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iVVMH Sp onsors Open House
ftadio Station’s Popularity Increases
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By Sara LeFever
*®ent shot from open house held at
the radio station WVMH-FM February 18.
Photo by Archie Jones
W. V. M. H., “The Voice of Mars
Hill College, a ten watt (on clear days
we even reach Weaverville ) educa
tional radio station operated by the
students, is trying in several ways to
become more familiar and popular with
its listeners.
One way in doing this was holding the
first open house for students and faculty
to come and see a real live functioning
station. Advertisement for the open
house was enticing. “Be sure to come to
the W.V.M.H. Open House on Wednes
day, February 15 and see what a great
radio station we have. You'll be able to
see a live D.J. at work and other things
such as two dead flys that have been
around since 1972. For all you that have
never seen an actual on the air produc
tion, it should be a real rush!” This
form of ballyhoo worked- people came.
Carol Sanders, a freshmen political
science major, was one of the small
crowd that went to open house. Says
Carol, “I’m glad I went. There are a
bunch of crazy nice people that work
up there, it's nice to personally
know the disc jockeys I’ve been listening
to. And besides that- it was interesting
to watch the way the broadcasting works.
It’s complicated!”
Officially licensed in December, 1976,
by the Federal Communications Com
mission, the still infantile station broad
casts (at 90.5 megahertz) approximately
(that is, when everyone shows up) 122
hours per week.
Another recent addition that has in
creased the station’s popularity has
been a form of advertising for the stu
dents. "Have you lost your dog, Fritz?
Do you need a ride to Nova Scotia for
the weekend? Are you involved in an
activity that no one knows about?''Call
the station and it will get braodcasted
every evening at seven p.m. and at
various times throughout the day. This
addition helps keep the student body
informed about campus goings on. The
number for the station is 689-1232.
Open house was February 15 but the
station has open doors for everyone at
all times- so come up and see “a live
D.J. at work!”
^arry Drake to Perform in Timberline
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^*^®sday, March 14 at 8:00 p.m. is the
ij “ ®et aside for Barry Drake, who will
Performing in the Timberline Coffee-
5jji Barry Drake is a vibrant folk-
expending himself to convey a
'arr audience. Much of what
®'ngs is his own material, and his
iuj music has been said to be gentle,
P®e, and enjoyable.
Drake was born in Jersey City,
lersey. After 18 years, he had be-
(gj, ®^apt at the art of being what
'''Hid else wanted him to be and
^ shoot a deadly game of pool.
M j ®9ding Manhattan College, disguis-
® Pre-med student, he fell in with
'Hs undesirables and before long
..oj^p^^ght up in the folk music revival
^ftgf Greenwich Village. In 1965
>e good week at the local pool hall,
Wayg*^''liased a Martin guitar which he
Some careful ob-
oonsider this to be a turning
apd *'®y began playing at coffeehouses
>st .'^°^loges in the area and quickly
lipy ’.Pterest in academic pursuits. One
1967, Barry found himself on a
tij/.oound bus enroute to San Fran-
Wpy ® Haight-Ashbury. While there he
V(L music in the coffeehouses of
- o Beach.
After a hectic and historic
‘fe* , a iiCLiiiL. aiiu iiiaiuiiL.
Q o, Barry returned to New York to
■'Hqv
IoIq®'' and pick up a B.A.S. degree in
Hledj^y- ^ month stint working in
research is rumored to have
time, but the details
'Hcj JJner too grotesque or boring to be
y\^°ad here.
opportunity to attend graduate
school in Oceanography was too much to
resist and he was on his way to Calif
ornia again. As fate would have it,
Barry, once again, spent most of his
time playing his music in San Francisco,
and never made it back to grad school.
He returned to New York to work the
clubs in Greenwich Village and quickly
became a member of the guitar-toting
songwriter community there. Eventually,
the creeping self doubt and depression,
common to the artist trapped in an in
sensitive city, sent Barry scurrying on a
journey to Europe and North Africa.
The trip ended with a very successful
appearance at the Cambridge Folk
Festival and some recording offers.
Coming back to the states in 1970, he
moved to Woodstock, N. Y.^and accepted
a recording contract with Capitol records.
An album, “Happylanding” (Capitol
ST-776),was released, produced by the
heavy hand of Terry Knight. Barry,
displeased with the over-produced album,
left Capitol and turned his efforts to
playing live music, and in front of live
audiences, his own way. He toured the
country with The National Coffee House
Circuit for four years. Feeling the need
to grow and be in control of his own fate,
Barry left the National Circuit to go on
his own. In the past six years he has
played at more than 100 colleges and
clubs.
Barry is currently living high in New
York’s Catskill Mountains, working on
new songs and getting out on the road
as often as possible.
Barry Drake, a vibrant folksinger. to appear in the Timebeline Coffeehouse
March 14.