10
Monday, May 10, 1976
University Dally Kansan
KANU still a stranger to many
By BECCI BREINING
It's the most powerful FM radio station in Kansas, and it has a potential audience of three million people. But because of a persistent financial problem that prevents advertising, KANU isn't known to as many people as its staff members would like.
John Easley, Lawrence senior and development director at KANU, said recently that the advantages and potential of the new station were slowly becoming recognized.
"As a public radio station, it has a tremendous potential as an educator," Easley said. "A common radio can tell the people of your community what they can teach them other things."
Easley said that more and more people were demanding music other than Top 40 songs, and public radio stations like KANU, whose musical format was 65 per cent classical and 35 per cent jazz, were providing "alternative radio service."
DESPITE ITS growing popularity, Easley said, KANU constantly needs more financial support than the University provides.
The 110,000 watt station costs more than $200,000 a year to operate, said Dick Wright, station manager. Although KAU raised $21,000 in April during its annual Campaign for Excellence, it still needs a larger financial commitment from the University.
"Public radio has grown up in the last few years and the problems it brought with it came quickly." Wright said. "Financially, we can't handle it. We're getting into the big leagues and we are unsure of how to handle ourselves."
Wright said that some stations the size of KANL operated on $400,000 a year.
BESIDES SUCH expenditures as a $700 an monthly electricity the station must pay 12 full-time employees whom Easley describes as "underpaid, very creative and dedicated to what they're doing and the importance of public radio."
Paul Dahringer, program director, said that because public radio didn't have to consider an advertiser's desires, it was an advertisement of new ideas and techniques in communication.
"It's educational radio, but not instructional radio," Dahringer said. "It doesn't teach, it simply evokes ideas that are interesting, which is what a good educator does."
PUBLIC RADIO is the best way to work in radio, said Bob Hammersley in jazz airtime at 10:30 a.m., Thursday night.
"And no commercials is the ideal way to listen to radio." Hammond added.
Dahringer said KANU's future was important to the University because it could reach people who otherwise had no contact with KU.
For many years the status of KANU at the University had been "a type of icing on the cake," Wright said. People are beginning to realize that it is an important and viable
part of the "mainstream of academia," he said.
"THEERE WERE TIMES that KU students would go four years and not know this station was here." Wright said. "It's frustrating and staggering getting the word out and making ourselves recognized by the public."
National Public Radio, with whom KANU is an affiliate, has recognized the station more than just about any other station in the country. It also ranks among five major stations in the past six years.
This year, Mark K. Klugman gained national radio recognition for writing and producing "Flatland," a children's show about a mythical kingdom of two-dimensional beings who are stereotyped by sex, age and class.
Another employee of KANU, John Zimbrick, hasn’t won any awards, but that may be because he devotes most of his time to coordinate professor of radiation biophysics.
Successor denied
From nage one
Stroup said Balfour had talked of resigning over the last few years, but said Mr. Gould had not been interviewed.
Events ...
TODAY: R. C. Sapp, professor of physics and astronomy, will present a PHYSICS COLLOQUUM on "Physicists Discover Plague" at 4:30 p.m. in 323 Mall Hall.
TONIGHT: JOE UTERBACK, Wichita graduate student, will present a plano
TOMORROW:   The COLLEGE ASSEMBLY will meet at 4 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. The WATKINS-BERGER AND SUMMER-FIELD Scholarships picnic will be from 5:30 to 8 at Potter's Pavilion.
The evaluation committee has circulated questionnaires on Bafour's performance to faculty and students, and committee members said Friday they were waiting for the return of those questionnaires before continuing the evaluation.
"Primarily, I want it continued because I think the information the committee will get will help whoever has this job after me," he said.
"I've seen the questions they're asking, and they're good questions," Balfour said. "They'll be helpful to the person who follows me."
Balfour leaves the vice chancellor's post after serving there under four chancellors: W. Clark Wescoe, E. Laurence Chalmers, Raymond Nichols and Dykes. He said he
Earlier this month, Shankel picked the nine-member committee of students, faculty and administrators that is now evaluating Balfour. Balfour said he had requested the evaluation because in ada-
tion to its own been evaluated under the new provision.
He said he wanted the evaluation completed despite his resignation.
Balfour is the first KU administrator to undergo evaluation under a new University Senate provision requiring all vice chancellors to be evaluated every five years.
"He has done a super job," she said. "student affairs will miss him greatly."
DON SCHICK AUTO PARTS
Parts for Foreign & Domestic Cars
AM Part Stop
BATIK WORKSHOP!!!
2 Sessions/May 18 and June 7/252
ENROLL NOW 841-7429
Padalaite
ISTINCTIVE EYEWEAR
742 MASSACHUSETTS
842-5209
+ PREScriptions Filled
+ AND LENSES
+ DUMPLED WITH
+ FLAWLESS ACCURACY
+ COMPLETE OPTICAL
+ SERVICES
STONE MOUNTAIN
"I think we've come out of the image that helped to create," Balfour said. "We now have the image of a place where parents can send to their children to get an education."
Balfour was referring to a major fire set in the Kansas Union in the spring of 1970, which followed a long period of student unrest at KU.
would take with him the memory of working
with many students, "all of whom have
learned."
"There were a few times back in 1968, 1969 and 1970 when things weren't so good," Baifour said. "I think the worst night was the night of the Union fire."
Balfour said he would teach a human
psychology class of more than 150 students
NOW PLAYING
$ZIMRUILK HA been a völkön actuarien
zum Bildern wie Baumwerk jaszert
$ZIMRUILK HA been a völkön actuarien zum Bildern wie Baumwerk jaszert
"KANU is probably a lot more important to the University than they realize," Zimbrick said. "There's just not enough feedback to the administration to let them know its worth." Zimbrick said that he knew his way through college in radio stations.
"Once it gets in your blood it's hard to get it out." Zimbrick said.
"You can have good programs and announcers and fine engineers," Wright said, "but if people don't know to tune into 91.5, then all our work is in vain."
--the
Modeled by Mary Lee Hoth
From Emily . . .
for those rainy Mondays
Late night studying is no fun, especially if your place is furnished in "Early American Student!" We may not be the Ritz, but our rooms are all furnished with comfortable beds and a good desk with good lighting. All the floors have a lounge with colored TV connected to "Cable" and the dining room is open all night so you can study late and not bother your room-mate.
BURNING SOME MIDNIGHT OIL?
Make your plans for Fall today.
NAISMITH HALL
1800 Naismith Drive Phone 843-8559
FOR FALL OF '76!
---
Graduating Seniors
Don't let the media confuse you next year. Keep in touch with the campus via the only student oriented news service Subscribe to The University Daily Kansan
Annual subscription in Douglas County including fall, spring and summer ... $18.00
Semester subscription in Douglas County, fall or spring semesters ... $ 9.00
Annual subscription outside of Douglas County including fall, spring and summer ... $20.00
Semester subscription outside of Douglas County, fall or spring semester ... $10.00
* Persons wanting to subscribe to the summer Kansan must subscribe to the
*Persons wanting to subscribe to the summer Kansan must subscribe to the Kansan on an annual basis.
Mail check & address to Circulation
Manager or stop by The Kansan Office, Flint Hall
Subscribe to the UDK
---