Mr. Random
leaves his
playlist to
chance, using
dice to pick the
next song for
his Armadillo
Radio Show,
which airs from
4 to 6 p.m.
Thursdays on
KWVA88.1 FM.
Tim Bobosky | Photo editor
ASUO Senate considers
EMU funding for KWVA
The student-run radio station seeks financial stability
to more easily deal with day-to-day operations
BY NICHOLAS WILBUR
NEWS REPORTER
Student-funded and student-run
KWVA radio station cleared one
hurdle toward-financial stability on
Wednesday as Student Senators vot
ed to add the station as an EMU
funded program.
KWVA General Manager Char
lotte Nisser said she thinks student
government’s Programs Finance
Committee, which initially sets the
radio station’s budget, does not un
derstand the importance of funding
the federally licensed radio station.
The station often needs immediate
funds to replace equipment and en
sure the station is broadcasting 24
hours a day, every day, including
holidays, she said.
The Federal Communications Com
mission could shut the station down
by terminating its license if it doesn’t
continually broadcast, she said.
“It’s gotten to the point that every
year we have to go and fight for
funding,” Nisser said. “If PFC decid
ed not to fund us, then we are in vi
olation of (Federal Communications
Commission) regulations. ”
The EMU Board of Directors,
which allocates $3.7 million of stu
dent fees to operate the building,
must still vote to transfer KWVA from
the PFC to the EMU. The EMU Board
heard the proposal Wednesday after
noon, but decided not to vote on it
until Oct. 19, after its Budget Com
mittee hearing this Wednesday.
As an educational, commercial
free radio station, the federal gov
ernment views KWVA as a tool and
outlet for students to learn about
the radio industry, Nisser said.
“EMU Programs are thought of as
longer-term programs, where PFC
programs are dependent on mem
bership,” she added.
KWVA Board of Directors Chair
man Michael Huntsberger said he
was surprised when he first started
working at KWVA because of its
high level of autonomy, but he said
that in his 20 years of college radio
experience, equipment replacement
and general long-term goals have
been difficult.
He said it is difficult for the
Senate to allocate large amounts of
money on short notice to replace
broken equipment, which is often
the problem when no reserve
accounts are established for long
term planning.
“Most of the Student Senate is fo
cused on other sorts of programs,”
Huntsberger said, “and this is not a
temporary group.”
ASUO Finance Coordinator Nick
Hudson said KWVA will become a
more financially sustainable, long
term student group by becoming an
EMU program.
Under the EMU, an officer of ad
ministration position will be estab
lished to deal with FCC regulations,
taking pressure off the general man
ager, who currently deals with them.
“(One) long-term benefit for
KWVA is in the stability of knowing
they would not be at the whim of
PFC giving the market standards,”
Hudson said.
As an EMU program, Hudson
said, KWVA would have reserve
funds to allow for short- and long
term financial stability.
Hudson, who submitted the pro
posal to the EMU and Student Sen
ate, said the EMU will also benefit
in the long term because KWVA has
the potential to eventually be self
sufficient and possibly make money
for the EMU.
The radio station cost PFC
$83,384 this year as an educational
radio station.
Nisser said the radio station
serves as an important tool for stu
dents on campus and in the com
munity. It provides hands-on expe
rience not offered in the journalism
school, she said.
Contact the campus and federal
politics reporter at
nwilbur@dailyemerald.com
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