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WUNF Sets Production Date
New Spirit for UNC-A
New cheerleaders for the coming sports seasons are: Mike Meagher,
Terry Wright and Tom Koontz, all three sophomores. They join the
returning squad, consisting of Jill Diamond, Jan Green, Kathy
Green, and Noble Herring.
With a production date
tenatively set for the end of
October, WUNF-AM will start
broadcasts. Carl Ballard, the
present station engineer said the
first set should start at 4 p.m.,
ending at 10 p.m. WUNF, the
call letters corresponding to the
Asheville branch of UNC-TV will
be a short radius station located
at 860kc. This AM station will
be received only by the
dormitory students. Ballard
stated that present over
crowding of the AM bands
prevented the FCC from issuing
a license to UNC-A. Alow radius
transmitter, which does not
require licensing is presently
located in Central Dorm.
Students and residents of most
of WNC and parts of Tennessee,
South Carolina, and Georgia,
will receive identical programs
only on the FM bands at 89.5
me.
WUNF-AM will start
production earlier than the FM
station. Ballard stated that lack
of a few necessary transmitter
components is delaying FM
programming. WUNF-FM will go
on the air “shortly after
Christmas”, the dealying factors
being money and reception of an
FM commercial license. Both
educational and entertaining
shows will be aired. Advertising
will be sold on the AM band but
there will be none on the FM
station.
WUNF-AM-FM started last
year when the S.G.A. established
a Radio Committee and
allocated it $1,200.00. The
money was spent on an AM
transmitter 2 Garrard turntables
2 mixers, microphones and other
paraphernalia. Station
programming will occur in the
Old Bookstore office, not
Central Dorm. The AM
transmitter in Central will be fed
by telephone line from the
Student Center. Ballard stated
that plans are being drawn up to
use the underground cable
system to turn virtually every
class room into a studio so that
interesting lectures and
discussions may be taped and
broadcast later.
Presently WUNF-AM-FM is
set at $2,000.00 for the year.
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According to Ballard “We really
need $3,000.00 to do near
professional stuff’ but,
anticipating a hassle with'the
Student Senate, “We’ve cut as
many corners as possible by
making our own parts and doing
our own modifications.”
WUNF-AM-FM is presently
run by Ray Holden, Station
manager, assisted by Carl
Ballard, Ed Bryson, Ray Sisk
and several other students.
Ballard says there is a need for
trained radio engineers, D.J.’s.
and staff personnel for operation
this year and in the following
years.
WUNF is presently broadcasting
at 540 kc. At present they can
be received only in the dorms.
Off-campus broadcasting is still
expected for the end of the
month.
HIM SDGIEir PROPOSED
A UNC-A Student-Faculty
Film Society is in its formation
stage. A Steering Committee
under the tenative direction of
Goetz Wolff and Arnold
Wengrow is sampling campus
opinion to determine support
for such a society.
The aim of this society is to
present to the students, faculty,
and members of the WNC
Community, films which are
more than mere pictures, and are
not likely to be seen in any of
the local theatres.
In a recent interview with the
RIDGERUNNER, Mr. Wolff
stated that “ ... films are
becoming more than mere
entertainment ventures. Many of
the modern productions have
much more than simple formula
plots, they are very entertaining,
yet they stimulate thought.”
This film society does not intend
to force the S.G.A. to alter its
proposed schedules. It is the
intent of the society to provide
additions to the campus films.
If the campus supports the
endeavor, Mr. Wolff envisions
weekend Film Festivals devoted
to the productions of those
whose names are practically
common place on the larger,
progressive campuses. Mr. Wolff,
would like to see the community
exposed to the avant-earde
productions of )Michaelangelo
iAntonioni.' Bergmann, Fellini,
Jean Luc iGodard,. and Norman
Mailer, to mention a few. Mr.
Wolff pointed out that the films
of these producers are the
“happening thing not only at
Yale, but also at most of the
larger state universities.”
Addressing himself to the
value of these films, he holds
that they “would tend to
integrate members of the entire
University. These films
emphasize artistic techniques to
highlight fictional, socological,
psychological, and political
themes. Firms of their nature
would prove interesting to
faculty and students in every
department.”
The proposed Film Society
hopes to be showing “in” flicks
by third term. Because the films
which are to be shown are in
great demand by those societies
of well known Universities, they
must be ordered at least three
months in advance.
In addition, these pictures are
expensive costing from
$100.00-$200.00 each for
rentals. Wolff stated that plans
are being established to attempt
to provide this service without
having to go to SGA for funds,
although he said they would
appreciate the SGA’s help.
Presently, the Steering
Committee needs the opinions
of as many students and faculty
as possible. The committee
needs help in planning the
scheduling of films, should they
be wanted, and urged that all
interested students participate.
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