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SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1996 13B
KU TV station seeks quality, not quantity
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Kim Jackson, administrative coordinator for KUJH TV at Kansas University, says the new student-run station will be on the air Monday through Friday at 5:30 p.m. during the class session on UHF Channel 14.
- A new TV station at KU hopes to provide a mix of programming produced on and off the university campus.
Have one of those circular UHF antennas on the back of your TV?
BY DAVE TOPLIKAR
JOURNAL-WORLD WRITER
Then you might be able to tune into Kansas University's new low-power television station on Channel 14.
Gary Hawke, station manager,
says the 1,000-watt, low-power
station probably can broadcast 30
miles.
But this fall, Hawke hopes to bring about 10 to 18 hours of feature programming a day to the station. And he hopes to air locally produced programs as well.
"We haven't had much audience because we have been doing testing." he said.
"We may have less quantity of locally produced material in the first few years, but hopefully it will be of high quality."
— Gary Hawke, station manager
"We're trying to do it on a quality basis," he said. "We may have less quantity of locally produced material in the first few years, but hopefully it will be of high quality."
The station, which went on the air last spring, is designed to provide programming for KU and Lawrence.
Another goal is to provide a lab experience for the radio-television sequence in KU's School of Journalism.
"And to hopefully answer some of the needs of the university at large." Hawke said.
The studios are in the Dole building on campus, and the antenna is atop the KANU-FM tower on West Campus.
The call letters right now are K14H9, which doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, Hawke said. The station has applied to the Federal Communications Commission to change them to KUIH.
This fall, the station will be on the air with a "base programming source," he said.
Most of the programs will be produced outside KU,but they will fall within the university's mission and have viewer appeal.
"Mud wrestling may have viewer appeal, but it wouldn't be something that follows the university's mission." he said.
Hawke said the school plans to expand its news and public affairs programming.
The station could be used as a vehicle to air programs that other KU departments, such as continuing education, special education and university relations, already may have produced.
"I'm looking within the foreseeable future in doing almost a C-SPAN approach for us to be able to cover lectures, sporting events,
presentation and seminars," he said.
However, the station will be limited by funding and personnel.
He said because of the limited broadcast range, the station
"We want students to go out and work in the real world, so they need to chase an ambulance now and then and go to a news conference."
hopes to be able to negotiate putting it on Sunflower Cablevision.
Although the station has been off the air during the summer, Hawke hopes it can be on the air continuously starting in the fall.
— Gary Hawke, station manager
"Each semester we'll probably be adding things to it," Hawke said. "We'll like to be able to do
p.m. each day.
The news coverage will be of KU and the Lawrence community, he said.
"We want students to go out and work in the real world, so they need to chase an ambulance now and
KU students already produce a five- to 10-minute broadcast each day. That will be expanded as time goes on, he said.
lot of news, documentaries, talk shows and special features."
About 30 to 35 students will work at the station in the fall, he said.
Most of what can be done depends on funding and availability of students and professionals, including faculty and adjunct faculty, he said.
They will do the commercial and technical work as well as write, produce and deliver the news on air.
Hawke said most students who have been involved in various aspects at the station have not had trouble getting jobs in the TV industry.
"The market is out there," he said, "and it seems to be expanding."
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Thomas said most donations to KUMC came from Kansas and Missouri. The majority are elderly. Very few are younger than 60 years of age. The gender mix is about 50-50.
"The students understand, 'If I don't learn this ... I'm letting this man down, his family down."
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accompanied by a lengthy autobiography. The text outlined the man's health history and urged medical students to look for evidence of maladies.
"It would be bad ethics," Thomas said. "It would cheapen the work."
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Malewski, the medical center chaplain, has attended the ecumenical services for years. Markers are engraved with the KUMC name and the date.
prefer remains be placed in a common grave in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.
Last fall, remains of 60 program participants were buried together. Their names were read aloud. The liturgy drew 100 family members.
Typically, people learn about the Will Body Program by word-of-mouth. Funeral home directors and clergy help disseminate information.
A service is conducted annually by KUMC clergy for donor families as well as university staff and students.
Despite financial concerns in recent years, KU on Wheels is "running for fall," according to its adviser, Danny Kaiser.
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KU students pay for KU on Wheels and Safe Ride, which is a free taxi service running in the evenings, with part of their student activities fee.
"This is a student-run enterprise run by the Student Senate. They appoint a student coordinator who organizes both KU on Wheels and Safe Ride," Kaiser said.
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