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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
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jtt station will be serving the community
mile radius from 8 a.m. to 12 mignight,
i only progressive station in Columbia,
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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
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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
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nerally there will be "more music and less
lis said.
there would be no duplication or compefLTR,
a South Carolina educational radio
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