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...other hand, a representative sample of students polled said they "hardly ever" listen to WHRB, and when they do, it is only for the rock orgies (non-stop hours of music) featured twice a year during reading period, or for coverage of Harvard athletic events, like football games...
Whatever its actual audience may be, WHRB has elaborate plans for future projects and expansion of facilities. "We have in the works plans for two new studios," says Barol. The first, a small, approximately six-by-five-foot booth which is near completion, will serve one person acting as both announcer and engineer...
...great versatility in engineering," says Kagan. To be completed by spring, the new room will house an $11,000 RCA console, new turntables, new tape machines, and will provide space for one or more announcers and an engineer. The $5000 needed for the new equipment was raised by a WHRB fund drive last spring...
...live, Luskin's voice choked with tear gas as he cried, "Somebody's about to pull my plug!" Somebody did indeed pull his plug--a University policeman--but he was valiantly back on the air within three minutes. The day ended when he and five other WHRB staffers were carted off to prison...
Another incident took place in 1960, shortly after John F. Kennedy's election to the presidency, while he was in Boston giving a press conference. Two intrepid WHRB reporters, at the conclusion of Kennedy's remarks, had the foresight to leap into the back of his cab, ignoring the protests of Secret Service men. The reporters fortunately had one of the early portable tape recorders with them. Kennedy was so taken aback by their pluck that he submitted to an interview all the way to the airport...