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PAGE 10 THE COMPASS may, 1969 ^^March Ahead’’ -Holloway RadioBroadcasting Approaches the Campus -An Overview- problems that can develop on any college campus. The programing consist of the latest and best in all types of music. By Roosevelt Wright, Jr. Modern techniques of communications used within today’s society are extremely fantastic. A- mong these Fantastic communication media, radio is just plain out of sight. Radio has been a- round every since station KDKA became the excite ment of the election re turns of Former Presi dent Warren G, Hard ing during ±e roaring 20’s. At that time in the history of radio broad casting, the number of stations were small and the output power in the low wattage family. But today one just only has to merely turn on his ra dio, rotate the turning dial and out flows from the speaker, anything from Bach, Easy listen ing pop, news, weather, or the hard rock of rock ing soul and James Brown. Today’s radio stations, both commercial and ed ucational operates on ei ther AM (amplitude mod ulation) or FM (Fre quency modulation) as signments. Operating power. Frequency allo cation, broadcast time, etc. are all controlled by the Federal Communica tion Commission. AM ra dio stations with the Unit ed States operates on as signed Frequencies be tween 540 KC and 1600 KC with output power rang ing from 250 watts to 50.000 watts of power. FM radio, the ‘static Free” monster, finds its place in the mecacycle band ranging from S8mc to 108 me on the FM ra dio dial. Due to the cha racteristics of FM radio waves, our output power requirements are vastly different, with various station output power ranging from 10 watts to 500.000 watts of broad cast power. The greater the power, the greater coverage and listening area for a radio station. But among today’s radio stations something old, but most exciting is happening. The F.C.C. has revamped old broad casting rules and regula tions to allow for a new giant in radio broadcast ing. This new giant is “Campus wide radio,” that’s low power non-pro fit education radio sta tions located on college campuses and school dis tricts. Many broadcast channels are available within the FM broadcast spectrum and a few are available within the AM broadcast band. But the more successful "cam pus wide radio” ap proaches to radio broad casting, finds itself in the FM radio band. And with FM radio reproduction “static Free.’ look out for the very best in broad cast quality. Campus radio stations are not new to the big college campuses of the United States. The first educational radio station was WHA, which started broadcasting at the Uni versity of Wisconsin in 1919. The nationally known great voice of the Ohio State University, WOSU radio, along with KAL, University of Con- necticutt, Storrs; WPGU, University of Illinois, Champaign; WBST, Ball State Teachers College, Muncie; and WKM£, Michigan State Univer sity, East Lansing are all great educational broad cast outlets. But so much for the big college cam pus, what about the small little powerhouse of knowledge where the ma jority of its well radio has arrived there also, and is being planned and ex panded among the black college campuses of the United States. Shaw University, Ral eigh, N.C., recently with the help of the Ford Foun dation and the Ohio State University, started its radio broadcast activi ties with radio station WSHA- FM, Its studios, control room, production Facilities located in their new IM 0 ranks right along with the best radio sta tions, educational or commercial on the air. The programing is most esthetical and it serves as a giant in fulfilling the many communication news, informative pro grams, etc. All develop ed by students interested in com n unications and radio broadcasting. Nearby black campus es that have operating radio stations are the A & T State University and Hampton Institute. At the A & T State Univer sity, radio station WANT- AM operates on an AM frequency and provides Greensboro, N.C. with the voice of the “Aggies,” Hampton Institute pro vides the tidewater area of Virginia with its “own radio voice” over WHOV- FM, and what a golden sound of communication this station provides for its listeners. Radio broadcasting on the college campus is certainly coming our way, and what is great about the medium, is that we here at ECSC might one day be able to tune in a possible WECS- FM.This radio station WCES-FM, would be located right here on our college cam pus. Such a medium of com nunication as a pos sible WECS-FM could provide our campus with the excitement of locally produced radio pro grams. With local pro duction procedures, the station could serve as a training ground for fu ture radio broadcast an nouncers, engineers, and a magnificent tool for speech, drama, educa tional media, sport events, the arts, and any informative program of interest to Ae college community. Technically a proposed WECS-FM would be alow wattage FM radio station. Within the F.C.C. rules and regulations the out put power would be only 10 watts. But with proper installation and engineer ing, WECS-FM could co ver the entire Elizabeth City area. Teachers' Education Program Studied The State Visitation Committee has just com pleted a two-day over view of the teacher edu cation program at Eliza beth City State College. Headed by Dr. F. G.Ship- man, presently Chairman of the Department of Edu cation at North Carolina College and President elect of Livingstone Col lege, the thirteen-mem ber committee was sent at the request of the col lege