Collegian March 20, 1986 WB CR continues to undergo format changes by Jack Homer Collegian Feature Editor The next time you're rolling your radio dial back and forth between your favorite FM sta tions, do yourself a favor and switch to the AM band. Tune into WBCR and listen. If you don't recognize what's bouncing through your auditory canal, it's simply because WBCR has never sounded so good. In the past, WBCR and its members have been regarded as `irresponsible' and 'not being organized'. These opinions have been substantiated by unbalanced music, inconsistant D.J.'s and overall haphazardness of their programming. Lack of guidance and organization was running the station in circles with no signs of improvement. But that period of instability is over, and WBCR is starting to look, act and sound like a sincere radio station. A driving force behind the changes is Christina Christiansen from Edinboro. Christiansen wants to dismiss the idea of WBCR as a club. "It's not a club. r MOVIE SURVEY I In an attempt to present a I I movie series that is desirable to I I the student body of Behrend 1 I College, The Student Pro-1 1 gramming Council requests "your input regarding the types 1 lof films that you would like" 'shown on campus. Please take" into consideration the fact that' 'we must work with a limited' 'budget, therefore, first-run' 'movies are not always feasible. I 'They must sometimes be corai 'lined with older movies. g Please check one or more of" "the following film categories' 'listed below and return the in -1 ' formation to the RUB desk or ' ' Student Affairs office by Mon- 1 "day, March 31. ❑ Drama ❑ Romance ❑ Action ❑ Sports ❑ Musical ❑ Classic p Adventure ❑ Cultural p Cartoon p Foreign O Educational ❑ Comedy O Other Please list some titles of movies that you would like to see. 11. 4 It's a radio station, and there's a big difference. The radio station is on the air seven days a week, ap proximately twelve hours a day, and it's providing a service to the college. I think that's the way peo ple should start to look at it," Christiansen said. Christina Christiansen has held several positions at Edinboro's radio station, WFSE. She's been Special Services Director, Pro gram Director and General Manager as well as coordinating a regional convention of the Inter collegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) at Edinboro last year. She's had courses in radio and television and was recently asked to join the national staff of the IBS. One of Christiansen's first orders of business was to "provide a formal structure to the radio program and show students Air Band Returns Prepare Yourselves! The Air Band Contest returns on April 3, 1986. Get your lip-syncing friends together and sign up by March 27 at the RUB desk. You could be the winners of big prizes and in describable fame! The enterance fee is $5.00 per band with cash prizes of $lO.OO, $25.00 and $50.00. Sign up today! Collegian Photo/Jim Cooper how to organize and run a radio station, which is a . very com plicated process if you want to do it right." Among the options now being explored in WBCR's restructuring are: what it would take for WBCR to become an FM licensed station. An alernative form of broad casting is being considered, in ad Women Today contest Women Today is pleased to an- 3. c lsak Dinesen was the pen nounce the winner of the name of Karen Blixen, author of Women's History Quiz. Steve Out of Africa. Gerlock has won the $25 prize. 4. b The U.S.S.R. granted The prize will be presented during women's right to vote in 1917. the talk by Erie County Executive 5. c The U.S. granted women's Judy Lynch on Wed. March 19 at suffrage in 1920. 7:00 p.m. in the Reed Lecture 6. b The indian.queen's name was Hall. Congratulations Steve! Gegosasa. The answers to the quiz are as 7. c Sojourner Truth was one of follows: the most eloquent anti-slavery speakers. (There is a statue of her 1_ c Ellie Smeal is NOW's president. _ 2. b Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the first woman to run for Congress. Four ROTC Seniors highlighted by Thomas Milley Collegian Staff Writer On May 17, five seniors will receive the "gold bars" which signify the rank of a Second Lieutenant in the US Army. Along with the rank, they will receive commissions, signed by the president granting them their positions in their desired branch of the army. Senior, Cadet Company Com mander Michell-Doree Miller will receive a Regular Army Commis sion which will allow her to receive the full base pay of a se- cond lieutenant from the day she is commissioned. After receiving her commission, Michell _ will be going 'to the Aviation Officer Basic Course at Ft. Rucker, Alabama where she will learn to fly the Army's various Rotor wing Aircrafts and command troops of helicopter pilots. Senior Cadet • Jon Heidt will receive an Active Duty Commis sion. Jon plans to graduate in December, after which he will at tend the Infantry Officer Basic Couise at Ft. Benning, Georgia and, he hopes, US Army Ranger School, also at Ft. Benning. When he has completed those schools, he will then become an airborne feature 8 dition to a piece of equipment that would enable WBCR to monitor another radio staton. That piece of equipment would allow broad casting to come from WBCR's station when WBCR isn't on the air. "At the very least," said Christiansen, "we want to im prove the carrier-current system. The transmitters in the dorms are old, and the quality of the sound is very poor." Student General Manager Jeff Catalfamo, Rob Farmer, Bob Lynch and Tina Christiansen at tended a conference in New York City during the first weekend of Spring Break. At the conference they were able to attend many in formative lectures and got WBCR on the mailing lists of some major recording labels. Being on record companies' . mailing lists enables WBCR to receive as many as one hundred promotional albums a in the Memorial Room in the Ad ministration Building.) 8. b Women Today is Behrend's women's group. infantry platoon leader and will command about thirty men. Senior Cadets Mark Sinicki and Kirk Yearwook will also receive active Duty Commissions. They will attend the Army Officer Basic Course at Ft. Knox, Kentucky after their granduation in December. Following that school, Mark hopes to go to an Airborne unit at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina and Kirk hopes to attend airborne School at Ft. Benning, Georgia, and then go to the 11th Cavalry in the Federal Republic of Germany. In those positions they will serve as tank platoon leaders, in charge - THE CARD GALLERY K-(Hart Plaza East Buffalo Rd. 899-8782 Bea good egg, Send someone special a card for Easter die i%dkA, month, a direct benefit .that will result in a greater breadth of music to be aired on the station. "Basically, what we've done is to put a system together where there was none," Christiansen commented. That system is on the air on 560 AM in Niagra and, 640 AM in Perry and Lawrence, and the change is evident. No longer are the days when The Carpenters are followed by Motley Crue. The new, more sophisticated format allows for gaps in taste to be filled On schedule rather than by sur prise. Listeners will hear the dif ference and will appreciate it. "The station is really grow ing," Christiansen . said, "I don't mean in numbers. I don't necessarily mean with new equip ment...but the station itself is growing." answers 9. c Seneca Falls, NY is the home of the Women's History Hall of Fame. 10. d All the answers are true. Maya Angelou wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. She is also known for her powerful, inspiring speaking ability. She is giving the Keynote Address at Behrend's Spring Symposium on Women and Blacks: Gifts, Goals and Bar riers. The conference is April 19-20. To pre-regester or to re quest more information please contact Dr. Diana Hume George or Kim Krynock. of 3-5 tanks and 16-20 men. Junior Cadet Michael Gavrilis, will be commissioned in May under the Early Commissioning Program (ECP). He will continue to work on his Bachelor's degree, while serving his Reserve Unit, the 4/92 FA in Erie. He will not learn which branch he will receive until he graduates. Mike is hoping to be branched Infantry. The commissioning ceremony, which sends them on their way, will ake place on May 17 at noon in the Reed Lcture Hall. Admis- sion is free and the public is in- vited to attend.
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