Union College - Garnet Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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U81 i The men behind the men behind the mike-WRUC's officers: LLOYD FALLOWES, Technical Managerg WALTER HOFFMAN, Station Managerg SAUL BABBIN, Program Managerg JOHN DAVIDSON, Business Manager. WR In its twenty-fourth year, WRUC, the college radio station underwent several major changes. The first big change was the return to broadcast- ing six nights a week, Sunday through Friday. Last year the station had only been on four nights a week, Sunday through Wednesday. The next big changeover was from a two-man system of an- nouncer and controlman to a one-man system with the announcer doing his own controlling. By this method, the technical department increased its size. As a result, in December, the long awaited sound Yi? WISE'-7' Huh lli 1 'nu ' Il 1 1 I 3 9 F A l 'E dolly was completed and installed in Studio HA . The sound dolly is also equipped with a public address system so that it may be used by the Mountebanks for sound effects in their plays. Through a contract with Lucky Strike, the radio station acquired a United Press ticker-tape and presented a nightly fifteen minute news show. another first in its history. Composed of a membership of about fifty, the radio station was headed by Walt Hoffman as Station Manager.

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'X A 1' all ,,. .M George Zervas, Editor-in-Chief, and Dominick Carbone, Business Manager, headed a small but hard working staff. Peter Mund, Associate Editor, edited the Senior Section. Harry Stevens prepared the opening section. Al Loffredo edited the Activ- ities Section and drew the black and white car- icatures. Ted Hutton planned the Fraternity Sec- tion while Mike Medei handled the Sportsisection. Without the cooperation of these editors and their staffs the 1954- Garnet could not have been pro- duced. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF GEORGE ZERVAS checking through layout for the 1954- Garnet. u ' 4 . 1 . .ks ,. 4 'mem . - 5 jrvm BERT L0FF?EJ2lO,Iiii1iEinizieS- Mmm ' hti AL 9 HUT ' Lgft to rtzeniorsg TE BUSINESS MANAGER , PETER R5 ws and Faculty, SPOT95' rr Hmm TEVENS,Vie Nm Medea, STA . .HARRY 5 picwfe is i in DOM CARBONE contacts an. adver- I tiser. U71 'ww

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The news comes in 24- hours a day over WRUUS new UP ticker tape. Next in the executive department are the pro- gram, technical and business managersg Saul Bab- lnn, Lloyd Fallowes, and ,lohn Davidson, respect- 1VelY- AS per usual, sound advice was given to the Station by its faculty advisor, Donald Jones. Other Officers are Bob Mesard, chief announcer, Eliot Schechter, chief controlman, and Dick Duane, chief maintenance engineer. Besides the news show, there were several other highlights in the program department. Walt Stark continued with his line work as moderator on the popular, U20 Questionsn show. Through the efforts of Lin Swearingen, WRUC signed a con- tract with the Hi Hat Club to do a weekly jazz Show every week from the Club. Due to popular demand the air time of the concert hall was in- Creased. As has been the case in the past, WRUC also ran the public address at Freshman Camp, athletic events, and several other college functions, Under the direction of John Alderman. After another year of successful broadcasting. WRUC looks forward to increasing its staff and Services to the student body. tw X tire