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Thursday, March 28, 1996
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BEHREND-On Friday March
15, a week after advertising agent
Molly Hanes made it official she
was leaving WPSE, Station
Manager Fred Anzivino
announced he would be leaving
effective March 29 to pursue
another job in Ohio.
Immediately the administration
went to work to find a new
station manager. In • the
meantime, Ron Slomski, the
host of the Saturday Polka Show
and a long time client of WPSE,
will be an interim manager.
Photo by Bob Must!chi
Collegian Photographer
Fred Anzlvlno: Former
WPSE manager.
"Ron was in betVVeen jobs and
happened to be able to help us
out," said Dean of Students Dr.
Chris Reber. "We are delighted
he is willing to do it because
Ron has been a great friend to
WPSE since we went on air."
Anzivino took over WPSE in
1989 and put the station on the
air on May sth. He will be
leaving WPSE to become the
manager of the Ashtabula Mall in
Ashtabula, Ohio. He will rejoin
his wife who had been living in
that area for a while since taking
a job as marketing manager for
the Cafaro Corporation last year.
Reber admitted that all at
WPSE will miss Fred dearly.
"Fred was the glue that held the
station together," remarked
Reber. "He stepped in and built
and staffed the station as well as
made it run smoothly."
Assistant Student Station
Manager Brian Gregory agreed
and said, "WPSE would be
nothing without Fred. This man
is responsible for training well
over 500 students to work in
radio. And he's changed the lives
of everyone of them. Taking
Fred away. from WPSE will hurt
us a lot, but we are very glad to
have Slomski on board."
"Fred is a wealth of knowledge
in the broadcasting industry,"
commented Sports Director Nick
Zulovich. "Future students at
Behrend and WPSE will not be
able to learn from such a highly
qualified individual. But
fortunately someone like Ron has
stepped in to help the station in
the interim."
With the recent losses of
Anzivino and Hanes, Reber has
been talking with the WPSE
Community Advisory Board
about creating a new title for the
person •in charge of WPSE.
Those on the Board like Bob
Bach, and Myron Jones have
suggested to Reber that he should
develop a new General Manager
position for WPSE.
"The new general manager
position will be responsible for
day-to-day operations and
programming of the station," said
Reber.
The WPSE staff is in the
process of putting together the
details of the new position and
when completed will advertise the
position in the radio industry
magazines as well as in the main
papers of CLeveland, Buffalo,
Erie, and Pittsburgh.
In the meantime, WPSE will
begin working under Slomski's
leadership. Ron has worked for
many years in the radio market
and has been doing his weekly
Polka Show since his college
days. He seems very excited to
get underway with his job.
"With the restructuring of the
station manager position I see the
opportunity to create an
infrastructure which will provide
a well-rounded radio experience,"
commented Slomski.
Slomski sees himself as an
interim manager with the distinct
possibility of being at WPSE
long term.
The future of WPSE has been a
question of concern for many
years around Behrend College.
But Reber explained that at least
in the short term, Anzivino's and
Hanes' departure will not affect
WPSE.
"Yes (WPSE will be here next
year)," affirmed Reber. "Our
immediate challenge is to develop
the new position and advertise the
position. We hope to have a
much better year of sales."
Reber said that down the road,
WPSE will need to meet its sales
goals, but is confident that under
Slomski and whoever the new
general manager is, WPSE will
be able to do that.
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by Sean Siekkinen
Collegian Staff
Student Government
Association elections will be held
next Wednesday and Thursday
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Voting
will take place in the Reed
building on Wednesday and in the
Behrend Science building on
Thursday. Meet the Candidates
will be held Monday evening at
5:15 in the Reed commons.
The only contested positions
are Joint Residence council
president and SGA president and
vice president. There are fewer
candidates for resident aid
commuter senator positions than
available seats.
Write in candidates will be
considered if they redeye at least
enough votes to equal the number
of signatures required for the
position's petition.
Voting:
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
April 3
Reed Building
April 4
Behrend Science Building
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