thurcday, march 151979
dally nebraskan
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Abel6FMjoc
keys for listeners with indoor marathon
By Alice Hmicek
Next Mondayi five-mile running mara
thon in the halls of Abel tlx li the kind of
event one could expect from KC83 FM,
a radio station operating from the sixth
fioor of Abel Hall.
KC88 is cd-operated by two freshmen.
Scott Persson ai)d Mark Cockson, and
braodcastlng graduate Joe Eisenberg, with
broadcasts every Morlday from 9 pm. to
midnight. . .
Eisenberg came up with the idea of the
marathon whan brainstorming for unusual
activities to get people Interested in the
radio station, he said.
According to Cockson, the Station can
be picked up by any ordinary FM radio
within the Abel-Sandoz complex. Within
the last week, a transmitter was completed
in the Harper-Schramm-Smith complex,
and listeners there received their first taste
of the trio's Work Monday. .
"We have a big potential audience,"
Persson said. "We don't care how many
listen as long as we are entertaining
someone." ,
Response will decide
He said about. 1,500 students live in
Abel-Sandoz and even more in Harper-Schramm-Smith.
Cockson said if response to the mara
thon was great enough it could become
an annual event held in January or
February.
Before the event, the station will run
commentaries, interviews and speculations.
During the race, Eisenberg will cover the
live progress of the runners.
"Hopefully we'll have some really good
runners," Persson said. "Well encourage
any UNL students to join."
"The reason we're doing it Is we've
never done it before," Persson said. He said
that the publicity prizes will be an incen
tive for the non-profit race. KETV Channel
7 and several newspapers have expressed
interest in covering the marathon .
Persson said that anyone interested in
competing, timing or counting should call
472-8205 or 472-8198.
v w involve people
"The reason we started this is that we
wanted to do something that involved a lot
of people,'' Persson added.
Another project in the planning stages is
a Star Trek Festival to be broadcast pn the
channel four network. Eisenberg has col
lected 40 episodes on videotape and the
station could broadcast up to six con
tinuous hours of the show.
"We need a response," Persson said. "It
students want it, we'll do 1t." '
Persson said he would like to sponsor a
weightllfting contest and a water volleyball
tournament.
"This should take over where existing
programs in the halls leave off," Eisenberg
said.
The station originated with Eisenberg in
1972 when he lived in Sigma Alpha Mu
fraternity. At that time, he ran the station
by himself with broadcasts every week
night. Later, he moved his equipment to
the 1 1th floor of Abel where he continued
until he graduated in 1976.
Station revived
Because all three of the owners are ham
operators, they became interested in re
viving the idea in the fall of 1978. The sta
tion swung into action at the beginning of
the second semester.
The program is eeared to requests by
students, but includes comedy and news,
Cockson said.
"Most radio stations are for the people
who run them," he said. "This one's for
the students. We will cover whatever they
want."
Eisenberg owns the music library, which
is activated by computer cross-reference, to
handle requests. He has collected more
than 200 tapes with 25 songs each by re
cording music borrowed from friends and
fans.
KC88 deals with requests from dedica
tions to reading poetry, Cockson said.
"The phone will ring for a solid hour or
more when we're broadcasting," he said.
"We get more positive feedback than nega
tive. People call up and say we're doing
great."
No license is required for the station be
cause the power is limited to one-tenth of
a watt, no more than is found in an
ordinary wall outlet. For this rtason, KC88 ,
has no connection with the university.
Thrown out
MWed get thrown out for broadcasting
the 1 things we d6, riot necessarily because
they're bad, but because they're things you
don't ordinarily hear on a radio show,"
Persson said.
Cockson said ideas are adapted from
comedy shows and other sources to fit the
university.
"We hit the regents a lot, but we are not
involved in student politics, religious ac
tivities or anything else that might get us in
hot water," Persson said. "We don't
attack these areas. Instead, we stay away
from comedy on anything questionable."
Now that the station has successfully
set up a satellite in Harper-Schramm-Smith;
the staff is planning to branch out even
farther. A broadcasting major In Neihardt
is trying to set up a sister station which will
reach . Cather-Pound, Neihardt and the
sororities and fraternities.
"I only experimented with the concept
of multiple transmitters," Eisenberg said.
"They've begun implementing it.
Eventually, these satellites will create their
ownprograms.
"Theoretically, the system could covef
all the campus buildings. It would be
impractical to expand past the university
because there is no money Now the
biggest return In building up the audience
is psychological," he said.
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