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Show Signpost-Tuesday, January 5, 1988 5 Letters. .. KWCR has come a long way, will continue to grow 12-7-87 To the editor, This is my response concerning KWCR's format revision article that appeared in the December 3, 1987 issue of the Signpost. In 1978, when I entered Weber State College to major in communications, with a broadcasting emphasis, KWCR was still in its infancy, broadcasting at 10 watts. Even at that time, KWCR's educational programming was superb, carrying Cambridge Forum and other quality programs through the University of Texas at Austin, Paul Harvey, ABC News, and news from United Press International's wire service. All this went hand-in-hand with quality music programming, and neither aspect of the educational radio station suffered. In fact, both were enhanced. The quality and quantity of public service broadcasting that KWCR has initiated over the years has also been exemplary. Of course, KWCR has had and will continue to have a myriad of format changes. Names over the years have included "Quicker Radio," "Hot Rock of Ogdcn," "Progressive Rock of Ogden," "Variety 88," and "Alternative Radio." Even though the signature of the station changed, the quality programming did not, and students, then as now, remain committed to educational programming and gaining the needed experience to enter the real world of broadcasting. Many kudos have been gleaned by FM88 staff throughout the years, and many staffers have gone on to substantive careers in broadcasting. This includes the recent presentation of the Utah Broadcasters Association's 3 Three-fourths of nation are now high school graduates Three-fourths of the population aged 25 and over were high school graduates in 1985 compared with only one-fourth in 1940, according to a report from the Census Bureau. The report also shows that in 1985 about 36 percent of the adult population had completed at least one year of college and 19 percent had completed four or more years of college. In 1940, the year the bureau began collecting such data, only five percent had completed four or more years of college Other conclusions of the report include: There virtually was no difference in the proportion of men and women aged 25 to 29 who were high school graduates (86 percent). The gap between the sexes in college graduation had narrowed to 23 percent of men and 21 percent of women aged 25 to . 29. Among the total population aged 25 and over, 23 percent of men but only 16 percent of women were college graduates. The proportion of white high school graduates 25 to 29 years old was 87 percent compared with 81 percent for blacks. Among the total population age 25 and over, the proportions were 76 percent for whites and 60 percent for blacks. Whites 25 and over were twice as likely as blacks to have completedcollege--20 percent compared with 11 percent. Among young adults (25 to 29 years old), the proportions were 23 percent of whites and J2 percent of blacks. The percentage of adults who were high school graduates was highest in the West (80 percent) and lowest in the South (69 percent). The proportion of adults who were college graduates ranged from 24 percent in the West to 18 percent in the South and Midwest. But among young adults, the proportion was 27 percent in the Northeast compared with an average of 21 percent in the other regions. Varsity II (cont'd from front page) "In view of that, and since we're moving into a critical time at the college, a new program being instituted when we are cutting back wouldn't have looked as good," he said. Knight noted that WSC athletic director Gary Crompton supported the proposal, and the 5-4 vote showed support for the plan. Knight wants to work with clubs on campus to upgrade them so that in the event the plan were to be approved in the future, the groups would be ready to proceed. "They have at least a year to get really organized." he said. Currently Weber Slate has three levels of athletic competition-intramurals, club sports, and varsity. The proposal would have created a fourth level called Varsity Level II. The new level would have provided such groups as the WSC Ski Club, Soccer Club, and other small groups the chance to compete on a regional and national level. Each group would have to meet certain criteria, including grade and eligibility requirements. Each team would also procure its own funding through off-campus donations. Finding donations that would not hamper the athletic department and other WSC groups that solicit funding was the major source of concern about the proposal. jb urn 1 1 OTWMnwMBWW- ii I Mi" Bmiuipupi ! . uihj ijp ipiwwwH i in II i ' we're fighting for American Heart ffrs nojrufe Association V ! radio award for best entertainment program to Anthony Butler in August 1987, my receiving a grant from Radio 2000 for "The Mind's Eye" in 1980, and an award from the International Radio and Television Society in 1981, to name only a few. Because of budgetary cutbacks over the years, the progress of the station has been a step-by-step process, from 10 watts to 100 watts, new facilities, and streamlining of the programming to bring in more state-of-the-art equipment to keep up with technological advances and make it easier for students to transfer their skills to the job market. KWCR has provided the broadcasting field with many exceptionally trained and prepared students. Non- registered students "volunteering" at KWCR have added to, not subtracted from, the station. They have included DJs from local commercial radio stations, graduate students of Weber State College and past students who have enhanced the current students' training experiences. And it has been pride in KWCR and its good reputation, community- and college-wide, that has kept them volunteering year after year. I, personally, volunteered at KWCR from 1978 to 1987 (five years after graduating from Weber Slate College) and also worked at KQPD (now KKAT), 102FM; and KDAB, 101FM. Volunteers to KWCR have not held staff (management) positions unless enrolled at Weber Stale College. The station, from its initial intent, was owned and operated by Citizen pleads for help 12-9-87 To the editor, When will the president wake up to reality? We continue to purchase another unneeded nuclear weapon system of mass destruction, the Bl bomber, at a final cost of more than $280 million dollars per plane. Meanwhile, across the nation and the world, people are dying in a ravaging AIDS epidemic. Surely, by cancelling the Bl, S.D.I., and other unneeded nuclear weapons systems, enough money would be freed to find cures for AIDS, most cancer, probably feed and shelter the homeless, and still go a long ways toward balancing the budget. The FDA must wake up to reality also. While people die of AIDS here in America, other AIDS sufferers elsewhere are being saved with AIDS drugs the FDA stubbornly delays testing and approval of, making it illegal to manufacture, prescribe, and possess, the drugs. The FDA must wake up and cease its anti-humane AIDS policy immediately. Weber State College, but managed by students. This is how it has been and should be. The college radio station is a training ground for students and not in competition with commercial stations in the area. Students should be exposed to a variety of educational and musical formats, and sports, news, and public service formats to increase their marketability. The statement, "You've come a long way baby," applies only in the context of "but you still have a long way to go." Let KWCR continue to grow. But let staff, students and faculty remain appreciative of its heritage and all who have helped the station to what it is today a viable voice in Ogden. Jerri L. Bycrs WSC Staff Past Station Manager and Program Director, KWCR The Supreme Court must wake up to reality also and recognize that the true marriage bond is the strong love and mutual sharing relationship bond and not a piece of paper. It must recognize this and the need to grant nothing less than full human, civil, and economic rights and privileges in such relationships. I urge everyone to wake up the president, the Supreme Court, the FDA, and Congress. 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