RTV Theory and Practice - Special Issue

things running in the studio and front office , and the Community Relations Director, who maKes sure we stay in direct touch with our tisteners . Other people at the college who аге involved with the station from time-to-time аге the Chairperson of the Department of Communications , Film and Video; several Professors from that Department who have interest and skills in this агеа; and administrators from various college offices , such as the President's Off ice , the Public Relations Of f ice, and the Dean of the Arts Division. Апу of these people would be pleased to talk with you about WHCR anđ try to put you in touch with someone who can answer уоиг guestions if they can't. Though the staff sees to it that the station's policies аге carried out, there is a larger decision-making structure which actually makes the policies . Depending on уоиг interests, уои can work on one ог more of these policy groups : The Programmer's Council has. representatives from the staff , the acađemic program, and the working production teams . It meets every two weeks to điscuss the programming on the station and how well it works . The Manager's Cabinet advises the Station Manager aoout station policy and operation . The Volunteer's Interest Group is an open body which meets once a month to discuss issues that relate to station volunteers and their working situations . The Community Board is an advisory body of elected and appointed representatives from the community who help the station define and meet community needs . > For Моге on ... The Structure of WHCR See Section Six . As уои сап see , WHCR is an unusual radio station . Since we аге non-commercial, we do not use advertismg to make топеу to keep the station going . And since we аге not under the pressure of trying to get commercials all the time to keep the station going , we can experiment тоге than the advertising -supported stations can .

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