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Show s, Life ccount Volume Q1 L (librc mes .7 20 Number 8 Dixie College St. George, Utah KRDC Powers Up to 100 Watts music format and has been on the air for three hours each morning, 6:00 to 9.00, Monday through Friday and from 6:00 A.M. to Midnight on Saturday. As the plans for remodling the it 92J College Radio Engineer, Marv Persinger, and KRDC Advisor, Ed Rogers, as Dennis Silver, Consulting Engineer from Salt Lake City, makes adjustment on the new stations antenna, which was later installed nearly 40 feet above the Union Building Roof. Dixie watch savings! familiar sounds of Dixie Co'llege Radio, KRDC have been missing from the airwaves this week due to changes that are The being made, that have been in the planning for several years. The station is changing frequencies, from 99.3 mhz, to 91.7 Item mhz and increasing power from 10 to 100 watts and has been off the air while the work Bar- - has been being accomplished. ticn- - Funding to help create a new KRDC has come from four main sources; the normal college budget allocations for the past two years has provided about $2,900; Dr. George Rampton, assistant to the president for program development for the college was able to direct a significant amount from development funds; Dr. Max Rose a similar amount from hiB budget allocations and a $5,000 donation from Mr. Charles Bates, of Mapleton, Utah. Mr. Bates is chairman and chief executive officer of Valtek, one of the worlds leading contvalve manufacturers. Valtek's internationlaked rol al headquarters is located in Springville, ;t 991 Utah; a 130,000 square foot plant that is regarded as the most advanced facility of its knd in the entire world. The station signed off the air at 9:00 A.M. Friday, January 20th, having been located at 99 3 mhz for just over six years; and went back on the air Wednesday, 25 January at 3:07 y$9 adys presently 27, 1989 Kicks Off,.,. that conduit.The station has traditionally had a top 100 ing20 January the new 91.7 mhz location and at the effective radiated power of 100 watts, up from the previous 10 watts. What this will do for the station, according to Mr. Marv Persinger, chief engineer for K R D C, is to strengthen the signal in all areas of the St. George area. Where the signal was prein viously strong, it will be even stronger, was moderately the where reception places and strong, it will now have a very good signal where it was weak before, it will be a moderate and passable signal. was off During the five days the station with consulting along Marv Persinger, the air, Lake City, with engineer Dennis Silver of Salt Ed from Rogers, tore assistance some gofer sevinto the control room, rebuilt or remodled of eral pieces of equipment and installed all floor third on the the transmitting equipment down the of the U.B. In addition they took a truly U.B. roof; the on tower antenna two men, and installed gigantic project for the the new antenna. P.M., on Several days before the engineering installed and Rogers changes began, Persinger control room all a 34 inch conduit from the the way up to the new transmitter location; almost all of which is out of sight, in ceilings tunnels and. then or heating and equipment five part cable through a to pull proceeded station facilities continue, and a new broadcast control room is constructed, along with two new practice and production studios, the format then will expand to include other kinds of music, that will be broadcast during times that the station is now off the air. According to Mr. Ed Rogers, station adviser, one of the future programs which they are working to bring to St. George, is the Texaco sponsored Metropolitan Opera, direct by satellite from New York City. In addition during the six hours the station is off the air, during the weekdays, future programming will include adult contemporary music of the 1950's to the early 1970's The station managers this year are Natalie Nielson and Kristi Behunin, who are working with 35 students Winter Quarter; 15 of them new to the station staff. Natalie and Kristie are very complimentary about the whole staff and are really excited about the things they hope to be able to accomplish during the remainder of the year The new broadcast antenna, located three feet from the top of a 40 foot pole on top of the Student Union Building, on the Dixie College campus, is housed in a large white plastic ball, which will protect it from any adverse weather conditions. The transmitter is no longer located in the studio, but is on the third floor of the U.B., near the elevator exit by the Sun Room. Remote control switches have been installed in the control room to turn the transmitter on & off easily. Under The Sun Elderhostlel offers Golf Academy Dixie College Elderhostel is now offering the Sun Desert Golf Academy directed by Michael P Smith, voted Utah's P G.A. Professional Instructor of the year in 1988. Beginning the week of January 29, the program continues through the winter ending the week ofMorch 12 An offshoot of an elderhostel hour-a-da- y golf class, the week-lon- g Academy class offers 20 hours of intensive instruction at Southgate Golf Course with personalised lessons, personal video analysis and evening review sessions Morning schedule includes video analysis, a long game lesson, driving range instruction and short game lesson. Free golf time is offered in the afternoon "One of our participants enjoyed the golf hour so much he suggested we offer just GOLF," said Ann Pratt, coordinator of Conferences and Workshops at Lifelong Learning and Community Services Seminar held to help reduce taxes Sponsored by Dixie College Lifelong Learning, a free seminar on the sheltering of income to reduce taxes will be presented by Raymond Lowe February 2, 1989 7 00 to 9 30 , in room 119 of the Home Econ.. building at Dixie College The discussion will feature the Catastrophic Health Care Act of 1988, which provides enhanced Medicare coveroge for prolonged hospital stoys and the expenses incurred by catastrophic illness the Effective January, 1989, program will be funded by a 15 surtax on federal tax due from all taxpayers 65 years or older "We wall review ways of minimizing the impact of the surtax by portfolio restructuring or investments which are tax sheltered, tax exempt or tax deferred," Lowe said For further information call 673- 4811 ext 289 Index Campus Life Entertainment Inside Story. 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