Concert funds to aid nonprofit radio station
A blues and bluegrass concert is scheduled
Saturday night in the Nebraska Union Ballroom for
the support of a new community radio in Lincoln.
The program features The Bluegrass Crusade
(Brownville pickin' winners), Kooter Brown Blues
Band and Colored Water.
The proceeds go to Sunrise Communications, Inc.,
a nonprofit enterprise which hopes to establish a
community-controlled radio station in Lincoln next
year.
Ron Kurtenbach, one of the originators of Sunrise,
said that the station wants to creat a "genuine sense
of public access." The station is conceived as one of
diverse musical styles, discussions, public opinion
forums and news programs, he said.
Specific plans for the operation of the station are
still in the tentative stage. "I'd like the station to
reflect conflicts and tensions within Lincoln,"
Kurtenbach said. He cited the ongoing debate
between capitalists and socialists, disagreements
between labor and management, women's liberation
and housing problems as some of the issues the
station would deal with.
Young students, old people, political groups and
x.'ople with common cultural interests are among
those who could share air time, Kurtenbach said.
The station will not assume any political
orientation of its own, according to Kurtenbach, but
rather will serve as a forum where opposing views can
le broadcast
Individuals as well as groups will have the
opportunity to be heard over the Sunrise station, in
what Kurtenbach called "Free Speech messages." The
messages from listeners will be aired as letters to
editors are printed, with limits on such matters as
obscenity, which is against the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) regulations.
The application for a license from the FCC should
be completed and filed within a few weeks and
approved by late next spring, Kurtenbach said.
Money for the station will come from benefits,
donations and listener subscriptions, Kurtenbach
said. More than $2,000 has already been raised by
canvassing Lincoln people for contributions.
Saturday's concert, it is hoped, will bring in more
finances.
Most of the station's funds during its operation
will come from subscriptions. According to
Kurtenbach, the purchase of a subscription by a
listener entitles him to a regular program guide and
allows him to vote for a board of directors.
The radio programing will have no commercial
advertising. Its nonprofit orientation will allow the
station to air controversial and stimulating material,
Kurtenbach said. He said that commercial stations
must try to hold a wide general audience to insure
successful advertising, while the Sunrise station can
operate as what he termed "a free-form station."
Sunrise news features would be markedly different
from commercial versions.
The news programs would welcome immediate
listener commentary, Kurtenbach said. "It will be a
feedback arrangement; instead of just Mel Mains
talking to us, we can talk to Mel Mains," he said.
The concert Saturday night begins at 8 p.m.
Tickets are on sale at Dirt Cheap, the Union South
Desk and at the door for $1, plus an donations.
The community service concept of broadcasting is
not new, Kurtenbach said, with listener-controlled
programing already started in New York and San
however, will be one
f-ransisco. i ne ln.ui
of the first stations to be operated ent.rely by
nonprofit community methods.
A no title album
Ten Wheel Drive. Ten Wheel Drive. (Capitol
ST-11199)
The fact that this album has no real title is
fitting, for it features Ten Wheel Drive without
Genya Ravan to push the band into the
background. This is unfortunate because Ten
Wheel Drive alone is disappointing.
This band seems capable of playing exciting
music. There are times when individual members
show capable musicianship and, for the most part,
the band functions well. The lyrics, at times
obscure, are interesting and imaginative.
Apparently, this album should be better than it is.
But there is a problem and it rests with the
songs. Simply, the compositions cramp the band.
Side one leaves you hoping that Side two is where
the band cuts loose, but again Ten Wheel Drive
grinds its gears.
bill kohlhaase stick it in ijour ear
Side one features "Just Plain Love," a stifled
call to do it "straight" ju;t once. This is the
album's major attempt at funk, and it falls short.
The side finishes up with "Slain Man's Widow"
which features Ed Xiques with an appropriate and
enjoyable tenor solo.
Side two attempts to distinguish the various
styles merged on sid; one. Here, the compositions
are the major fault and the effect is boredom.
Of course, a discussion of this record wouldn't
be complete without a word on Genya Ravan's
successor. Her name is Ann Sutton, and it would
be unfair to say that her voice is as plain as her
name.
film society
Sep 25,26,27 DEATH IN VENICE Italy
Oct 2,3,4 GENTLE CREATURE France
Oct 16,17,18 THE MAGICIAN Sweden
Oct 30,31; Nov 1 BEFORE THE REVOLUTION Italy
Nov 13,14,15 LEBONHEUR France
Nov 27,28,29 EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL Germany
Dec 11,12,13 THE ADVERSARY India
Jan 22,23,24 THE DISCREET CHARM
OF THE BOURGEOISIE France
Feb 5,6,7 LA SALAMANDRE Switzerland
Feb 19,20,21 DEATH OF A CYCLIST Spain
Mar 5,6,7 PIERROT LA FOU France
Mar 19,20,21 NAZARIN Mexico
Apr 2,3,4 TOKYO STORY Japan
Apr 16,17,18 A REPORT ON THE PARTY &
THE GUESTS Czechoslovakia
Apr 30, May 1,2 SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER Franco
Tickets on sale at the Union South Desk daily, 7 am to 2:30 pm
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daily nebraskan
thurstlay, September 13, 1973