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'di April 27, 1995 Erie, PA 16563 Vol XLIII, No. 25
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WPSE future in question
by Brad Park
Collegian Staff
Rumors have been running
wild during the last few weeks
concerning the future of Behrend's
radio station, WPSE.
There have been rumors that
imply that the station will be cut
from the budget next year. There
have also been stories that the
station could be cut as early as
this June.
Contrary to these rumors,
WPSE will be on the air next
semester. However, attempts are
being made to make WPSE a
self-supporting organization to
guarantee its future existence.
Hiring a director of sales will
help the station in becoming
fully self-supporting.
Fred Anzivino, the WPSE
station manager, spoke about the
history of WPSE. "It (WPSE)
was basically a gift from the
people that used to own K-Hits
104, back in December of 1988."
He continued, "We went on the
air May 5 of 'B9 and we've been
going strong ever since. We've
changed networks, we've changed
the format. We were able to
bring on a lot of new things so
we could give students an
extremely broad background in
radio broadcasting operations.
That is hard to find at any other
university."
Anzivino commented on some
of the activities WPSE covers,
"Here, it is highly disciplined.
We're locked into several formats;
Business Radio Network, Penn
State Network, CBS Radio,
Speaker Series, and local
basketball games. We started
doing away with games this
year."
"So, students get a tremendous
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opportunity to do a lot of things
in radio," added Anzivino.
According to Anzivino,
approximately 20 students are
involved with the radio station in
a semester. "Over the last six
years, probably 300 students or
more have gone through it, (the
radio station experience.)"
We're doing
ewything we can
posibly can to keep
it (WPSE) going.
-Dean Chris Reber
The station manager expressed
his feelings on how the radio
station provides an opportunity
for students, "Here you've got a
golden opportunity. Because it
(WPSE) has been around six
years, its got a reputation now."
He followed, "They know how
disciplined the station is, they
know that its not a typical
college station, and they know
that we expect a lot from our
students. So, if you can cut it
here, you can probably do it out
there."
"It gives you that incredible,
vital experience that you
absolutely must have in order to
get your foot in the door,"
Anzivino concluded his point.
Dean of Students, Dr. Chris
Reber, commented on the status
of WPSE, "We just, in the last
two years, tried to develop a sales
effort. We've hired a director of
sales to oversee what we hope
eventually will be an effort that
will involve a lot of students."
Dean Reber described the past
experiences with WPSE's
directors of sales, "We have not,
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to date, found a director of sales
who really has seen this as a
good fit for him or her."
"We're hopefully going to hire
It gives you that
incredible, vital
experience that
you must have
in order to get
your foot
in the door.
someone before the start of the
next academic year," Dr. Reber
continued. *We're really going to
be looking for someone who can
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make a commitment to us of at
least three years."
Dean Reber discussed the
financial status of the station,
"The University, three years ago.
implemented what it called 'The
University Futures Process.' And
this was an effort to downsize, the
University and to try to save
money where possible."
"At that time, since the station
had a commercial format, Behrend
chose to create a goal of having
the station be self-supporting as a
way of not cutting into other key
areas," he continued.
Considering the goal of the
station, Dean Reber said,
"Eventually, and hopefully
sooner rather than later, the
station does need to be self
supporting."
Dean Reber assured that the
station will be in existence in the
next year, "The station is
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absolutely going to be here next
."
Concerning wether the station
becoming self-supporting meant
the eventual elimination of the
station, Dean Reber said, "We
certainly don't plan to eliminate
the station. We hope not to
eliminate the station. In order to
keep it indefinitely, we have to
make sales progress, we have to
generate significant funding.
Hopefully, enough funding will
be available to pay all direct
costs. That is our goal."
Dean Reber continued, "We're
not there yet. We're committed
to that goal in as much as we're
advertising for a new director of
sales."
Dean Reber later assured,
"We're doing everything we
possibly can to keep it (WPSE)
going and we expect that we're
going to be successful."
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