University Asking Permit For FM Broadcast Station

University Asking Permit For FM Broadcast Station An educational radio station| : at College will soon go on the air if the University of Alaska's construction permit application is " approved the Federal Communications Commission. The proposed frequency modulation (FM) station would have a broadcast range| of about 60 miles south and 20 miles north, east and west of Fairbanks. Dr. William R. Wood, university president and Dr. WilIliam Magee, dean of the Colof Arts and Letters, jointly announced Don Wheeler, assistant professor of speech and radio, has been appointed director of broadcasting. Pians for the station have been formulated under the Speech, in College of Arts faculties of the Department of and Letters: and the Depart-| inen: of Electrical Engineering, in the College of Mathematics, Physical Science and Engineering. The application for a conscruction permit, as filed by the university, requests : a frequency allocation of 104.9 inugacycles, Old Call Letters Out , buildings used she call KU0A. However, these call letters have been used by a commericial station in Siloam Springs, Ark., since 1923 and are not available. The call letters sug• gested for the new University of Alaska FM educational s:a• tion are KUAC. be submitted to the FCC for approval. Once the station is in opera• tion, listeners will have to own FM receivers or have acapted their AM with la competently installed FM¡Cle tuner, In naming Professor ¡Wheeler as director of broadcasting, Dr. Wood commented Ion his background of experi-! ence and training for the posi. tion. Prior to joining the faculty: here, he had been program The former campus radio| station, which broadcast on a closed circuit to university : purchased day| Mackowiak of the introduced director for WFSU-TV of Florida State University at Taliahassee. He received his bachelor bylart degree from the University of Kentucky and his master of science degree with studies in audio-visual education and television at Indiana University. He is also a graduate of Cumberland Junior College in Kentucky. Was News Director Wheeler's professional career includes* experience a news director for A com-| mercial radio station, newspaper writing and editing and public reiations work with educational and community organizations. He has authored short stories, a short play and several other creative works. Among his professional organizations are the Kentucky Outdoor Writers Association and Capital City Press Club Kentucky. He has been a representative to national the National Educational Television and Radio Center, working on special projects committees of the organizations. He said he is particularly proud of his charter membership in the second Kentucky group to organize under the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Sing in America. Wheeler, his wife Martha and their three daughters reside at Fairview Manor. Six Man Committee Wheeler said a six-member committee, three faculty members and three students, will be named to assist in for" mulating program policy. Current plans for broadcastting call for a program schedbetween 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. Monday through Friday. Approximately 60 per cent of the broadcast time will be devoted to music. To supplement local programming, the the stalion will affiliate with the Broadcast Federation of America, which is part of the National Educa• GALAXIE. styling and performance leader of the full-size cars. tional Television network. Selections from the press of other nations, classical music, mitting equipment were handled by Dr. John Tryon, head of the Department of Electrical Engineering; John Miller, station manager of the Minitrack Station, Geophysical Institute; Robert P. Merritt, station manager; data acquisi-; Lion station, Geophysical In-| stitute; and Albert Weber, senior electronic technician, Geophysical Institute. Working on the installation lof the transmitting equipment as part of their studies in EE 493 Special Topics - Electronic Maintencne, are two co " majoring in electrical engineering. They are Kenneth Zonge, whose father is Randolph Zonge of Sacramento, Calif., and Dale W. Rusnell, son of Merle E. Rusnell of Ionia, Mich. Both reside with their wives in Fairbanks. and general information and educational programs will obtained from this source. also are being Arrangements made to secure programs from the British Broadcasting Corp. and the Canadian Broadcast- I ing Corp. "Initially we will make no attempt. to cover local news will offer national and in- adbut I ternational news through. 'in- reporting by providing Aldepth' background as well as current information," Wheeler added. Student Staff Named Student staff members se- Demolected by Wheeler include Jo- seph Meade, junior majoring Confrom Tacoma, Wash., director; speech, exJohn Nielsen. program senior majoring holdbusiness administration, in from Fairbanks, production manager; Jere Haley, sopho- pleasmore majoring in anthropol- Kennedirector, and Robin Fowler, junior from North- ogy, news ants, England, chief an- nouncer. Meade, Nielsen and Haley D-Alashave had previous broadcast- Araing experience. Additional staff colwill be necessary for broadcasting, interested Wheeler said, and persons, not necessarily stu- Middents, may contac: him. Other positions to be filled include announcers, traffic manager and continuity writ-| ers. Wheeler said he is partic- cularly, interested in classical! those with a knowledge of music and voices suitable for : announcing. I naPreparations for the instal lation of the necessary trans- 0; the 5,

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University Asking Permit For FM Broadcast Station

University Asking Permit For FM Broadcast Station

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner