Nicholls State University - La Pirogue Yearbook (Thibodaux, LA)

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Fambrough The primary purpose ot KVFG-FM C91 .55 is to serve as a workshop for stu- dents taking the radio workshop speech classes. But with its improvements and its responsibilities to the campus commu- nity, KVFG is the broadcasting voice ot Nicholls State. With the fall semester came a new for- mat of music, following Top 40 from 8 a.m, to 5 p.m., then progressive rock from 6 pm, until midnight. The directors of the 10-watt educa- tional station were Tommy Dantin, gen- eral manager, Bill Hall, programming, Sue l-limel, news, Randy Cheramie, music and Ray Peters, sports. Julie Hebert was the station's secre- tary, a needed worker to handle corre- spondence with the new semester. Students scheduling the radio work- shop CSpeech 220-2225 were assigned daytime shifts of one hour. The evening shitts are filled by audi- tion, by making a 10 minute simulated broadcast forthe directors to judge. An album at 45 rpm, the microphone left open or a mispronounced word was the fate of the beginner, who usually 72 KVFG-FMf91.5J L With a reflection of the album library in the partition, Rickey lVlousey Chiasson prepares to work in the production room, next to the broadcasting studio. gathered experience quickly. Experience was needed during the alert of l-lurricane Eloise. Standard programming was pre- empted and disc jockeys read weather bulletins and the decisions of the Univer- sity Disaster Committee between rock music. For the Labor Day weekend, KVFG again served as headquarters for the Thi- bodaux area for the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. Disc Jockey John Raynor worked as the telethon director, as over 356,850 was collected. A new sound appeared with the public service announcements read by the cam- pus station. All PSA's were taped in advance, instead of being read live by the d.j. on the air. This change put a variety of voices on the air and allowed for some special sound effects to be thrown in. Kl Wlllllllllllllli ii.. l A 4 Dressed lor the Freak Ball, Benny Steigler does a live broadcast for KVFG from the Union Ball Room with Oak Lea. KVFG also covered the SGA meet- ings on occasion. Being the 'Broadcasting

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Brighter moments in 103 Shaver Gym also existed. Teamed with the other publi- cation in its offices, the Nicholls Worth, the Stud Pub Cshort for Student Publica- Working as a typist, scheduler for photos and organizer, Charlene Toups was presented with the Spirit Award by the other members ofthe staff for her contributions. x' ' X, Q 4?- ,Z-1 3 ,,T,g-H 41... ,249 o was An always available artist, Judy Cadoret letters the paper boxes for the Worth. Many graphic designs and artistic plans were incorporated into the 1976 book tionsj intramural basketball team stretched its record to three consecutive years of never having won a game. Four members ofthe staff attended the Associated Collegiate Press in St, Louis in October. Lighter moments also included the Christmas party and the Annual Student Publications Banquet at the end of the spring semester. Charlene Toups, a freshman office administration major from Empire was given the Spirit Award as the staff member who contributed the most during the year. ln the spring semester, the staff took several days off and prepared a yearbook mini-workshop for John Ehret l-ligh School. The day-long presentation included talks about copy writing, headline and caption fitting, photography, design and layout and a special talk on advertising by Roy Willis, editor of the 1975 La Pirogue and president of his own advertising agency in Houma, The Associated Collegiate Press CACPJ rating service gave the 1975 La Pirogue its first class rating, continuing the first class ratings of past years. The 1976 yearbook will be the first to Nancy Badalamenti re-arranges class photos after indexing them against the master computer list. She also handled the names of groups and listing of its members. Figuring out another championship layout, Jordan Roy had to adapt men's sports to the seasons of each team. Roy edited his high school book before coming to Nicholls. 5042099649 9 A-' , , 1 . X o be rated both by ACP and the Columbia Scholastic Press Association CCSPAJ. While the two editors and head photog- raphers are presently the only salaried workers, future plans are to create the position of one or more paid section edi- tors. Maureen Lundergan, the Student Publications pho- tographer for the spring, arranges her negatives lor filing. The third salaried position was begun in the fall semester. 'fuk Putting together another year 171

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Concert tickets were also given away to callers as the station promoted many student entertainment and campus events. A special gripe line was set up, where students could call in and have their complaints taped and aired. g Several changes were made in the spring directors staff, as Bill l-lall took over as station manager and Geoff Dupre was in charge of programming. Other directors were Sue l-limel, news, Benny Steigler, music and Bay Peters, sports. Enough disc jockeys volunteered for KVFG to go to a 24-hour broadcasting format. Several special programs were aired regularly as Pepe Cornejo did a Spanish music show, and Chuck Seely had a country western show. The oldest program on the air, Grand- chester Meadows, continued with Her- man Triche and Whitney Autin. Sam Jones set up a weekend Beatles show, while Wayne Papania's Junkyard Dog Show was familiar to a 1950's Wolt- man Jack sound. Benny Steigler and Oak Lea did a live remote broadcast from the Union Ballroom, for the Fifth Annual Freaker's Ball. Lea also handled the 11 p.m.-2 am. shift of progressive, rock and special request music. i ' . -, if Www mrs., News director Sue Himel makes notes at the weekly SGA meeting for her nightly news roundup of cam- pus events, Himel was news director for the fall and spring semesters. But covering events live became habit for KVFG, as several Student Senate meetings were broadcast. The cause forthe special treatment was student reaction to a anti-abortion ruling of the Senate. For more, see SGA, pgs. 152-55. Special political spots to SGA candi- dates were offered by news director Sue l-limel, for the student body to hear the candidates' platforms. Although programming wasn't as long during the summer session, KVFG kept up a fast moving format, with Benny Steigler as general manager and Gary Landry as program director. Other directors were lvlerilla Landry, newsg Bay Peters, sports, Richard Smith, music, and Becky Arceneaux, secretary. Smith was later replaced by Perry Pitre as music director. Named after University President Ver- non F. Galliano, the station plans to make major advances in the coming fall with the FCC approval of an increase to 250 watts. Advisor to the station is Bob Blazier. Blazier also teaches Speech 219 Clntro- duction to Badio and Televisionj This course serves as a prerequisite to the radio workshop courses. KVFG maintained a consistent sound different from the rock stations in Thibo- daux. Program director Bill Hall prepares to tape a public service announcement CPSAJ as KVFG switched from reading PSAs live to taping them for better quality and variety. GD M Bay Peters pauses during a break at the NOAA regional playoffs hosted by Nicholls. As sports director, Peters covered all phases of intercollegiate teams for KVFG. Voice of Nicholls State' KVFG-FM C91 55 173