Trine University - Modulus Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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Sometime in April of 1978, o rodio srorion wos born or Tri-Store College. lr wos conceived of ond funded by rhe Sreworr Holl Dorm Council ro ploy music for rhe holl residents. Dubbed WTSC, rhe srotion opero- red on o corrier-current bosis, thot is, the signol wos conducted through rhe power lines. They brought in o little money by selling commerciols to locol businesses, ond were omused enough for owhile. From the dungeons of Srewort, rhe hond- ful of srudenrs who ron the srorion emerged wirh onorher ideo, to go FM. Armed with loons from Tri-Store ond o budget from Student Senore, they bought on FM tronsmirrer ond o 90 foot tower in the spring of '75. During rhe summer, rhe dedicored workers built the studios, ond by foll the tower wos erected. On o remporory FCC liscense, the srorion begon sending signols through rhe os on educorionol FM srorion, wirh rhe coll Ierrers WEAX. lt tools o long time, but or lost, on August 18, 1979, the finol FCC liscense orrived. The stoff, now grown to obout 20 members, celebrored ecsroricolly. Jusr being on rhe oir wos o mojor occomplishmenr, but they didn't stop there. More new equipment, such os on open reel rope mochine, wos purchosed, By now rhe WEAX budget in Student Senore hod more thon doubled, ond so hod the storion's hours. From o limired oir time of 4pm-11pm weels- doys only, rhe hours were exponded to 8om- 1om weelsdoys, 8om-11pm Sorurdoy, ond 11om- 11pm Sundoy. Computer progrom logs were odded, rhe rronsmitrer ond exciter were re- virolized, ond o new console production studio gove them rwo fully operotionol studios for rhe first time. The record librory grew from 800 to over 1400 olbums. The . C-irond . Prix wos . first broodcost in '78 under rhe construction per- mit, ond hos been every yeor since. And in 1979 the storion ployed on rhe oir over the summer for the first time. The progromming hos chonged rorher dromoricolly. ln the begin- ning, rhe srorion ployed mellow rocls, sometimes progressive rocls, ond top forty tunes. Now ir is olbum-oriented rocls, ploy- ing good solid rocls ond roll. Nor only is WEAX the best new-music srotion in the oreo, but the formor olso includes Christ- ion broodcosring from 8om-noon weelsdoys, Chicogo Symphony orchesrro ond Clossicol music on Sundoys, ond Night Jom, wirh o feorured olbum or orrist, or 9120 on weels doys. This diversity in music, olong with o voriery of public service onnouncements, helps the srorion oppeol to o wide ronge of oudiences. Whot does the crystol boll show for future yeors? Perhops the greotest ochieve- ment is yer to come, for the Student Senore s Will VGVYTOI0 O much more budget will double ogoin in 1980-81, to ollow rhe storion to go Stereo. This will meon much new equipment, ond hopefully less moinrenonce. Also beginning in the foll of '80 the srorion monoger, like the publicorions edi- tor, will be gronred ruirion credits to dole out to the stoff. Nor thot rhese credits ore necessory ro get people to worls. Y' 'TF' Interesting post dynamic future .Fa

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'ix' L' N K ,:l,'s, 5 , , .QQ . W 1 . I lf,- x vs .W h ,mg xv' U N3-.1'rlv- 4 , v M , Vqfapqeu ' 1 The 1070-80 WEAX Doord of Durecrors were Fronr John Jones - Sroruon Monoger, Lindo Wode - Execuriye Secrerory, Don Wode - Pubhc Servuce Drrecror, Terry Srmons - Chief Engrneer, Jone Wnnnesburg - Comprroller, Gory Morrell - Srudenr Engineer Bock Bob Snyder - Progrorn Drrecror, Boo Bosruc - Troffuc Dnrecror, Prof Showolrer - Foculry Advasor, Morls Throsher - Durecror of Announce-rs, Jeff Srollser - Musuc Drrecror, Ed Thomos - News Durecror 2 Thus yeor's Srorron Monoger, John Jones, roclsled rhe rosie of gemng rhe young rodro sronon on nr's feer 3 Foculry Advrsor, Prof Showolrer, is one reoson for WEAX's success 4 Leo Chrusrron speolss during has I1edeemecJ orogrom 5 Anno Showolrer rolses A Look or rhe Clossucs o Enguneer Terry Slrnons worlss on rnolsrng sure WEAX us heord 7 Gregg Schnepo ns one of WEAX's mony D J 5 8 Morry Wode or rhe conrrols Q Rich Smurh gers onorher rune reody 10 Poul McDowell selecrs rhe ours for hrs progronn 11 Turning up rhe volume, Jam Kemeriy enjoys hrs worls 12 Rrch Curr us porr of XVEAX's Chrusruon Progromung 18 Thus yeors rnusuc drrecror, Jeff Srollser, wall be rhe sroruon rnonoger of WEAX nexr yeor J