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NEWS LETTER, Page k December 1, 1945 A REPORT FROM Fli STATION WBKY terp^ti^ i <’^^ e ff nU ' 5r v,a ? a lett ' er fro “ SImer dulzer with some in- Jtt eU^n S amer n W rUee? ertlti0n ° f ““ Unlversit * of Kentucky.a rftno^+ iV f ^i? ur reS mi t9 with our Present use of FM, all I could do is (dhi» trt 8 r.f Ol ^° W0 iv Th f r e are supposeu to be approximately 300 FM sets L_?J? t0 receive tiie old band) in the listening area of our station 6 f &dius of approximately 25 miles. However, as yet I •h7ih b ? S 4 10 f eoura thG names of Just about 25 of these owners !™ 0 " «u , • at re ^ lAlar Intervals, as you will note by the enclo- 2*? listeners are very enthusiastic about FM and we bet quite a bit oz telephonic response from them. We did not expect much of a listening audience on the old band ana we have not been disappointed but we wanted to e>et our feet wet in the matter of transmitter opera¬ tion as well as provide a broader training ground for good prospective students in radio. Our probrams over WHA3 ana WLAP have improved as a result of this preliminary training We are, of course, continu¬ ously attempting to raise our standards on WBKY and we feel that when we move to the new frequency and an audience develops equipped with re¬ ceivers on the new band, we will be in a position to serve them well, Y ou may be interested in knowing that WHAS* FM transmitter has been off the air temporarily for several months, so if we maintain our con¬ tinuous operation, we can truthfully lay claim to be Kentucky’s oldest m station. We do not use our FM station in connection wit]* our listen¬ ing Centers since, as you know, battery-operated FM receivers have not been developed as yet or at least X don’t know about them if they have and our reception radius does not reach the mountains. We are, of course, looking ahead to the possibility of eventually serving these Centers through FM, if reception proves posdbie in the hills. This will be done either by higher power of our own station, relaying our programs to nearer FM stations in an educational network, or a combination of both methods . 11 WCHU ORIGINATES HOVEL BOND PHI VS IDEA If you don’t know the story behind WHCU*s already nationally famou# "Thanksgiving Victory Dinner" drive to have “Kach home Give Thanks As It Is Able - With a Bond or Pledge on Every Table," here’s the "inside" on a typical example of radio’s community service.,.,. It began when Mrs. R, C. Osborn, chairman of the Tompkins County War Finance Committee, asked Michael R. Hanna, WHCU’a general manager, if there wasn’t something "special" the Cornell University radio station could ao to bive Tompkins’ seventh and final bond drive a livening shot in the arm Thanksgiving Day was Just one week away at the time. Manager M ike ealleu his WHCU staff together and put the problem squarely before the boys who do the planning, write the copy and put "radio" oyer the air. "X ou've aone a whale of a Job on the previous bond drives « Mike summed it up, " now dream up something fresh and hot - and QUICK.