WSNC Now Has a
'Booming System'
By KAREN M. HANNON
Chronicle Staff Writer
While yeu're driving through
the Triad, you might think you're
tuning into a new radio station when
you reach as far east as Burlington.
But it's not ra new station. It's
WSNC on the campus of Winston
Salem State University.
About three weeks ago, WSNC
increased its wattage from 125 watts
to 10,000. And since the change, the
sounds from the control room in the
Hall-Patterson buildingcan be heard
in areas other than^inston-Salem.
Joe Watson, the station opera
tions manager, said signals now
travel throughout the Triad to Mar
tinsville, Va. and to Asheboro, N.C.
"It's a pretty strong signal,"
Watson said. "We didn't know we
could reach Martinsville until we
got calls from people requesting
music while we were playing
gospel
WSNC's formats also include
rhythm and blues, jazz, rap, reggae
and "Oldies but Goldies." -
Watson said the increase in
wattage will benefit the community, ?
the university and the students.
"It gives the community alter
native programming to listen to,"
Watson said. "1 like to look at the
station as a way to raise money for
the station to become self-sufficient.
When we reach more people, we
can create programming to meet the
needs of the community and then
get grants for educational program
ming.
"Also, when we have more lis
teners, we can get more corporate
sponsorship, which in turn, helps
students because we can buy more
programs and equipment," Watson
said. "So when students walk out of
our station, they have the experience
to go into commercial stations."
Joe Daniels, the station engi
neer, said preparing for the increase
in wattage called for a few technical
changes on campus. A new trans
mitter was placed in the lower prac
tice football field and a new anten
nae had to be built.
He said completing the neces
sary paperwork and getting final
approval from Federal Communica
tions Commission gave them the go
ahead.
Pearson Receives Award
Willie Pearson Jr., professor of
sociology at Wake Forest Univer
sity, has won the 1993 College of
Liberal Arts Alumni Achievement
Award from Southern Illinois Uni
versity at Carbondale.
Pearson earned his doctorate in
sociology at Southern Illinois-Car
bondale in 1981. He has held post
doctoral fellowships at the Educa
tional Testing Service and Con
gress' Office of Technology Assess
ment. His research has centered on
the career patterns of African
American Ph.D. scientists, human
resource issues in science and engi
neering, higher education and
divorce. Pearson serves on the
board of directors of Family Ser
vices Inc. of Winston-Salem.
Free Seminar Held
A free seminar Tuesday will
help senior adults understand their
Medicare benefits and medical bills.
The seminar will be held from
10 a.m.- 12 p.m. at the Community
Education Centqr. Financial experts
from Senior Financial Care, a divi
sion of the Consumer Credit Coun
seling Service, and Forsyth Memor
ial Hospital and Medical Park
Hospital will explain Medicare ben
efits, supplemental insurance, Expla
nation of Benefits (EOB) and more.
Although the seminar is free,
space is limited. Please register by
calling Health Connections at 760
0122 or 1-800-933-4568.
The center is located at 855-B
Bethesda Road, close to Forsyth
Memorial and Medical Park hospi
tals.
WSSU Opens 'Ram Land'
Winston-Salem State Univer
sity is inviting high school students
and their parents to visit "Ram
. Land" on April 3 for the annual
SpnngOpen House evenls AcTivT
ties will begin at 9 a.m. in the uni
versity's ]K.R. Williams auditorium.
Students and their parents will
have the opportunity to mix and
mingle with current students, fac
ulty and staff members. There also
will be panel discussion on student
life and other topics, lunch and a
tour of the caiapus, including, a peek
at the universityVnew spacious res
idence life facility*"""*" "'****
Interested students should con
tact the WSSU Office of Admis
sions at 750-2070 for more informa
tion.
WSSU to Hold Concert
The Winston-Salem State Uni
versity Choir will present its spring
concert at 4 p.m., Sunday, March
28, in the Anderson Center Audito
rium.
The concert, which is free and
open to the public, is part of the
choir's spring tour. The choir is
composed of students and is
directed by D'Walla Simmons. It
performed recently in Danville and
Richmond, Virginia; Nashville,
Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia;
Newark, New Jersey; and Brooklyn,
NY.
The choir received an award
and a trophy from the 1991 Ameri
can Negro Spiritual Festival in -
Cincinnati, Ohio, and will perform
at the National Black Music Caucus
in Nashville.
Cancer Services Awards Grant
Cancer Services Inc. has been
awarded a 583,547 grant by the
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
of Winston-Salem, Johanna Ettin.
executive director, said recently.
The funds will be used to pro
vide life-saving medicines to people
with cancer and, through the AIDS
Task Force of Winston-Salem, to
people living with HIV disease and
AIDS, according to Ettin.
"Our organization provided
medication for 203 cancer patients
and 38 AIDS patients during 1992."
Ettin said. "The grant from Kate B.
Reynolds will give us additional
resources to cover the costs of infla
tion in the pharmaceutical industry
and to serve the many additional
clients we expect to see in 1993.
We feel very lucky to have the sup
port of the Kate B. Reynolds Chari
table Trust for our Medication
Funds. Medically indigent resi
dents of Forsyth County with can
cer and AIDS have access to a level
of service not available in other
parts of North Carolina."
Cancer Services Inc. was
founded in 1955 and was joined by
the Aids Task Force in Winston
Salem in 1990. Both agencies sup
port from United Way of Forsyth
County and individual donors as
well as foundations. Joseph P. Sills
jr, is chairman of the board of direc
tors.
The Kate B. Reynolds Charita
ble Trust has assets of S304 million.
It was created in 1947 by the will of
Mrs. William N. Reynolds, whose
husband was an executive at R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company. One
fourth of the income of the trust is
designated for use for programs for
the poor and needy of Winston
Salem and Forsyth County and
three-fourths is used for health
related programs and services
across North Carolina. In 1992,
grants totaling S5.3 million were
made by the Poor and Needy Divi
sion. and grants of SI 1 .4 million
were made by the Health Care Divi
sion.
A student DJ. at WSSV greets listeners during his morning radio show.
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