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AIRW\VES A Service of Continuing Education & Extension University of Minnesota Duluth Volume 5 Number I April-May 1984_ Jantes Cotton --J I -- ~-{._The ~-• SonSeals Sunday, April 1, Norsbor Theatre Band kumd 103.3 fm Station Manager• Tom Livingston Program Director • John Ziegler , Public Affairs Director • Paul Schmitz Producer/ Outreach • Jean Johnson Engineer • Kirk Kersten Q')t to the Listener Volunteer Staff Re Bill Agnew, Kath Anderson, Mark Anderson, Bob Andresen, Leo Babeu, Chris Baker, Kent Barnard, Jim Boeder, By Tom Livingston, Station Manager Dave Brygger, Jan Cohen, Christopher Devaney, Bruce Eckland, Pat Etier, Phil I'm Leaving transmitter move will give us access to a The new station I am going to will be Enke, Doug Fifield, Susanna Frenkel, Matt Fust, Bev Garberg, Stan Goltz, By now some of you may have heard whole new audience, and lot of much less a cause, and more of me Doug Greenwood, Jim Gruba, Bill . that I have accepted a job in Shreveport, excitement with it. I think the applying my professional skills to Hansen, Paul Hanson, Gordon Harns, Louisiana, and will soon (May 1st) be University is about to stablilize, and running it the best I can. I won't have the Dean Hauge, Gerry Henkel, Lew leaving KUMD. The station I am going even increase our funding, and finally intense love relationship with the new Hudson, Tim Jenkins, Dave Johnson, to is not on the air yet, will serve a our technical capability is reaching a station, but neither do 1 expect to feel Bob King, Andy Livingston, Dean potential audience of 850,000 to one level where it won't get in the way of like a personal failure every time Mattson, Joni Nelson, Don Ness, Rick million, and is in an area that has never producing top level radio. I think what something goes wrong. I think KUMD is Olsen, Mike Peura, Odi Powell, Dan had a public radio station. this adds up to is that the question will ready for someone who will be able to not be whether e will be here, but how run KUMD the way I hope to run my Proctor, Kathleen Ryan, Don Samuels, Jane Soukup, John Stocks, Tom Why am I leaving KUMD? good we can be. new station. Streeter, Tim Veiner, Bryan Vollman, There are several reasons, and none of Finally, words are woefully inadequate I guess it's pretty clear that KUMD has David Williams, John Williams, Ellen them has anything to do with my being to describe my feelings about my 11 Wold, Ted Wright. unhappy (which I'm not) or KUMD been a big part of my life. The years at KUMD. Incredibly lucky begins relationships I've ileveloped here, and being in bad shape (which it isn't). Here to scratch the surface, and unbearably AIRWAVES is the bi-monthly program are some of those reasons: the things I've learned will stay with me proud of what we've accomplished always. After I leave here I hope you'll guide of KUMD, the 100,000 watt public (forgive the corny adjectives) scratches it radio station at the University of I. I'm ready. I've lived in Duluth all of do what you can to keep KUMD growing. from the other side. Minnesota-Duluth, broadcasting at 103.3 my_30 years, I started as a volunteer at And if you're ever in Shreveport, look . fm. is part of University Media 11 ½ years ago, and I've been the me up, you hear? KUMD KUMD To get paid to work at something I Resources, a department of Continuing station manager for 8 years this month. believe in and love to do this much, and Education and Extension at the Personally I want to see if the world KUMD Fund Drive on top of that the caliber of people I University of Minnesota. KUMD is a really does end at Thompson Hill. have shared KUMD with seems more April 20th-29th are the dates for the member of National Public Radio, the Professionally, if I am going to stay in than any one person deserves. My thanks KUMD Spring Fund Drive. We'll be radio (which I hope to), and not Association of Minnesota Public Radio to all of you who make KUMD such a asking for your tax-deductible support Stations (AMPERS) and an associate RETIRE from KUMD some 35 years special place, and a special thank you to for this commercial-free radio service. from now (blanch), it is time for me to member of the National Federation of John, Jean, Kirk, and Paul, who I've We were encouraged recently when a Community Broadcasters. is move. Also, the new surroundings with caller who identified herself as a former KUMD shared all these years with. I can't funded by the University of Minnesota, new problems and