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Kent State Radio Workshop,
Chestnut Burr, 1944
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And in five, four, three, two--
In 1949 Kent State's own radio signal was
"on the air" for the first time. The April
6, 1949 edition of The Daily Kent Stater reported
that just a day before, WKSU-AM had broadcast successfully
for one hour with campus buildings and nearby homes picking
up the signal. The next day, success was confirmed. WKSU-AM
aired a 15-minute jazz program and 15-minute news segment,
giving student radio a place on the dial and a place within
the School of Journalism and Mass Communication
for years to come.
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WKSR program flyer
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WKSU-FM, Chestnut
Burr, 1959
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"In fact, I actually look for the time when we'll have a
broadcasting station on the campus."
-E. Turner Stump
The former head of the Department of Speech
did not know how prophetic his statement would soon become.
As young people across the nation turned up the volume on
their radio boxes, they also turned up their interest in
the medium.
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Walt Clarke, Chestnut
Burr, 1951
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Kent State Radio Worshop, Chestnut
Burr, 1942
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Radio was flying high on the airwaves
from the late 1940s into the fifties for Kent State
University--but Walton Clarke was determined to have it
flying from Kent State University. Hence, the inception
of WKSU-FM in 1950. Later
years brought balance to outside conflict, as well as to
academic divisions within Kent State's Journalism and Telecommunications
programs.
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