Thursday, November 11, 1993
Live from Behrend, it’s CBS
by Alicia Hartman
Co-editor
Charles Osgood, CBS radio and
television broadcaster and writer,
will broadcast his show, "The
Osgood Files," live from the
studios of WPSE tomorrow
morning.
The CBS Radio Network
sponsored a contest awarding four
affiliates from different markets
the opportunity to have Charles
Osgood broadcast his morning
Women's Center becomes a reality
by Kristie L. Guldner
Collegian *aff
On Wednesday, November 10
Behrend's first Women's
Resource Center opened.
Dr. Diana Hume George,
professor of English and
women's studies, had an key
part in its opening.
"Sarah Woodin, who is a
senior English major and is in
Women Today, said to me last
year 'Why don't we have a
Women's resource center?
Every place I have ever been has
had a women's center of some
kind.' I said ‘you're right' and I
went to the' Division Head
Roberta Salper and with her
help Jack Bdrke, the associate
provost, and Provost Lilley, we
allapeed that we coulthise such
a thing," saidfGeorge.
The purpose would be for
research.
"It is an all-purpose resource
shows live from their stations.
CBS is providing a lunch for
each of the winning stations and
their advertising clients, and
"Osgood File" novelties to
distribute.
Osgood's lodging and
transportation expenses will also
be paid few by CBS.
"The Osgood Files” air at 6:31,
7:31, 8:31 and 9:31 a.m. every
weekday on the CBS Radio
Network, and once a week on
"CBS This Morning.”
center for women students and
women faculty,” George said.
“We are calling it a resource
center because its primary
resource should be academic."
“It is a place for women
students or men students to get
information if they are doing
research in women’s studies. It
is also a clearinghouse for a
number of different functions
that have to do with women
students or women's education,"
said George.
George said that besides being
used as a library, the Women's
Resource Center can be utilized
for meeting with other students
faculty and group meetings.
If anyone has information
pertaining to women's studies
that he/she would like to donate
to; the Woman's Resource
Center, please take it to
George's officein Room 141 of
the Academic Building.
As WPSE Station Manager
Fred Anzivino explained, "The
Osgood Files” are "what's hot in
the news. They’re what people
are thinking about with a twist
and humor added to them."
In order to broadcast Osgood's
shows from Behrend, CBS had to
send several pieces of equipment
last week to WPSE for testing.
Osgood will bring his own
board and additional equipment
tomorrow. He will be
accompanied by producer/engineer
Phil Chin and District Affiliate
Representative Ivy French.
Switch 56, a special telephone
link connecting two broadcast
sources, also had to be installed.
Originally, Switch 56 was not
going to be installed in the Erie
area until 1994, but because of
"The Osgood File" broadcasts it
was put in ahead of schedule.
Anzivino claimed that the CBS
marketing department was
"caught off guard" after learning
that WPSE was a commercial,
college radio station.
"They were surprised but said it
(Osgood visiting WPSE, a
college station) would be different
and unusual."
Dean of Student Affairs, Dr.
Christopher Reber, and his office
are assisting with Osgood's
schedule for tomorrow.
Reber said that all
arrangements for Osgood's day at
Behrend had to be cleared through
CBS.
He added, "CBS has been
interesting to work with.
They've been polite and
responsive."
Osgood's day will begin at
3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning
when Anzivino picks him and his
producer up from his hotel.
Once Osgood produces his
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Dr, Diana Hume George (left).talks to students who came to see the Women's Resource
Center which opened yestetday. The Center is located in the old library, first floor of Reed.
shows in the WPSE studio, the
shows will be transmitted from
his board to Switch 56, and from
Switch 56 to New York City.
Once New York receives the
signal, an uplink will send it to a
satellite, and from the satellite,
the show will come down to 450
affiliates.
In order for "The Osgood Files"
to go from the WPSE production
studio to the air studio, a distance
of only a few feet, the show will
travel nearly 50,000 miles.
Anzivino and WPSE and
WJET chief engineer Mike
Kobylka have been testing the
equipment last week and this
week. A pretest will also be run
at 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning
in hopes of eliminating any last
minute technical problems.
According to Anzivino, the
worst that could happen is "if
Switch 56 fails. In that case we
would initiate a standard
phoneline backup. Nothing is
fool-proof and we know it."
Anzivino believes that Osgood
coming to WPSE will "bring
notoriety to the school and
station. It's wonderful P.R...U
puts you on a high - it's so
special."
Anzivino added, "It's absolutely
thrilling. I've worked with CBS
a dozen of years. I have a high
regard and respect (for CBS).
CBS is one of the most
prestigious and powerful
networks in the world."
After broadcasting his shows,
Osgood will talk to students in
two of Dr. Colleen Kelley's
classes.
The session will be held in
Room 43 of the Academic
Building. Students interested in
communication or journalism are
encouraged to attend.
Osgood's day will conclude
with a luncheon in the Reed
Wintergarden at 11:30 a.m.
Guests include the WPSE
Community Advisory and Policy
Advisory Boards, WPSE
advertising clients, the Council
of Fellows, and other faculty,
staff and students involved in
WPSE programming and sales.
WPSE Student Station
Manager Val Engelleiter said,
"I'm finally going to meet one of
the voices that I hear every
morning. I hope he's as nice in
person as he sounds on the
radio."
Assistant Student Station
Manager Julie Stocker
commented, "To have Mr.
Osgood visit here is an
experience not only WPSE, but
the city of Erie, won’t soon
forget. This is something I and
the other members of the radio
station will be able to speak of in
years down the road."
Osgood also appears on the
"CBS Morning News," "CBS
Evening News” and "Sunday
Morning."
Osgood won the Washington
Journalism Review award "Best
Radio Reporter" five years in a
row and is a two-time Peabody
Award winner.
His newspaper columns are
syndicated twice a week by
Tribune Media Services, and he
has written four books:
"Nothing Could be Finer Than a
Crisis in the Morning,” "The
Osgood Files,” "Osgood on
Speaking," and "There's Nothing
That I Wouldn't Do If You
Would Be My POSSLQ."
Osgood was inducted into the
National Association of
Broadcasters' Broadcasting Hall of
Fame in 1990.
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