to observe the progress made in its teacher education pro gram. According to Dr. J. P. Freeman, Consul tant, State Department of Public Instruction, “The college was visited in 1966 and received a three-year approval of its program in accordance with the guidelines of the State Board of Higher Ed ucation, and under the state’s Approved Pro gram Approach.” “We hope to do the best job possible in de scribing the program at Elizabeth City State Col lege before submitting it to the State Evaluation Committee on Teacher Education,” Dr, Freeman assured. In order to make this possible, the com mittee took a full day for individual conferences and writing reports based on the data and informa tion gathered on the pre vious day. Dr, Shipman remark ed, “It is an institution- wide responsibility, and not just that of the edu cation department at Elizabeth City State Col lege.” Following a brief orientation period the committee discussed im provements at the college since 1966 with Dr, Mar ion D. Thorpe, President of ECSC, and Thomas E. Carter, Acting Dean,Then the visitation team met with the Teacher Educa tion Council before breaking up into subcom mittees. These subcom mittees met with repre sentatives from each area of the teacher education program at the college. Using as his subject, “From Excellence to Ex cellence,” Dr, William Holloway addressed the honorees during Eliza beth City State College s Honors Night Program. After congratulating the honor students he reveal ed that, “American em ployers are crying for competent men and wo men' to get the world’s work done.” Dr. Holloway, who is currently Chief, East Coast Branch, Division of Equal Educational Oppor tunities, U. S. Office of Education, rem’.nded the students that, “As we move from school to so ciety, we must realize that the quest for excell ence is a major social responsibility.” The speaker added, “I feel that if the revolu tion for human rights is to have substance and meaning, minority groups must scatter themselves along the whole spectrum ECSC Receives Grant Elizabeth City State College has received notification of a grant a- ward in the amount of $100,380 for general de velopment and improve ment. The notification, from the Office of Edu cation, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare indicated that the new grant, with coopera tive arrangements with two universities, was au thorized under Title III, Higher Education Act of 1965. According to Dr. Mar ion D, Thorpe, President of Elizabeth City State College, $45,000 will be used for strengthening the public relations, fund raising, and general de- velopm ental program s at the college, $19,880 for curricula and admini strative improvements, and $35,500 for five na tional teaching fellow ships. To accomplish the desired results, ECSC will cooperate with Ten nessee A & I State Un iversity in the first cate gory and with East Caro lina University in the second. The cooperative arrangements with Ten nessee A & I is part of a consortium of 38 col leges and universities, with each institution of higher learning receiving grants for developmental of job opportunities.” The Moore Hall Audi torium audience listened atttentively as the vete ran educator and admini strator, a native of Sm ;.th- field, Va., continued,“If our response to the hu man revolution is to be characterized by excell ence, we must create a society with a genuine democratic cominunity.” He challenged the stu dents to “utilize a high vision, high enough to say no to little jobs now, and forge ahead to get positions of leadership and top financial rewards in many fields of human endeavor in the future,” Following Dr. Hollo way’s inspiring address. Dr. Marion D. Thorpe, President of Elizabeth City State College, recog nized and congratulated approximately 170 stu dents for their excellent performances and contri bution to the college’s academic and extra-cur ricula program. The Col lege Choir, with Miss Evelyn A. Johnson direct ing, provided music for the annual occasion. Student Gov’t (Continued from page 3) ten years are prologue to the future, we face dif ficult problems, revolu tionary changes, dynamic changes as well as un surpassed opportunities on our college campuses. It is against this back ground of hope and ten sion that I think we should become more aware of situations affecting us and stop allowing other people to do our thinking. Each year the Student Government President often speaks of student participation. The student government needs student participation if it is to survive. We must get maximum usage from our student government and maximum participation from the student body. Fellow students the school year 1969-70 can be one of the best if we work together. We need loyal support. We cannot afford to have any so called foot “draggers”. We must have confidence in each other. The candidates chosen this year are endowed with strong leadership qualities and educational character to work for you. You as students must be endowed with equally strong qualities and edu cational character to purposes, work for yourself. CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR MAY Women’s Weekend 1st & 2nd Vesper, Women’s Government National Music Week 4th - 11th June, July Birthday Ball 9th Awards Day 15th UCRF Appreciation Banquet College Players Presentation 16th - 8:00 P.M- 17th - 3:30 P.M. Senior Music Students Recital 18th - 8:00 P.M. College Players Awards Party 23rd Band Concert 25th - 8:00 P.M. Reading Day 26th Final Exams 27th - 31st
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