RTV Theory and Practice - Special Issue

dramatic and documentary presentations on the college and communitv history; • Organizational OutlooKs: news from the community organizations on their plans and programs; * Cultural Odyssey : the arts in Harlem presented for the tistening audience; • Focus on the Family ; the strengths and problems of families in our community , with emphasis on young mothers , single parents, child care; • Music for Harlem Days and Nights : music programming that reflects the many traditions in our community , with an exclusive emphasis on local musicians and their work; • News and Public Affairs ; responsible for nightly newscasts and magazine -of -the -air public affairs documentaries; • Special Projects; an anything-goes, open-ended work group that proposes and implements a điversity of special programs; • Focus on the Quality-of -Life: everyday issues that have an impact on the quality of community life ; crime , the problem of drugs , schools , recreation, and so on; • Radio Drama: a Team tied in with the Radio Drama Program of the Department of Communications, Film and Video, which produces classic, modern and original dramatic presentations on the Theater of the Air . If you would like to volunteer to work with one of these Teams, call the station to find out the name of and how to contact the Team Co-ordinator . He or she will tell you the rules of that specific Team and arrange to meet with you for further discussion if you are interested . Besides the rules of each Team, there are general guidelines that each WHCR volunteer must follow ; ® Since each Team commits itself to at least five hours of programming per month , a volunteer should be aware of the time he or she will need to commit to the Team. Some Teams negotiate more or less programming commitments , so if you are thmking of volunteering for a Team which does more hours , be aware of the greater time commitment that will take . • The WHCR broadcast уеаг is divided into three Program Periods , Period I is from November through February; Period II from March through June; Period 111 from July through October . Each Team makes arrangements for its work in each period with the Station Manager; generally , Teams add members only at the beginning of a Period . A volunteer makes a commitment to work with the Team which selects him or her for the Program Period , unless the Team Co-ordinator has agreed to individual alternative arrangements . • At the beginning of a Program Period , the volunteer, Team Co-ordinator and Station Manager (or her representative ) sit down together to negotiate a Volunteer Contract. This đocument, which they all sign, specifies what each party to the agreement expects from other parties . It also specifies the government

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