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Show KUER : voice of the U By Steve Madsen Staff Writer "I doubt if over 60 per cent of the University student-body knows this place exists and that it " is open to almost anybody for their use," said John Dehnel, traffic manager for KUER-FM radio. "KUER will broadcast anything in the public interest," said Dehnel. KUER, which is 90.1 on the FM radio dial, plays popular, jazz and classical music. The KUER station has record library where the music is selected. Most music is selected from the radio library a month in advance and is scheduled in a KUER program guide. Music is usually selected by the student producers of the music programs. Features Symphony KUER also features the Utah Symphony Orchestra once a week, and records music recitals from ' v '-: W -- - . . , the Department of Music on Sunday afternoons in a program called, "Students in Concert." KUER has programs by local, network and individual program services. Affiliated National Education Network provides KUER with Network programs such as "The Presidency 1968," which was an overview of the national elections. "Network shows are mostly educational features," said Dehnel. "We order network tapes at the beginning of the year and schedule them in our program guide. We receive only those tapes we have requested and return them after they're used," he said. Broadcasts Network Programs KUER broadcasts such network programs as "The Negro American," a survey of Negro problems in America today, and "The Multiversity Today." "The Multiversity Today" is a documentary of large universities such as Ohio State, showing the multi diversity of modern universities, their size effects and students," said Les Cole, KUER chief operator. KUER also covers the local and world news. Students from Universitv Bob Beran Broadcasts the news over KUERFMby!hillilEtl(fi-'J cover local and world news as well as campus events. l j broadcasting courses use the KUER control board broadcast the news and cover varsity-frosh basketball games in the KUER studio. The KUER staff which is made up mostly of student volunteers, J1 have taken broafc courses .swiUingtoorie to the broadcasting service If someone is um broadcasting who haven't broadcasting course, we'd to teach them if they're.' learn," said Dehnel. "Manyofc" broadcasting producers bt had a broadcasting class" j added. KUER also has live broaden such as the "Great Issues Font' a program held each monthi: OSH Auditorum, live broadcast,-from broadcast,-from the University Ul Center and the "On Can;; Stow," a program broadcasts student action s: reaction on campus. "We do a lot of special Si guest lectures, Challenge fe Mock Conventions, Utah School Model U.N. We s;: covered all of the poitii candidates who came to k !' prior to the elections," Ms said. A University credit corns f also offered via KUER radio!; the University Division t! Continuing Education b program titled "Are To; Communicating?" is a se 15-minute lessons offered thro? the Divison's Correspor5 Study Department. "We cover most majorspwj and lectures that are of put-nature. put-nature. Our programs are not broad audiences but for saw at sometime," said Dehnel. Free KUER program Go available to anyone who call or mail a card or letter KUER main studio, !-; Hall 116. |