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...WHRB (Harvard Radio Broadcast), Harvard’s open-circuit radio station, will celebrate its seventieth anniversary this week on April 15. The celebration, featuring live jazz, will unite faculty with dozens of undergraduates. The celebration marks more than a milestone for a college radio station; the anniversary represents the strength of WHRB’s intimate community and its commitment to providing quality programming for Harvard and the greater Boston area...
...Poirier ’11, comp director and former general manager, one of the elements of WHRB that initially drew him to the station was the extensive vinyl record collection. “I took the door through the libraries, and I saw all the music in the station, and I said ‘I have to do this.’ I have to be able to be around this music all the time,” Poirier says. Tova R. Holmes ‘11, president of WHRB, loves its collection of first- and limited-edition records...
...Chairman of the Board of Trustees for WHRB and a former disc jockey (a ‘ghost,’ as WHRB alumni are known), feels that WHRB has always been committed to excellence in programming. He explains that in the early days of the station, “commercial radio depended on the largest number of listeners, but WHRB’s intention was always to provide the best music, and the listener followed... and that holds true today.” WHRB’s first radio broadcast, which devoted its time to jazz and classical music...
...Friday, however, several thousand protesters overran the broadcasting terminal for the station, forcing police and soldiers to essentially surrender and agree to let the station broadcast. After protesters withdrew, the soldiers later retook the station and shut down the broadcasts again. But the security forces had been embarrassed. Prime Minister Abhisit made a television address that evening, admitting that his supporters had been disheartened by the day's events. But, he said, "The government cannot be discouraged. With righteousness, we will...
...ease with which the protesters defeated a combined force of police and soldiers at the television station raised speculation over whether the security forces fully support the Prime Minister. Both the Prime Minister and his security chiefs have appeared reluctant to use force to break up the protests, but results of an online poll by the English-language Bangkok Post newspaper said that nearly 60% of respondents supported the use of force to end the demonstrations...