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All Rights Reserved The Associated Press State & Local Wire October 10, 2004, Sunday, BC cycle SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 278 words HEADLINE: Student-run programming returning to radio at NDSU DATELINE: FARGO, N.D. BODY: Student-run radio programming is returning to the airwaves at North Dakota State University after several years of online-only broadcasts. Organizers say "ThunderRadio" will begin airing music, talk shows and live broadcasts of NDSU athletics Monday on KNDS-FM. The student radio programming was pulled from the air in 1999, when KDSU-FM became part of the North Dakota Public Radio network. ThunderRadio started streaming over the Internet a few months later, but the format reached a smaller audience, general manager Matt Langemo said. "Just being Web-based, we don't have a real strong following," he said. A group has been working for at least two years to bring a student-run radio station back to NDSU, Langemo said. The Federal Communications Commission granted a low-power license to a nonprofit group, which passed operations to the student organization, Langemo said. The FCC issued a construction permit to the station about two weeks ago, allowing the group to buy transmitters and other equipment. The bill of about $10,000 was paid with money from NDSU's student government, Langemo said. The station is a joint project between ThunderRadio and Fargo Theatre, he said. "Hopefully it will be a great link between the NDSU community and the Fargo-Moorhead community," Langemo said. West Fargo Mayor Rich Mattern, who worked as news director at KDSU from the mid-1990s until Prairie Public took over, called the resurrected program "a great opportunity." "My heart was into that place," he said. "I really miss it, and I think it's great that it's coming back." --- Information from: The Forum, http://www.in-forum.com LOAD-DATE: October 11, 2004 |
