KUSU secures $3,000 budget hike KUSU-FM received an allocation of $3,◄00 from the Executive Council last Wednesday night. The allocation was 13,000 above the radio station's tut year budget of $◄00, but It was SI ,200 below the amount KUSU had requested. KUSU-FM is run by students under the advisory of the radio and television department . Prevlou, Low Budget They have been broadcasting
on the S◄OO-dollar · a • month budget tor several years which Randy Chase, production manager, stated "has put the station nearly 20 years behind." About $2,000 will be used to purchase a tape - cartridge playing machine, and $1,000 will be used to purchase new records to upgr3de and modernize the
station's music. "This amount is not as much as
we would have liked," Chase stated, "but it will improve the station's quality about sevenfold." Request Cut At the beginning of the year the station requested SS,500dollars to
help get the radio station on its feet. When brought before the Executive Council, the request had been cut to $4,200. Before allocating the final sum to the station the Council cut back
allocations for salaries station managers.
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control. This committee w11, from the radio and television investigate the possibilities a:icl department and under control of procedure of getting KUSU away the Executive Council.
Committee will also investigate the possi bilities of becoming a commercial station.
Chase stated that he hoped that KUSU would be able to Improve enough with the new funds to come under student control and also hoped that the managers would be worthy or salaries next year . With access to more funds, several new things have been planned starting winter quarter for KUSU. With the new tapecartridge machine, there will be no need to run outside public service announcements. All or these announcements will be for on-campus organize lions and activities and any group who requests is eligible to have one. Also the station is considering going on the air on Saturday if possible. This however, has not been officially decided . New Outlook Although it has not been officially programmed yet, it is certain that KUSU -FM will be devoting more air-time to informing and entertaining today's student. A committee was established by the Executive Council headed by Randy Chase to work on getting the station under student
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FUNDS RECEIVED - Representatives from KUSU-FM face the Executive council requesting more funds. They received an additional $3,000 at the last meeting .
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Utah State University, December 7, 1970
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Stifled Beauty The white snow falls, but who knows how long
,twill stay that way when
stacks like the one from the boiler plant emit air polluting black smoke