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Show Your News MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2005 PAGE A3 WHO DEFINES Gently down the stream UVSC's Radio club turns to the internet to get the message out Sam Garfield Senior News Writer As Utah Valley State College jumps through the various hoops required to get a fully functional radio station, Mike Wisland and Michael Harper, media and communications professors, are coming up with a different kind of offering. Starting within the next few months, UVSC digital streaming radio will go online and become available to the general public, worldwide. Wisland's radio class will have an opportunity to get their feet wet in broadcasting as soon as the server is made public. The class will be handling all the content for the station, which will include independent and local artists, special interest segments and school news. Phil Gordon's Multimedia and Communications radio class will also be collaborating on content for the new station. "There's a gray area about how you pay royalties for streaming songs on-line," said Wisland. He plans on avoiding any potential legal problems by only playing content, which has been approved for broadcast by the copyright holder. The plan is to "avoid playing pop music" altogether and to make the station not only run locally, but filled with local content. In addition, the radio station will be capable of broad- it m i Jake Pead/NetXNews f T W O U L D I A MUCH BETTER COUNTRY. Mike "Wiz" Wisland, a professor in the Multimedia Department, wants to make internet radio at UVSC a reality. casting live sports events and recitals. Michael Harper and his streaming radio class will be handling all of the hardware requirements for the radio station. He is currently working with the school to obtain a grant for high tech equipment, which will allow the station to stream 24 hours a day at a high quality bit rate. He also has plans to include the capability of providing on-demand audio and video content. "The station will support the newest technologies that are standards-based," said Harper. This means the station will use the brand new mpeg4 codec so that the audio will stream at the maximum quality that each listener's computer is capable of. By the end of next year, Harper even plans to have the station Dolby 5.1 compatible, which means 5-channel surround sound will be supported. The radio station "sounds like a good way to get local bands out in the open," said Wendy Gailey, a photography major, "instead of trying to find a place to play, they can just be heard on the school's internet [radio station]". "I would definitely listen to it," said McCall Bateman, Integrated studies major, "it will be a good avenue for local bands to get exposure." The station is up and running with a test play list now, and it will be released to the public as soon as it is fully capable and stable. Watch for more information in the College Times, or log on to www. netXnews.net. IF WOMEN DID NOT VOTE.' 5SB M - ANN COULTER, Syndicated columnist and bestsellingautho^7^3 J'MOST PEOPlf W H O B, ANY MONEY ARE NOT EDUCATED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GET EDUCATED." - BILL O'REILLY, Host of The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News Channel, 1-13-05 mm m m •**•*• STATE UNIVERSITIES ARE BREEDING GROUNDS, Join Convergys, # 1 in outsourced customer care, and get a great job that works with your schedule! Contact or take incoming calls from current customers regarding a variety of products and services. Must have excellent sales and customer service skills. Our Sales & Service Representatives Enjoy: Competitive compensation Paid training included Flexible morning, afternoon Medical/dental/vision insurance & evening shifts available • 401(k) savings plan • Tuition reimbursement program • Casual Work Environment QUITE LITERALLY, FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (INCLUDING HIV), HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR, UNWANTED it PREGNANCIES, ABORTIONS, ALCOHOLISM, AND DRUG ABUSE. - DR. J A M E S DOBSON, President, Focus on the Family, Life On The Edge (2000) • • • • This is THEIR idea of America. Call for a great job today! Conservatives in Washington are attacking our personal freedoms. Young Americans fight and die in a war built on their deceptions. They've saddled us with an enormous national debt, made it harder to attend college without crushing loans, harder to get a decent job and health care after we graduate. Now they want our generation to pay $2 trillion for their risky plan to phase out Social Security. This is the face of today's conservative movement. 7 6 5 " 7 3 0 0 , ext UVS-GE77 or, apply online at: www.convergys.greatjob.net Media Code: UVS Job Code: GE77 CONVERGYS •• DON'T JUST SIT AROUND AND WATCH. CONNECT. ENGAGE. SPEAK UP. {CAMPUS*PROGRESS} Get started. CarnpusProgress.org A project of the Center for American Progress EOE/AAP/M/fyD/V Background check & drug testing may be required. |