Radio reaches out

KDNE’s new show targeted at Crete

Jessica Amen
Staff Writer
Dec. 2, 2004, Page 1

The Doane radio station, 91.9 CORE FM, is reaching out to the community by broadcasting a radio show in Spanish.
Lee Thomas, CORE advisor, said that the show is not aimed toward student listeners. Although the Spanish show will have little impact on most Doane students, the goal is to serve the community of Crete.
“There is a large Hispanic population in and around Crete, and this is an effort to serve them.” Thomas said. “At the same time, it’s an opportunity for students in Spanish classes to practice the language and hone their skills.”
“Our intent is to provide some outreach to the community, to make them aware of what is going on at Doane, and to provide a service for them.” assistant Spanish professor Christy Hargesheimer said. “Of course, it would be nice to have Doane students also listen to it.”
There are two options for the name of the thirty minute show. These are “La Voz del Tigre”, which translates into “The Tiger’s Voice” or “El Tigre Habla”, which is “Tiger Talk”. During the academic year it will broadcast on Sundays at 2 pm.
The first two installments have included talk, music and announcements. Thomas said the content of the show is up to the Spanish language students who are co-producing it. Hargesheimer said she hopes eventually community members will be included in the program. She said this could be done through resident interviews and highlighting outstanding students at Crete High School.
“There has been some interest expressed by personnel at the high school who wish to be included, so perhaps we will be able to build on this,” Hargesheimer said.
“It’s a collaborative effort between a broadcasting class and a Spanish Conversation class,” Hargesheimer said. “It will give broadcasting students experience with production, and the Spanish students will get practice with public speaking as well as with researching cultural material.” She said the classes participating are Spanish 305 (Conversation and Composition) and Basic Audio Production.
“The program is stand-alone.” Thomas said. “That is, it doesn’t occur within someone’s ‘disk jockey’ show, so no CORE disc jockey is involved.
Because this type of show has never been experimented with at CORE, its longevity is unknown.
“We are learning by doing it,” Hargesheimer said. “It would be good to get it established as an ongoing program.”
Although promotion for the show is currently only word-of-mouth, Hargesheimer said eventually they will place announcements in local businesses, schools, and churches in Spanish
This isn’t the radio station’s first attempt to serve the community. The Sunday afternoon show, “Sunday Conversations”, sometimes includes discussions of issues that Crete and Saline County are facing.
“This is a part of an ongoing effort to get beyond CORE as a platform only for student disk jockeys talking to a Doane student audience,” Thomas said.
“We want Doane to be perceived as a welcoming place for Crete’s Hispanic population, and as a place young Hispanic students will one day want to study,” Hargesheimer said.