KVHU becomes Harding's first FM station Harding recently made an advancement in the world of radio communication. With a tower standing 500 feet tall radiat– ing 250,000 watts, the new FM station reached an audience thmughout central Arkansas. The program was transmitted from a tower 14 miles east of the campus near Judsonia. The station had a coverage areawithin a 60-mile radius of Searcy, which gave the listeners theability to hear the station in parts of North Little Rock. Plans ro build the station had been in effect since March of 2005. KVHU, the call letters of the new starion, replaced KHCA as the background audio for cable Channel 16. Harding broadcasts strove to reach as many listeners as possible to help spread the word of Christ through the university and the surrounding area. Listeners could tune into KVHU FM 95.3 "The Voice of Hard– ing University" any time of day and hear hits from the 1940s to the present. Not only were listeners able (Q hear easy-listening music, bm every university and Harding Academy football and basketball game was broadcast live. All of the game broadcasts were also available on the athletic Web site, www.hardingsports.com. The games were also heard worldwide on the Internet at www.harding.edu by following the streaming media Web links to KVHU. "'Irs an exciting time for Harding," said Dr. Dutch Hoggatt, the DJing for KVHU, senior Dare Saul broadcasts from the Reynolds Center on Oct. 23. "It's my first semester work– ing at a radio station. so it's new and challenging," Saul said. -Amber Bazargani AM 1660 Row I: M. Orsburn, M. Means.T. Randolph, G. laFave, D. Hoggatt (sponsor), A. Combs. Row 2: M, Brumley. S.Varner, A. Sullivan,J. laFevers. _204 organizations general tnanager ofKVHU and associate professor of communication, "It's a great accomplishment for the un iversicy." Scholarships were offered to scudents qualified and willing to work as disc jockey's for the station. Each OJ had a set time each week to come in, run (he station, do their shows and talk on the air. Although the music was pre-ser, they were still able to cut in at any time and talk. Most of the DJs had training on KHCA, the music station that played on TV-16. KVHU ran on the same principle as the radio practicum class, but the students were expected to treat it more like a job than a class. "It forces them to rise to a higher level," Hoggatt said. Senior Kat ie Moran said as a stuQ,ent OJ she felt the pressure to do her best but at the same time had fun and enjoyed being broadcast over the air. Moran liked the fact that her fellow students or teachers could have been listening at anytime. "There could be several thousand people listening at anyone moment," Hoggatt said. The station atrempted to attract a broad group of listeners by play– ing classical, jazz, Broadway show tunes and movie soundtracks. Every Sunday the station featured A capeUa worship music. In the evening the station aired classic radio shows from the 30s to the 50s. -Troy Marrs . Dactylology Ciub Row I: A. Bedford, M. Norris, S. Capehart, A. Roberts. Row 2: F. Bell (sponsor), C.Winstead, L. Liverpool, K. Caruthers, L. Thompson (sponsor). Row 3: S.Wood, M. Wagner, B. Dickerson, M. Hammond.
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