challenges will force member who had let her membership imagine a more dedicated, unselfish, the State Legislature, a student service me to grow and become a better person expire, wanted to let us know that she hardworking group of people. fee, and listener contributions. and manager. had heard something so great on KUMD Membership in is as follows: I'm also fiercely proud of what we've that she was sure to renew this time. KUMD Individual, $25; Family, $35; 2. It's a good opportunity. Once I accomplished here, and putting our Listener support is our most important Installment, $60; Sponsoring, $100; decided I was ready to start looking. I advances in facilities aside, our product, source of funding. It sets the tone for the Student/ Fixed Income, $15. Membership applied at places that represented a eight years of pure audio art, is what whole station, and it determines large includes a subscri"pi.ion to AIRWAVES. change, either a step up or a different makes it all worth it. And KUMD is art: chunks"of things we can (or can't) do. Subscription to AIRWAVES alone is $5 kind of operation. The station I am the paints our unlimited record libraries, yearly. KUMD..encourages interested going to represents both of those, and the palette from the turntables to the Rags to Riches - Music, Music, Music! seems to stand a good chance of success. persons to become volunteer transmitter, and the canvas all the radios We're proud of our role in awakening The fact that it is not on the air yet will programmers. We are loca_ted i_n 130 in our area. The only limit is our the area's somnolent music scene, and add to the challenges and rewards. individual creativity and talent. It has Humanities Building, University of while we aren't directly sponsoring all of Minnesota-Duluth. Our telephone been sometimes dreadful, more often these events, we feel that most of them 3. is ready - just as change is number is 726-7181. KUMD mediocre, but at least as often as both of would not have been offered without the good for individuals, I believe some level those it has been incredible, amazing, success we had with Mose Allison, Koko of change is good for organizations. New The University of Minnesota is beautiful art, a brilliant splash of color Taylor, and Tom Paxton. · people come in with different on a flat brown landscape. The times committed to the policy that all persons approaches to problem solving and they shall have equal access to its programs, when financially the future looked March 31st to April 1st - solve problems that their predecessors The KUMD facilities, and employment without hopeless at KUMD, and that has The Norshor is couldn't solve or perhaps even didn't Blues Festival. regard to race, creed, color, sex, national happened more than a few times, my sponsoring Saturday Night with recognize as problems. I also believe that origin, or handicap. strength and solace was each day that we Duluth's "Wingtips" and the "Blue is about to enter a new stage of KUMD had been on the air, and knowing that if Shadows" (former members of Lamont operation. For the last eight years we we went silent the next day, that each Cranston). KUMD will present the have been building the facility, our day we had been on the air was an "James Cotton· Blues Band" and the programming, and our audience. Along Program accomplishment. I grew up in Duluth, "Son Seals Band" on Sunday night. the way it has been a constant (at least and was filled with the desolation of the This will be the greatest blues event our Underwriters regular) struggle to make progress if not place, and a sense of isolation from area has ever seen, and tickets for both The following public-spirited firms have just survive. Although I may be wrong, living here. This experience has nights are a reasonable $7 .50. provided funds to help underwrite the and things could change almost without provided much of the driving force for costs of acquiring the indicated notice, I think that struggle, where the me in my work at KUMD. One of my April 14th - Freddie Hubbard will bring programs. We appreciate their question is survival is almost over. For great joys has been my contact with his whole band to UMD for the Head of participation in quality public the first time since we have had accurate younger "me's," who have grown up the Lakes Jazz Festival. This is unusual broadcasting, for our area. figures, our audience is growing. Our with KUMD there to ease those feelings. in that the festival usually features just GraphMark, Inc.