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...better the equipment, and the better the programming, the more professional the sound. But, no matter how good WHRB standards are, WHRBies are not professionals interested in radio communication alone. Like any college activity with a considerable time commitment, the station is run by devotion as much as ability and professionalism doesn't always inspire devotion. "Mother WHRB's children demand that they have fun while they serve her, and this demand sometimes clashed with the "electric, esoteric" image...
...rock 'n' roll, for example, crop up every once in a while, and it isn't totally solved by the more-relaxed-than-usual reading period orgies. The issue has repercussions both inside and outside the studio. Outside, it means that anyone interested in rock simply has no WHRB members don't find this disturbing in the least. "I'm not especially concerned--I'd rather do a good job than have University listeners," says Webb. Others do care--slightly. But there is no significant "rock bloc" as there are folk, jazz, or CM (classical) blocs. A recent effort...
Part of his opposition seems to be a built-in defense mechanism. Jim Hill saw the proposed orgy as a "foot-in-the-door" threat, and feared future administrations would weaken farther until rock was at WHRB to stay. "College stations with a high percentage of rock-tend to be very amateurish," he say with distaste. Amateurish is nothing WHRB wants to be. "I like it [rock]," he says, "but rock on FM would be a travesty. It would bring us new personalities and new talent--if we could fit it in with our image...
There is another reason in WHRB's rejection of rock besides intellectual self-indulgence, however, Right now, they simply don't have the equipment or the announcers to do it. Playing down the personality of the announcer, as WHRB does, it not a philosophy suitable to rock, and the equipment that makes regular WHRB broadcasting challenging and fun would make rock impossible. Members consistently oppose buying new equipment which would make broadcasting easier without improving the sound. They feel that it reduces the scope of the work, and cuts down the challenge. There is a certain camaraderie inspired by working...
...WHRB now has most of its recording on 20-30 minute LP's and changes them by hand. There is an announcer in one room, and in another room separated by a glass panel, the controlman who is responsible for whatever actually goes out on the air. The controlman changes the records, and switches the "air" for music to an announcement or ad when he gets a hand signal from the announcer. This method is slightly cumbersome, but it worked well when the changes from record to record to "spot" are few. It does not work well when...