tuesday, October 20, 1981
daily nebraskan
page 3
New stations possible for airwaves
By Patty Pryor
A proposal before the Federal Communications Com
mission could lead to the creation of as many as four new
UI1F (ultra-high frequency) television stations in Lincoln
next year.
The proposal would allow the FCC to grant permits to
low-power stations to operate on unused ultra-high fre
quencies, said Molly Pauker, FCC attorney.
"UHF stations are just regular stations " she said in a
telephone interview from her Washington office, such as
Channels 3, 10 and 7 in Lincoln, which carry major net
work programming.
Low-power stations could provide service to areas that
receive little or no television at a reasonably low cost,
Pauker said.
The FCC has received more than 2,500 applications to
provide low-power or translator service since September
1980, including six applications from Lincoln, she said.
Because of this response, an indefinite freeze was put
on applications in April, she said.
Translator service differs from low-power service in
that it can only rebroadcast another stations's signal.
Educators try new
An experiment with a practicum-based doctorate of ed
ucation will begin next fall at UNL, said Ward Sybouts,
director of graduate studies, research and service in the
UNL Teachers College.
Eleven candidates have been selected for the program,
Sybouts said. They have been principals of junior high
schools or high schools for three c ; more years, and in
tend to stay in school administratio i. They must be will
ing to participate in the modified approach to the degree,
reside in an area close enough to be involved with the
group and admitted to the regular doctoral program.
Currently UNL has two methods for acquiring a doctoral
degree. In addition to the traditional program for resident
students, doctoral candidates can pursue their degree by
getting 27 hours within 18 months, taking night and sum
mer classes, Sybouts said.
The student taking night and summer classes has less of a
chance to discuss concepts with his peers. Sybouts said
the experimental program will divide the candidates into
two groups: one from the Omaha area and one from Cen
tral Nebraska. By taking classes as a group, the candidates
will be able to discuss concepts together.
Pauker explained. In addition to rebroadcasting, a low
power station can originate programming.
Even if the proposal is defeated, Lincoln may still re
ceive additional programming because many of the re
quests are for translator service, which is already
permitted by the FCC.
Applications for both low-power and translator service
have been grouped together for about a year.
A decision on the proposal is expected sometime next
year, Pauker said, when the FCCs seven commissioners
vote on the issue.
"Right now, the proposal is undergoing staff evaluat
ion," she said.
However the staff consists only of Pauker.
"Fm kind of an arm of the commission," she said,
"since they don't have time to consider every proposal in
detail."
A primary concern in her evaluation is the public inter
est, she said. The FCC is accepting public opinion on the
matter to help gauge this interest.
"Outsiders' opinions are considered very heavily,"
Pauker said. "They constitute the entire public record on
the question."
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It is also harder for nontraditional students to develop
in-depth relationships with their advisers. A committee of
UNL faculty, faculty from other institutions (such as
UNO faculty for the Omaha-based group and Kearney
State College faculty for the central Nebraska group) and
practitioners in the field will work with the group to help
solve this problem.
Sybouts said many students pursuing their degree
through the 27 hours in 18 months method lose the op
portunity for laboratory experience. Hie practicum pro
gram will allow students to make use of experience al
ready gained in their field. This experience will also aid
them in their research.
D J. Friesen, the principal of Omaha North High School,
is one of the candidates for the program. Friesen, who has
been involved in education for 31 years, said he probably
would not have attempted to get his doctorate of educa
tion if it hadn't been for this program.
"I'm hoping to unite or combine some of the theory of
university professors and resident students with some of
my practical experience he said.
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