South Garland High School - Sabre Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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Senior Dave Cebell cues up the next song for the S060 afternoon program. Hitting the air waves with a terrific response this year was South Garland's new radio station, KRNL. Starting out as just a class project on tape for the braodcast journalism students, the radio station grew to include speakers in both the main hall and in the cafeteria. Having the radio broad- cast is something l've wanted for a long time now, explained broadcasting teacher Ms. Donna Watkins. Students who enrolled in broadcasting spent the first part of the six weeks in the preliminaries, such as learning some of the history of radio and changes that have taken place in recent years. Then began the plans for the live broadcast each da . Since the early morning show was considered the prime time for listening, each student had his or her turn at being the morning DJ. With 28 people in the class, we've had quite a variety of music and talk, said Ms. Watkins. What we did was try to play a good mixture of selections - hoping that all those who listen will find something they like to hear in every show. lt's pretty scary thinking about all those peo- ple out there listening to you, said Julie Rich. With so many things to remember, it's easy to mess up and read a news item wrong, or we might even cue up the wrong song. That's pretty embarrassing. Having gone out into the main hall during se- cond period, the students received good practice by broadcasting while the rest of the class listen- ed and criticized. That lets everyone have a chance to show what he can do to improve, com- Freshman broadcast journalism student, Lisa Watts, interviews Ms. Marilyn Marshall for Inside South. Broadcasting news of the day, senior Ann Lockett reports the next showing of High School Happenings. mented Ms. Watkins. With a special thanks to Marilyn Marshall and Charlie White we hope to see the station continue to be an active part of South Garland. During second semester broadcasting, Dave Cebell was appointed station manager for KRNL. His duties included helping to coordinate the basic daily operation of KRNL. , j - , i' 1 S s ,V 'K x' I

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ivffff,-vf ff ' -ft Sophomore cheerleaders make a pyramid at a basketball game. Greg Schmitt proudly displays his attendance of- fice badge. , E . N. . 1 E. 6? An SG student quietly studies while the new cur- riculum principal, Ms. Debbie Bryant, looks on. The students find the floor the only place to sit.

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Taking a turn at the KRNL mixer, senior Mark Scgrgfliggjusts the volume level ol the selection he 6 9? l l yi As a second project, the broad- casting journalism class at South Garland has in cooperation with Storer Cable, created its own television show. With the help of Public Access Coor- dinator, Don Higgins, the class was able to create Inside South, a program about interesting events and areas of South Garland. Mr. Higgins first made a visit to South Garland and through his guidance, the students learned how to work the video equipment, such as cameras, microphones, and video cassettes recorders. The show began as a PM magazine format and the students divided themselves into separate groups. Each group thought of a topic which could ioot ssK't ziif. , I - ug. 92:12.13 .. , Sf af iff, c ecee i '. Qi-1: ..i, 1, 41 , ,Q.3,,V,v i 1: ., 1 5 f .1 Hg 05- 1 ,- ez. compose a 15 minute show. The first published show included several inter- views of the principals at South Garland. The students also took several trips to the studio where they learned many broadcasting techniques. Among them, the class learned how to edit video tapes, use the sound equipment, use various visual effects, and use the character generators which flashes the subjects name on the screen. Hoping to be a good preliminary class for college courses in broadcasting, the course's first year proved to be a suc- cessful and enjoyable one for the students who participated. f Mike Clark is the camera man while senior Roma Lewis interviews Ms. Gail Womack, math teacher. Senior Sam Buchmeyer concentrates on focusing upon his subject for the new S.G. program, ln- side South.