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? ? i VOL. LXVII, NO. 60 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Thursday, july 29, 1976 . % I \ Ki Mi-Ui I /: jy I. |\ Ctptersm' IV rf ?t ^ Jf T-l ' ! *"*** . to I j!^ \s i jp^ Ir> PPM H 1.1 J 11 l^rTmT^iTi IX" 11 ninnTtrmTiipijuiin 11?cgpnn^^ ^ h i ^'///fay'.^V '<.\ A w Si i % J??T Cai fin n fm / i [J By Margu* u Associate 1 if The studi if itself WUS< ^ 7 Andy Ellis ^ t4 ~ 7*" y CilllS IS i Federal Co IJ building th( H a USC dori f This WU 1/ sity's stati< 1 the call let The stati run than th r according 1 Turner, v years ago, student rac I The radi< 1 o??. find an avi new equipn Xasvc--"?--r-"~ it will be n ,,p "In the fou y" over $100,0 USC." r The AM campus by circuit netv r-^-".Tpyi could react v:fv. . But Ellis \ \ . '} ; ;j ?|j fectly. "It I ' M.;,;Y each pa rt ( f." ... ' Turner ej j - half of wh< I - addition to cent of whoi entire Colu: Another Kierce, mei carrier curi WUSC-AM dormitory campus ioa "It'sach; a Kierce said "** In additio - \ / b station, Elli ^--r-r?rlyv / b students at 1 (i i 'tiifj 1 / the students ft" J F; seZet,hnen y/ ? The 10 w< \ * U within a lfr \ \V-ft offering th< , \ r u according t< \ ; rix Aprogres \ . \* not "format \ The statio i \ \ yA might not b 1- \ According L\ \ PllWAlWP every night Tl ?' -<\ \ i \\\-} albums and \ |h> classical mi jS \ three old ra< \ \A nights. The* Hijkt \ Holmes," " programs ai \ I Besides \ C3\ h* programmir . \ P news. But ge \ talking," El Ellis said j|| \ tition with V> MHnHHHMHHBMHBMMnMHnnW npus radio ally gets license irite A. Ryan Editor ent radio station will finally be able to call | >FM this fall, according to station manager j now waiting for official word from the mmunications Commission (FCC) to begin e station's antenna on top of Columbia Hall, mitory. SC-FM has no connection with the univerDn that went off the air last year, although ters are the same. on, 91.9 on the FM dial, will be cheaper to e AM station and will reach more students, to Ed Turner, former station manager, yho began working to get the FM license two explained the costs and limitations of the j: iio station. | ) station has had to pay an attorney to help nlable frequency and will have to pay for lent and for construction of an antenna, but luch cheaper in the long run, Turner said, ir years I worked at the station, we spent 00 to serve 33 per cent of the students at station broadcasts to the dormitories on a tai i ici tuneiu system, a Kind 01 closed vork. "If everything worked perfectly, we i all the dorms," Turner said. said the system did not always work perLook a lot of work and money to maintain >f the carrier current cables." ?timates the FM station will cost less than at it costs to operate WUSC-AM. And in reaching the entire student body, 64 per m live off campus, the station will serve thp mbia community. former radio station manager, Brian itioned the problems with maintaining the ent cables. Instead of just one transmitter, I had a transmitter in almost all major complexes. He recalled "treking across ded with equipment to fix things." i ange for the better, no question about that," I n to mechanical advantages of being an FM is pointed out the improved service to the USC. "We'll be able to reach 100 per cent of j ; instead of just 30 per cent. We'll be able to rhnlf rnmnnc Vvnttof " ' jtt station will be serving the community mile radius from 8 a.m. to 12 mignight, i only progressive station in Columbia, o Ellis. sive station is one whose programming is ted," different from day to da^. n will be able to play excellent music that e commercially acceptable, Turner said. ; to Ellis, there will be something different The programming will include features on 1 -A i ' * * ci i uau> ctnu ai leasi one snow a week for isic and progressive jazz. WUSC will buy dio programs to be broadcast on different ?e include "The Adventures of Sherlock The Sealed Book" and the "Dragnet" ired in 1948. entertainment features, WUSC-FM's ig will include community information and I nerally there will be "more music and less lis said. there would be no duplication or compefLTR, a South Carolina educational radio ^^eeWUSTai^^