WHCB Status Report
The COLLEGIAN, in
response to questions from
students regarding the status of
the broadcasting club and
reasons for the SUB shut-down,
interviewed Mr. Marc Colman,
Station Manager of WHCB, in an
effort to answer these questions.
This interview produced the
following written statement
from Mr. Colman regarding the
status of the broadcasting club.
"No news isn't, I'm afraid,
bad news. Just because the
Broadcast Club hasn't made
itself heard the past few weeks,
it hasn't decided to sink slowly
beneath the waves.
"The public address hookup
that was heard in the SUB last
term was an experiment— and if
student reaction is nay
indication— a successful one. As
you may know, our hope is to
serve not only the student body
of this campus, providing them
with news and entertainment,
but to serve the community this
campus is a part of, while
keeping in mind the vest
interests of the university as a
whole. Since its inception,
WHCB's goal has veen to set up a
carrier current AM transmission
line inthe dormitory on campus.
This service area was chosen
because station operation would
then be close to 24
hours--maximizing the use of
our facilities. Any similar service
to the SUB could expect only 7
hours when an audience would
be available.
"When I arrived on the scene
this year and was given the
responsibilites of managing
WHCB, I found that my
predecessor had left office with
most of the physical
groundwork laid: studios,
turntables, mixers, couplers,
transmitter, etc., but had done
next to nothing trying to
penetrate the actual technical
and bureaucratic problems
Happy Belated Birthday
CHIEF
the staff
involved in setting up a radio
station.
"For starters, all our studio
equipment, records and
promotional material was placed
in the studio that our members
had constructed last year. Fine,
we then had to consider a way
to get the sound from the South
Building to the dorms. We
wanted to use Pennsylvania
Power and Light's power
conduits for our audio--no go.
We would like to use a phone
line now that would carry our
audio down the hill to the dorm
where the AM transmitter would
be connected to the power
supply. The transmitter then
would use its specially
constructed circuits to utilize
the dorm wiring as its
transmitting antenna. The
contracts for this phone line
have been in for three weeks
now, according to our advisor,
Mr. Caliva.
"A recent trip with one of
the maintenence and operations
electricians brought to light
another problem. Before our
transmitter can be installed, we
are going to have to get
permission from University Park
to inspect and alter power wiring
(2000 amps, 208 volts) to
accomodate the transmitter.
"Meanwhile the club has
explored other ways of serving
our students. A 100-milliwatt
free air transmitter was one,
broadcasting in the SUB was
another. Response to the SUB
activity was heartening, but
inherent within the operation
were problems of a securtity
nature that could only be solved
by closing down altogether. DJ
schedules were being ignored,
albums disappeared (perhaps 3
altogether, according to the
catalog— current 6 weeks
before), and persons who were
not authorized to do so were
using WHCB's equipment as well
as entering its studios. Having
albums removed (often not to be
put back 'properly) from
WHCB's studios and played in
the SGA office presented us
with an uncontollable
situatuion. After consulting with
Paul Fetch, I decided to stop our
service to the SUB.
"In the offing now WHCB has
a program which whould
obliviate the need for transfer of
any records or equipment from
the studio area. We are looking
into the arrangements for
running a telephone line with
our audio right into the SUB PA
system.
"Under this program, as has
been the Broadcast Club's policy
for nearly two years, the only
records leaving the Broadcast
Room would be to those
members in good standing
connected with the music end of
the Broadcast Club's business
who meet two criteria: 1) The
equipment the records are to be
played on is of sufficient quality
to keep the records in their
original condition and 2) the
member may not have damaged
records previously. As long as
the records are signed out and
properly returned, they may be
used for taping, the production
of pre-planned "sets" or shows,
or simply to keep those in the
music department of WHCB
up-to-date on the music in the
club's record library. I see this
system as the solution to the
delivery of quality
entertainment to the SUB, and I
certainly hope to see the phone
lines 'laced and connected soon.
HIGHACRES COLLEG
Literary Mag
Makes Plans
LIT M AG
THE NEW HORIZONS, our
campus literary magazine; will
soon be making its annual
appearance on campus, a
spokesman for the magazine said
in a recent interview. The
magazine, published by the
Students for a Creative Society,
will include original poetry,
prose, photography and art
work.
According to the spokesman
for the group, "this publication
is one of the few outlets given to
the creative elements on campus,
and thus serves a valuable
service."
Anyone interested in
contributing to the magazine is
asked to act promptly in
preparing the manuscripts
and/or photograph and art work
and submitting them to any of
the following people: Dale
Walck, Linda Gallagher, Debby
Berger, or Tricia Fisher. Material
may also be left at the Collegian
Office (in SUB gameroom) at
any time.
The deadline for publication
is close at hand, so please act
promptly. Art work and
photography is especially
needed. Students are reminded
to watch for the magazines
which will be on sale late this
term.
AN, MAY 8, 1973- PAGE SIX
Silent movies
—May 9
On Wednesday, May 9, the
Student Union Board will
present Bob Verbeck and "An
Evening at the Silent Movies."
The evening will consist of
several silent -film clips
accompanied by the very
talented organ music of Mr.
Verbeck.
Mr. Verbeck has had great
success with this program on all
the college circuits.
Mr. Fogelson, sponser of the
event, said he hoped that this
event would be better attended
than the previous activities.
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