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May 15, 1998
Jazz rounds out WBAA-AM's new
24-hour programming
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- WBAA-AM 920 has moved to around-the-clock, seven-day-a-week
broadcasting.
Instead of hearing WBAA-AM sign off the air at midnight, late-night listeners now
hear jazz until National Public Radio's (NPR) "Morning Edition" hits the air the
next morning. "Jazz with Bob Parlocha" is heard from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. on weekdays
and 6 a.m. on weekends. "Many listeners have wanted more jazz on WBAA, and this is one way
the station is responding to their requests," said David Bunte, WBAA-AM program director.
WBAA's FM station -- 101.3 FM -- has provided 24-hour classical music programming since
it hit the airwaves in 1993. Both stations also are carried on cable frequencies
as part of a package of radio channels provided by Insight Communications of Lafayette.
WBAA-AM is on 89.7 FM on the cable, and WBAA-FM can be heard at 102.5 FM.
WBAA-AM and WBAA-FM are listener-supported public radio from Purdue University, both
broadcasting from studios in the basement of Elliott Hall of Music.
General Manager Dan Skinner said listener response to the changes at the AM station
has been positive. "But one listener thought she had overslept when the radio alarm
went off at 5:45 a.m. and NPR's 'Morning Edition' was already on the air," he said.
"Once she figured out she wasn't late, she was glad she didn't have to wait until 6 a.m.
to get the news."
After a successful fund-raising effort about a year ago, WBAA-AM added NPR's news
programs -- "Morning Edition," "All Things Considered" and "Weekend Edition" -- to
its lineup. "We're pleased we could respond then to the audience's request for NPR
programs," Bunte said, "and now we're glad we can further respond by providing quality, listener-supported
public radio programs 24 hours a day."
WBAA-AM began as an experiment in voice transmission by the School of Electrical Engineering.
WBAA, which was licensed by the federal government in 1922, was the first radio station
in the state to provide regular broadcasting. AM 920 provides news, information and jazz programs. The daytime broadcast radius is approximately 70 miles, making
it accessible to more than half the population of the state -- almost 2.5 million
people.
CONTACTS: Bunte, (765) 494-3961; e-mail, dpbunte@wbaa.purdue.edu;
Skinner, (765) 494-5920;
e-mail, deskinner@wbaa.purdue.edu
PMO workshop will help students improve their talents
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Nationally renowned choral educators and choreographers will
help polish the singing and stage presence of junior/senior high school students
during Purdue Musical Organization's Summer Choral Workshop June 14-19.
A week of intensive music and choreography rehearsals culminating in a performance
at Elliott Hall of Music on the Purdue University campus awaits seventh- through
12th-graders from Indiana and the Midwest. The registration deadline is June 8.
Students will explore a variety of musical styles ranging from classic choral literature
to jazz, popular music and Broadway standards.
The Summer Choral Workshop will be led by Brian Breed, director of Purdue Musical
Organizations. Breed has participated on the staffs of Show Choir Camps of America
and the Brightleaf Music Workshop. He is a former member of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians
and led the production team for the PBS television special "Fred Waring's U.S. Chorus."
Breed is director of the Purdue Varsity Glee Club and the nationally recognized Purdue
Christmas Show, now in its 65th year.
The workshop staff is comprised of the directors of the Purduettes, University Choir,
PMO Express and the Purdue Bell Choir.
Participants may choose from residential or commuter options. The residential program
includes room and board (breakfast, lunch and dinner) for $399. The commuter fee
is $329 and will include lunch and dinner at the residence hall. All registrations
must be paid in advance and must include a medical release form signed by a licensed physician.
No cancellations or refunds will be accepted after May 31.
CONTACT: Ly Tartell, assistant PMO director, (765) 494-0401; e-mail: lktartell@pmo.purdue.edu;
Web site: www.purdue.edu/pmo
Purdue Notebook
Appointments and promotions:
-- Linda A. Simunek, an educator and nursing leader who has helped establish four nursing
programs in the United States, will become head of Purdue's School of Nursing, effective
May 1. Jo A. Brooks, head of the school since 1992, has returned to full-time teaching and research. Simunek, who most recently was dean of the nursing school at
Florida International University, has also served as dean of the College of Nursing
at Chicago State University and at Lewis University in Romeoville, Ill. Simunek has
been nationally recognized for her achievements in education, nursing and law, and she
has written numerous articles and book chapters on the legal and ethical dimensions
of licensure, accreditation and culture-specific care. She served as legal counselor
for the Philippine Nurses Association of America and the Asian American Pacific Islander
Nurses Association of America. In 1996, she was named International Women of the
Year by the International Biographical Center in Cambridge, England.
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Faculty and staff honors:
-- David G. Meyer, professor of electrical and computer engineering, will receive the
1998 American Society for Engineering Education's Fred Merryfield Design Award in
June in Seattle in honor of his research accomplishments.
-- Miroslaw J. Skibniewski, assistant executive vice president for academic affairs
and professor of civil engineering, will receive the American Society of Civil Engineers'
1998 Walter L. Huber Research Prize. It will be presented in October in Boston.
-- Jerry M. Woodall, the Charles W. Harrison Distinguished Professor of Microelectronics,
will receive the 1998 American Society for Engineering Education's General Electric
Senior Research Award in recognition of his accomplishments in electronics research. He will receive the award in June in Seattle.
Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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