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Show siGNPOSl W eunesuay, )uiy o, uo? o IGNPOS ? n Volume 50, Issue 3 Weber State College Tuesday, July 3, 1989 o f J 1 S $ KWCR DISC-JOCKEY Joey Snow hard at work behind the microphone in the control booth atFM 88.1 in the communications bldg. (Signpost photo by Jill Titensor). KWCR's 'Moment of Silence' goes global By Peter Avion Managing Editor The Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe (RFE), and the British News Service (BNS) were the most recent additions to the list of stations who participated in yesterday's historic "Moment of Silence" first proposed by Weber State's own KWCR FM-88. "We were covered around the globe," said KWCR Station Manager Gary Toyn, .explaining how the, demonstration went global. "VOA had us covered west to east, from Washington to China, RFE had us covered east to west, from New York to the Eastern Bloc countries. Our story was around the globe in 42 languages," Toyn continued. The memoriam for the dead Chinese demonstrators began as an idea of Toyn's, who then called friends at other campuses in the western region to gauge their reaction. From there it bloomed into a nationwide I lie UUI hS V C4rCtl 1 1 homes near Weber State College By Clark Hurd Photographer A brush fire burned over two acres of ground on the north-east end of the Weber Statecampus Tuesday, June 27 at about4:30 p.m., and caused damage to one home. Over twenty firefighter from the Ogden City Police Department, Weber Fire District, and the National Forest Service fought the blaze that spread up to the Mount Ogden Golf Course pushed by gusting winds, and sprayed down surrounding areas to keep the flames from reaching local homes. The firefighters were hampered by rugged terrain and a lack of fire hydrants in the undeveloped area. Mrs. Theisen, of 1570 Kingston, on the edge of the blaze, said her husband noticed the heat in the house and went out side to see 35 foot flames coming from' the old WSC president's home site, which burnt down 10-14 years ago. She used a garden hose to water down their property until the fire department arrived. Mrs. Choumos, of Kingston Circle said she turned her yard sprinklers on. "It came pretty close to burning our house down," she said. "The college should clean the brush and leaves up." Merlon and Ruth Stevenson were up wind of the fire. ' We were all clean and ready for guests," said Ruth Stevenson, who lost the (see FIRE on page 3) "v" . -a FIRE CLAIMS PART of the Stevenson home before firefinhters arrive. (Signpost photo by Clark Hurd.) effort, enlisting over 1,300 college and commercial stations, and support from the National Association of Broadcasters, the National Association of College Broadcasters, the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System, the Chinese Students and Scholars Friendship Association, and Bonneville International. However, as of yesterday's broadcast, there were over 2,800 stations committed, with more expected to pick it up at the last minute, according to Toyn. "It's unbelievable. I just can't believe how many people have picked up on it," Toyn said, explaining how KSL-TV and KUTV both aired stories on their Sunday night newscasts. On the local front, participant stations included: KALL, KANN, KBER, KBYU, KCPX, KDAB, KDYL, KEMX, KGFI, KJQ, KKAT, KLO, KLCY, KLZX, KMGR, KRPN (WKRP), KUER, KUSW (a global short wave radio station whose broadcast originates in Utah), KUTR, KVFM, KVNU, and KZQQ, among others, said Toyn. As of this writing, Toyn expected KSL radio and KZHT to also join, but he had not received confirmation of their participation. Of the Wasatch Front stations, "KISN is the only one who said 'absolutely not'," Toyn noted. According to Toyn, Gary "Wooley" Waldren of KISN, told him, "we don't believe we should be turning off our transmitter for every little thing that comes along." Calls were made to KISN and Waldren in an effort to validate this statement, but were not returned. Subsequent calls to the station went unanswered. Despite this, Toyn said, "we had good coverage locally." The Moment of Silence was held precisely at 1:20 p.m. mountain standard time, yesterday, July 4, 1989. INSIDE... News Flight simulator takes wing.. .page 2 Editorial Pro & Con: China...page 4 Etcetera Dead Poets Society. ..page 6 Sports Mountain Biking.. .page 7 |