World and Campus Reports Channel 12 each day to bring Searcy a nightly live news broadcast. In the spotlight , the news anchors also learned about the demands of a television career. During the fall semester the anchor people were Doug Hurst , J oElien Noland and J ohn Tom Thompson. The spring semester anchors were J ohn Tom Thompson , Jeannie Shipp, JoDavid Keith and Jill Savage . On-the-spot reporters , who covered local events and interviewed local people in the news , helped to maintain community interest in the station. News was TV 12's only interest; entertainment was also a priority. Trivia Buffs , the station's own trivia ga:ne show, had been very successful. J im Henderson , a Harding University facu lty member , acted as the game show's host. The contestants consisted of people from the Searcy area and students from Harding. Local businesses sponsored Trivia Buffs by donating the prizes awarded to the winning teams . Center Stage, a weekly half-hour entertainment program, brought to the screen many talented local and un iversity groups. In addition , TV 12 produced many special interest programs such as children's shows and news documentaries. Each week , area high school and college sporting events were shown as a service to the community . When the work was done at the end of the evening, the TV 12 staff could feel they had accomplished something. The cassettes on the shelf were the product of irreplaceable learning experiences that would never be forgotten. They couldn 't spend much time in reflection , however, because tomorrow was a new day with new programming, new problems and new exKHCA Direc tors. Front row: Kelm , Greenhaw , Plummer, Kiggins, Smith. Back row: Grant , Super . - photo by James M~- . Creary. periences. And as always. the show must go on! t:!~ Film at six. Anthony May concentrates on filming the Bison basketball game. - photo by James McCreary . Channel 12. Front row: S. Clark , Isenberg, Thomspon , C. Clark , Tal/man , Kiggins , Whitfield , Morris. Second row: Bollin, Lewis , Withim, Thames, Mortensen, Kelly , Allen , Wade , Shipp , Lacefield, Messick, Savage . Back row: Perrett, Edwards , Bay, Story , Carte r, Re agan , Smith , May , Randall, Studebaker, Keith , L. Butterfield-sponsor, S. Butterfield, Reeues, Lake . - photo by James McCreary. - Mass media 75
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