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Possesses Students W THE SPIRIT OF MEMPHIS STATE Students tuning their radio dials to FM 91.7 on September 17, 1979 were met with sounds of the newly christened campus radio station, WSMS. The Spirit of Memphis State, as the station was called, originated at Southwestern in Memphis under the call letters WSWM, but was purchased from the school in the summer of 1979 for $35,000. Studios of the infant sta- tion were moved to the Memphis State University campus, the transmitter remaining at Southwestern. The format of the station was predominately rock and jazz, yet material such as disco, country, soul and movie soundtracks was also aired. Saturdays were devoted entirely to jazz, as the station attempted to appeal to the 20-35 age group. News broad- casted on the hour for five minutes was expanded twice daily. WSMS was not lacking in sports coverage either. Every morning a sports update was aired, along with play-by-play reports of the Lady Tiger basketball and the Tiger baseball games. As a training laboratory, WSMS of- fered experience to students interested in broadcasting careers. Not only did the staff gain instruction in announc- ing, but also in news writing, reporting, programming, production and promo- tion. Being a noncommercial station, the music was interrupted only by public service announcements, news, sports and public affairs shows. Its purpose was not to directly com- pete with other stations, but to provide programming that was creative, dif- ferent and experimental. Opposite page: WSMS general manager David An- derson adjusts recording levels on the master mixing board in the production studio. Above left: Don Alsup, Forrest Carr, Bonnie Daws, Jerry Bafford, John McTyre. Above: Junior Linda Latham takes to the air with a public service announcement. Features 29
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MSU Welcomes Local and National Guests During the academic year, Memphis State University students and faculty were exposed to the opinions of a variety of local and national celebrities. Several organizations, such as the Stu- dent Government Association and University Programs, sponsored the speakers. Invitations were issued by the SGA to the four 1979 Memphis Mayoral candidates, three of which accepted: Mr. Pat Halloran, Judge Otis Higgs and Mr. Robert Prince Mongo Hodges. While Executive Secretary to the National Headquarters of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Mr. Halloran served as a member of both the Memphis City Council and the Chamber of Com- merce. Because of his work with the Easter Seal Society, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Memphis, Inc., Project Concern and The Special Olympics Program, he was named Outstanding Young Man of Ten- nessee of 1978. Otis Higgs, a lawyer and judge of the Division IV Shelby County Criminal Court, was a graduate of LeMoyne- Owen College and Memphis State University Law School. He was named Most Outstanding Young Man of the Year in 1972 by the Memphis Area Junior Chamber of Commerce. Describing himself as a busi- nessman, a junk sculptor and a free spirit, Robert Hodges ' most memorable activitiy was his running feud with his neighbors and the Memphis City Health Department. He was sued by the Health Department because of lumber and junk sculpture on his front lawn, which was offensive to his neighbors. Mr. Jim Lehrer, anchorman for the MacNeil Lehrer Report on Public Broadcasting stations, appeared in the Journalism Lecture Hall courtesy of WKNO-TV (channel 10), the College of Communication and Fine Arts, and the Memphis State Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (Sigma Delta Chi). He answered ques- tions concerning the show ' s format and how the topic of each production was chosen. Mr. Lehrer won an Emmy for his coverage of the Senate Watergate Committee ' s investigations 3( ( Features
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