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WHHS Shutting Down May 28th.

I believe the correct callsign here is WHSS, not WHHS.

It IS too bad to see this. Radio just does not have the appeal to our youth as it once did. Bottom line: There just aren't many jobs available in broadcasting for young people and as a result, few of them want to pursue a career in the field.
 
Actually, it's Kiese's fault - he made at least three references to "WHHS" in the article, and even made "WHHS-FM" a "tag" on the story. Though I can see why he would make that mistake - Hamilton High School... Then again, if you claim that you're a loyal listener of a program on that station in the same article, do you really have any business making such a faux pas?

With all that said... I guess this gives new meaning to the term "school's out."
 
We had the same problem here in Pendleton, Indiana as the school board voted to eliminate the WEEM-FM program. However, after several school board meetings where people spoke out in favor of WEEM and a local college coming forward to *possibly* work with us and turn it into a dual-credit program and add more experience opportunities for the college students in thier broadcasting program...the board voted to keep the station recently. It was a win for the community and students. There are options other than just letting it close and, more than likely, a "christian" station moving in to town.

If the program has a dedicated staff and has tradition, there should be an outrage...if not, then let it close.
 
Schools are struggling on both the financial and academic fronts. I guess we all have to get schools to focus on core subjects.

I don't think it is just radio.
 
I really hate to see such news. When I was in school, it was nothing short of a dream to think of a high school having a radio station. I feel students, administrators and citizens don't really understand or appreciate what they have when they allow this to happen. I am not familar with WHSS, so the remainder of my comments are not directed there. Too often, those given the responsibility of overseeing such operations have no radio experience. Then, too, there are those superintendents who try and use undue influence in the programming aspect of stations. I compare that to them telling a coach what play to run or deciding who starts a game. I also have real concerns on how the local colleges operate their radio-tv (also called electronic media) programs, but that is something for another topic.
 
Cincinnati Kid said:
Too often, those given the responsibility of overseeing such operations have no radio experience. Then, too, there are those superintendents who try and use undue influence in the programming aspect of stations. I compare that to them telling a coach what play to run or deciding who starts a game. I also have real concerns on how the local colleges operate their radio-tv (also called electronic media) programs, but that is something for another topic.
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This rarely, if ever, happens in the high school programs around Indy. It's sad some schools run programs like this.
 
Indianapolis and vicinity is highly unusual where high school radio is concerned. I don't think there's any other market in the country with that many high school stations - and certainly not one with that many successful radio programs. Detroit might come close, and there are a few significant operations in the suburbs of Chicago, but nothing else compares at all to what the Indy-area stations are doing.
 
I think the major point of the story is this quote: kids aren’t as impressed with radio as they were a few years ago.
 
Sad but true. I worked at WNAS 88.1 FM in 1989 and 1990 at New Albany High School in New Albany, IN. It was fun but even back then many stations were starting to carry more syndicated programming and the jobs were not plentiful. I enjoyed my time though and it was fun. I was only on the air a few times filling in for somebody who wasn't able to make it. I did mostly production work and some early video work as well for our TV station. Today they are the only radio station that actually answers their phone and takes requests. It's nice to hear live local radio, something which is getting very rare here in the Louisville, KY area.
 
Our high school station, WRSG, licensed to the Tyler County (WV) Board of Education is doing well. We have a multi-format approach, which really appeals to most of our listeners. We're currently running on a backup WinAmp system while our two Tune Tracker Systems computers are repaired and upgraded.

Our station has seen one young man quickly go from us to commercial radio, where he is an operations manager of several local stations and spent significant time as a weekend TV news producer. However, he is the exception to the rule. It's a struggle to get kids to 'see' the almost unlimited possibilities radio still provides. They could still do music review programs, based on music that allegedly local stations don't air, but that they listen to via other sources.

Sports is also another option, especially sports that are considered 'minor,' like girls' softball, plus track and field events (not so minor here).
 
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