX pro
vides high-calibre programming
special to public radio.
Seventy percent of what travels
over the airwaves from 6 a.m. to 1
a.m. on KWAX is classical music.
News and information — in
cluding "All Things Considered,"
"The Morning Edition" and "An
Oregon Evening" — comprise 20
percent of its programming. The
other 10 percent of KWAX's on-air
time is devoted to folk and jazz
music on Friday evenings.
Not only does the University sta
tion provide ad-free radio, but it
serves as a training ground for stu
dent and community volunteers.
Though run by five full-time and
two part-time paid staffers, KWAX
uses about 50 volunteers
throughout the year.
Former General Manager |anet
Kenney says KWAX volunteers are
equally divided between those in
terested in music, broadcasting or
community affairs. Now, Kenney
says, is the best time for
volunteers to hook up with the
station by helping with the sta
tion's $25,000 fundraising effort
that kicks off on September 28.
The station counts on securing 50
percent of its revenue from "self
generated” funds — that is,
money pledged by individual and
business supporters and listeners.
The University throws in another
30 percent, and the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting provides
the remaining 20 percent.
In the past two months, KWAX
has added several new staffers, in
cluding Manager Cathy Gilbert,
Program Director Tom Duval and
Announcer-Producer Robert
McBride.
In spite of the turnover, KWAX
will continue to bring consistently
high-quality classical programm
ing to rock-tired ears in the
University's radius.
"It has always been our obliga
tion to provide a service that other
community media hasn't," Ken
ney says. "Classical music is our
service."
Angela Allen Morgan
Graphic by Shawn Bird
KWAX Schedule
Morning Edition
All Things Considered
An Oregon Evening
Jazz and Folk Music
6-8 a.m., Monday-Friday
5-6:30 p.m., Monday-Friday
6:30-8 p.m., Monday-Thursday
6:30 p.m.-l a.m., Friday
"All Things Considered," airs on Sat. and Sun., 5-6 p.m. also.
Classical music, along with other special radio events, fills the re
maining hours of KWAX programming.
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Jane Powell in Inside Out
September 20 1983
Tickets 12 00/10 00/8 00
Pearl Bailey with Louie Bellson
September 24 1983
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Prodigal Daughters
October 21. 1983
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National Ballet ol Spain
October 25 1983
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The Acting Co/Merry Wives of Windsor
October 30. 1983
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Scots Guard/Black Watch
November 8 1963
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Oliver
November 13 1983
rickets 12 25/10 25/9 25/8 25
Mary 0 Kara
October 20. 1983
Tickets 10 50/8 50
Myron Floren
October 26. 1983
Tickets 11 50/9 50
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