University of New Haven - Chariot Yearbook (West Haven, CT)

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wa, t WNHU Four years ago several students got together and decided that it might be interesting and fun to have an FM educational radio station at the then New Haven College. Last year the day students of the re- named University of New Haven vot- ed to tax themselves five dollars a semester for the year in order to have an FM radio station on campus. About the same time, the Federal Communications Commission gave the school permission to begin con- struction on the station. The Student Government needed a strong leader to run the facilities, and they found one in Dick Gelgauda, a student with experience in radio, who volunteered to become the station ' s first general manager. However, be- fore he could be the general manager of anything, it had to be built. Gelgauda and other volunteer stu- dents began construction of the broadcast facilities in late August. Not much room was allocated to the 1700 Watt station, but Gelgauda used what little he had of the second floor in the Student Center to plan for a four-studio, multi-faceted complex that would also include maintenance space and a record library area. With the physical facilities slowly beginning to take shape, the need for a chief engineer to handle the vast amount of equipment became appar- ent. Vincent Berlutti, another student who had experience in radio opera- tion, volunteered and began the al- Continued on pg. 15 iferPtS , s I :■ ' ' ' Work continues 12

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