Loyola University Chicago - Loyolan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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University Turns a Deaf Ear to WL VC-FM July 1, 1970 July 21 , 1970 December 1 7, 1 970 February 22, 1971 February 26, 1971 March 25, 1 971 April, 1971 May 10. 1971 June 1, 1971 First application sent to the Federal Communications Commission QFCCD for a permit to construct an FM station on LoyoIa's Lake Shore Campus. First application returned by the FCC due to possible interference with existing stations on the same frequency. The second request to the FCC for a construction permit was filed and accepted in Washington, D.C. by the FCC. FCC assigns the proposed FM station its call letters: WVLC-FM. Staff members of WLUC meet with the President of the university to inform him of plans to build the FM station. WLUC attempted to secure funding via grants to the university. WLUC receives letters of support from all student organizations, local community groups, and de- partment heads of Loyola and Mundelein. A meeting was requested with the President of the university to dis- cuss the further developments to- ward the FM station. The President postpones the meeting until the fall. A one-time expenditure of 313,644.92 requested in WLUC's yearly budget to pay for the equipment of FM station. July 1 5, 1971 August 19, 1971 September 8, 1 971 September 81 October, 1 971 November 1 7, 1 971 November 30, 1 971 January, 1971 February 9, 1 972 February 22, 1972 The Board any budget requests whatsoever. of Trustees deny WLUC A budget WLUC for amendment is granted S1,368 to operate the AM station per Mr. Tinkle. Office of the President sets FM meeting for September 27th. President of University asked some questions about possible problems of operating an FM station. The President received documented replies to all of his questions by staff members of WLUC. A budget amendment request for emergency funds of 36,000 to build the FM station unanimously ap- proved and recommended by the Committee on Student Life. Budget amendment request refused by the University Budget Committee. A Ioan for S2,000 to save the FM station by buying minimal amount of equipment was requested. The University Budget Committee re- fused to grant WLUC the Ioan which would have been paid back by the station at the end of the fiscal year. FCC permit to build WLVC-FM expired. FCC extended the permit to build the FM station until August 9, 1972 when WLVC-FM must be on the air or risk losing the only available fre- quency in Chicago to another uni- versity more eager to build a station.

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, Assusl ' ' owen I What Ever Happened to the Coffee House? The Coffee House was once a place where you could hear some good stu- dent entertainment, hold a meeting or have a party, attend Free Uni- versity courses, meet with admin- istrators, or just sit around to read or talk. What used to be the Coffee House is now called the Assisi Center. And the name is not all that has changed. The Center is slowly becoming the headquarters for campus ministry . Father Donald Hayes, SJ, newly ap- pointed Vice President, Campus Ministry, and director of the Assisi Center, explains that the Coffee House's functions as a social cen- ter and place of entertainment will be taken over by the proposed Cam- pion Hall Rathskeller. Campion's basement is well equipped for food service. The Coffee House was not and couldn't afford the costs of sup- plying it adequately for this purpose. Father Hayes also feels that poor attendance of weekday Coffee House programs also justifies the Assisi Center's new orientation. The building at 1132 West Loyola Avenue is still the site for meetings, however. Several of LoyoIa's serv- ice organizations, the Christian Life Community, Pentacostal groups and the Volunteers Interested in People have used the facilities for their work. Drug talks have been given there, and discussions of important student issues are slated for the future. The Coffee House - Assisi Center transition is a slow, deliberate one. Father Hayes holds a position which did not exist at Loyola until this year. He returns here after a year of teaching at the Rome Center, and it is taking him some time to assess the campus situations at LSC, LT and the medical-dental centers. Father Hayes hopes to survey the Loyola student body and to establish service and counseling programs for students, faculty and staff. His biggest problem right now is that of making the potentials of the center known to the Loyola community. Father feels that a missionary approach might be necessary and is considering contacting resident students door-to-door. ll

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1'-A.. Mn ,N N Ulm 'lu .Milf X M lflmJ ,gm Lary Logman Past and present members of WLUC Radio have formed a non- profit educational corporation called Community Educational Broadcast- ing lComCastl to construct and operate the FM station which WLUC applied for in the name of Loyola University. According to Larry Logman, president of Comcast, and other members of the corporation, it has become apparent that the Uni- versity does not wish to support an FM station and does not intend to act on the permit. ComCast hopes to obtain the permit from Loyola and begin construction on the station. If ComCast does obtain the permit, the new FM station would be sepa- rate from WLUC radio, both legally and physically. It would be estab- lished at a different site than the WLUC station and would serve a wider area. ln addition to serving Loyola and Mundelein, as WLUC is now limited to doing, WLVC-FM would reach Edgewater. Rogers WL UC Forms Educational Corporation Park, Evanston and Uptown, with a heavy emphasis to public affairs programming for these communities. The new station would be largely, but not totally, staffed by present members of WLUC. Members of the surrounding communities would be encouraged to join WLVC-FM. Training courses are planned to en- able these people to become effec- tive members of the station. ComCast's purpose is not to dis- credit the University or to harm WLUC. Rather, its purpose is to establish an FM educational station to serve the needs of the North Side communities. WLUC will still be the Loyola University radio station .3 -1 and will be staffed by members of the Loyola station. WLUC will be helped by the establishment of the FM station- many people would be staff members of both stations and would gain from the great experi- ence involved. Constructing a 10-watt FM station is an expensive affair. Thus WLUC has initiated a fund-raising drive to aid the new corporation in its proj- ect. The goal of the drive if S20,000,