The Oregon Daily Emerald's Entertainment Guide
Campus radio finally
to become a reality
By l.jyno Lakt'l'ish
Em ore Reporter
The idea had boon floating
around tor years, hut last tall,
some industrious students gave
it some momentum, f irst came
a petition, then the ballots
Hut in the final hour, the de
i is ion was made 1.852 to
•4.01 The University would get
a radio station It would get
KRMA, 88 I IM. which is ex
peeled to be on the air by the
middle of fall term
"We had gotten a lot of sup
port . " said (lary Kosenstein.
KKMA's co-coordinator, indi
i at mg that he and lames |anu
ary, the other coordinator, had
expelled to get the necessary
funding.
"We hail gotten a lot ol vrr\
positive ferdbaik. anil a Ini of
pruplr seemed rrallv into it -'ll
ill1 urrr prettv Mirr that vvr
were going to grl funds hr
said, referring In the S- >.Hli 1
thrv rri rivnl
The monrv will pa\ for rrtur
bishing thr Agatr Street studio
thrv will hr using Ire him al
equipment. stipends and set up
i.osts Kosrnstein said thr uion
rv will prohahlv last one vrar
Hr also added that futurr vrar
l\ expenses will hr lower hr
i.ausr some of their expenses
m>w are one time t osls
Hut fur now, Kosrnslrin and
januars are still in thr prorrss
ut pin mg their projei t tugrlh
rr, a projei t thrv started last
fall
lames January recruits supporters for KKM.\. the
landslide victory in the ret ent elet lion.
soon-to-he t ampus radio station, whit h won a
''I li.iti first hoard about it last
spring .it registration when
someone handed me .1 thing
that said that there was going
to lie a radio station, tint it sort
ot fizzled from there." Rosen
stein explained We were
wondering what was up with it
so we pic ked It up troll! there
I'he two men contai ted
kWAX the IhuversiW's 1 lassi
i ,11 radio st<ition. in the early
stages oi tlm planning, >111(1 tli.it
phone (.ill bin .mu' .ill impor
tant
I hey (KV\’AX| li.id applied
for .i set ond I M lrc<|Ut!iu \
vvhii h it looks liki* they re not
going to lie using, so thev re
just going to give It ov el to us."
Kosonstein s.nd
from I lien i oiinei t ion to
KU AX Kosenstein .mil |anuar\
had ,ic quired the crucial cle
incut of their upt timing radio
station airwaves
I'hc l(< frequent \ approval
is expet ted to i mill' through
this summer, u hit h is w in
kKMA is not expet ted to he on
the .111 until mid tall
At this point the planning lie
lorn to Radio, Page 8
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