Anybody heard anything about one of the local (to Tulsa) college stations getting an in-house full-time news department? I'm hearing rumors & rumblings that a college station "in the Tulsa area" will add local news to its line-up... that they've gotten somebody "with extensive news experience" to come in and head the whole thing up.
There's three college stations in the area that I know of:
The University of Tulsa's KWGS 89.5
Rogers State University's KRSC 91.3
Oklahoma State University's KOSN 107.5
Rogers seems least likely, with that tiny signal and music format, although it could be an attempt to put more focus on training journalists and not just DJs... and there's this press release:
"RSU Radio to Debut New Public Affairs Program Dec. 10"
http://www.rsu.edu/news/2008/120408_paprogram.asp
Then there's KOSN, which it's obvious OSU has been working hard to build (with a repeater in south Tulsa somewhere).... still, I don't hear THAT much community involvement in their programming.
That leaves KWGS; they get my vote as most likely. With Rich Fisher & Studio Tulsa in particular, and their local "drop-ins" during NPR programming. And to be honest, I would see TU as even more likely to have the money to do something like this than even OSU, who doesn't seem to put THAT much into the on-air programming (unless I've just always missed it somehow).
NEXT QUESTION: who's this "experienced leader?"
I have several guesses, but I'd like to hear what your ideas, first.
Man... if KWGS adds local news to their NPR coverage on that huge clean FM signal, they're gonna be UNSTOPPABLE. I doubt I'd listen to anything else!
There's three college stations in the area that I know of:
The University of Tulsa's KWGS 89.5
Rogers State University's KRSC 91.3
Oklahoma State University's KOSN 107.5
Rogers seems least likely, with that tiny signal and music format, although it could be an attempt to put more focus on training journalists and not just DJs... and there's this press release:
"RSU Radio to Debut New Public Affairs Program Dec. 10"
http://www.rsu.edu/news/2008/120408_paprogram.asp
Then there's KOSN, which it's obvious OSU has been working hard to build (with a repeater in south Tulsa somewhere).... still, I don't hear THAT much community involvement in their programming.
That leaves KWGS; they get my vote as most likely. With Rich Fisher & Studio Tulsa in particular, and their local "drop-ins" during NPR programming. And to be honest, I would see TU as even more likely to have the money to do something like this than even OSU, who doesn't seem to put THAT much into the on-air programming (unless I've just always missed it somehow).
NEXT QUESTION: who's this "experienced leader?"
I have several guesses, but I'd like to hear what your ideas, first.
Man... if KWGS adds local news to their NPR coverage on that huge clean FM signal, they're gonna be UNSTOPPABLE. I doubt I'd listen to anything else!