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Thursday, November 8, 1973
University Daily Kausan
KANU Seeks Tower Site
By KONA ALLEN
Kansas Staff Reporter
KANU, KU's FM radio station, has been contacted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for possible expansion funding, according to Dick Wright, station director, but the station hasn't yet received permission to reocate on station to the Sunflower Foundation Plant.
"KANU asked the University what land was available, and someone said there might be a possible site at Sunflower," Wright said Monday. "It was all very in-
"Just because you told you there was a vicarious house down the street, that they were in front of you," she said.
He said that KANU had put the Sunflower site on its preliminary application to HEW to be eligible to apply for the grant. HEW has been approved to supply applicants have a preliminary site in mind.
WRIGHT SAID the station would rather move to a location of lawrence where it could be more accessible.
He said KANU already had the capability of using another radio band that required a special receiver. Currently there are 300 special receivers being used for KANU's leader, a program designed for the slate and handcapped people throughout the state.
There are many possibilities that haven't been explored; we would like to offer intensive English to foreign students and some English language network with other schools, said Wright.
He said KANU was considering a location near the Clinton Reservoir which would be ideal for the tower since it was on high ground west of the city. KANU hasn't been able to stay in the land near the Clinton Reservoir yet, and time is running out, Wright said.
"THE WHOLE thing could fall through any day," he said.
Wright said that the proposed tower must meet standards of HEW the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Aviation Board.
The cost of the new tower, if approved,
would be approximately $200,000. It would
be 1,200 feet high, twice the height of the
present KANU tower. The increased height,
Wright said, would increase broadcast
power.
He said that if KANU's proposal was considered valid, HEW would provide three-fourths of the total cost if KANU could provide the rest.
The station needs to obtain $50,000 to $60,000 from the University or from private funds before Dec. 15, the final deadline for formal application. At that time KANU it was reported that we have it researchered thoroughly and have sufficient funds to complete the project.
WRIGHT SAID that KANU had always wanted to expand and planned to eventually move when the University made funds available.
"So," he said, "when HEW contacted us earlier this year, Chancellor Emeritus Nichols said we might as well put our names in the hopper."
Wright said he thought there were several reasons why the Sunflower location would be a more suitable site.
State law requires that the tower be built on enough land so that if it should fail, it would fall on KANU's property. This would prevent building the new tower on the Sunflower property or at the site of the present tower.
Also, if the tower is set on the Sunflower site, KANU would need special permission to anchor one of its guy wires on government land.
"This would require a great deal of red tape with Uncle Same." Said Wright.
WRIGHT SAID that if the station moved to the Sunflower site, the signals of KANU and the radio system at the University of Missouri would overlap. KCUR, MUF's FM radio station, received a HEW last year which he broadcasting for another reason he thought HEW would consider this an important factor in its decision to award the grant.
Wright said he personally thought that moving the tower to the Sunflower site wasn't a good idea because it would give KANU more coverage east of Kansas City,
"This would defeat the purpose of the station — to serve more people in Kansas," said Mr. Ritchie.
The present tower cost $200,000 when it was built in 1960, and is now worth twice
**WRIGHT SAIT** the U.S. Air Force had contacted KU about installing a disc on top of the present tower and using it in conjunction with projects at KU after KANU relocated.
that amount. Wright said if KANU moved to a new tower, the present tower could be removed.
If KANU receives the grant to build a tower west of Lawrence, signals would be transmitted through a microwave antenna on top. The Doyle, director of engineering for KANU:
He said the microwave antenna would be included in the HEW grant. It would be on top of Broadcasting Hall or Marvin Hall. The station would be located at the station's tower through telephone lines.
KANU's present antenna, which was custom built last year, would be moved to campus on Friday.
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