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Thursday. October ws in Briefs committet st contest lird annual “What's iratorical contest,tr ; Texas A&M Mem- Center (MSC) ,s Committee (BAC) .m. in MSC 292A. ear’s theme "The: ovement: Is It Mission ight Along? :o discuss the stafc ghts movement. ia Waites, publics erof the BAC, said: ives students an?; ticipa'te in speech- f lated activites. st place winnerwil TOO. the second-pi II receive $750, place winner will 0. :e conside ition bill tg the confusion il he Spring 2000 4 tions.the Stucent$| ered a bill Wednescl clearly define a mal re election regulafcl 5 written after theJil of Texas A&M nm| ir that election ret. / ade more clear. | leaders appealed"?: the Spring 2000ei| iuse they were c:f )ut how the majo'| ated by the eledtl n. The bill was in I l Wednesday and ' at the Nov.l meetif first private id to open (AP) —Traffic will his morning on ar| immercial traffic of ding to Mexico. 1 Colombia Toll Roi irivately built toll ro| ed Wednesday. Abf attended the elat: my at the road’s | Iministration build', ut five miles east a Solidarity Bridge its praised the creating, the m romoted as tV)»' Jtside world. Page 3A )6(TUTOR) KFC next to Lack's m ^ I ^ielife Editor n Editor :> hotQ Editor ) Editor it News Editor y Chief ) Producer ^eb Master day during the fall anti (except University liol- at College Station, IK University, 1111TAMU A&M University in # fices are in 014 Reel ail: Thebattalioniol- endorsement by W >. For classified a*- ffice hours are 8 a.m. student to pick up 3 icriptionsare$60pe' r 0 a month. To cW Local independent stations bring spirit of rebellion into the radio broadcast spectrum By Jason Bennyhoff The Battalion In this day and age of formu laic popular music, one institution stands as a bastion of musical individ ualism — the independent radio station. Independent radio station employees say an independent station serves those who are not served by commercial, mainstream media. They say they take no advertising mon ey and accept no limitations on what they play. Stuart Young, program director at 1600 KANM-AM, said the station plays whatev er it wants because it is nonprofit. “F—k commercial radio,” Young said. “You get to see what goes on [in the radio business]. We get calls from record labels every day, and they want us to play their stuff. We get about 100 CDs a week — about half we play and about half we do not, but we do not have to cater to advertisers.” Young said much of the music commercial radio stations play is determined by demographics and potential advertising revenue. In dependent radio stations, Young said, get a wider variety of music to the public. He said one of the best aspects of inde pendent radio is the camaraderie and common love of music held by everyone who works there. “Nobody gets paid,” Young said. “It is just a bunch of people getting together that love music. Everyone has different tastes, but every time you are in there, you are surrounded by people who love music.” Eileen Peters, a four-year volunteer and show host at 89.1 KEOS-FM, said there is more to inde pendent radio than music — there is a duty to serve underrepresented people in the community. Peters said KEOS offers a variety of programming not heard on commercial radio that gives everyone a chance to hear something he or she can enjoy. “We feature Americana, Texas music, and we even have live music in the studio,” Peters said. “We are one of very few stations that has live music.” KEOS is also an educational station. Peters said the station provides diverse types of news pro gramming to give people news they might not hear on commercial stations. This includes minority- concerned news and foreign broadcasting. “We have a wide variety of programs to serve members of the community who are not being served,” Peters said. “We have news and current af fairs shows that cater to the gay and lesbian issues. We have lots of world music. For instance, we have a Jewish-Israeli show. We also carry National Pub lic Radio (NPR) programming, Public Radio Inter national (PRI) programs and the British Broadcast ing Company (BBC).” Despite independent radio stations’ insistence on remaining nonprofit, they do improve the prof its of others. Many college radio stations reach di verse audiences with money to spend, yet accept none. College stations are at least slightly associ ated with their universities, but state schools exert no control over content and many do not accept ad vertising money. Allan Seale, manager of Disc Go Round, said airplay on independent radio stations can bump up independent bands’ record sales. “We get some stuff off the college radio charts,” Seale said. “There are a few bands that would be put in the independent category that are played on col lege radio. There is also a lot of word-of-mouth in volved in their sales. A lot of bands we sell do nht get airplay on the bigger radio stations, but are played on college radio.” .j Young said one of the most important aspects of independent radio is that it provides variety in a world of otherwise bland airwaves. “It benefits listeners to have varying tastesj’’ Young said. “Here there is none of that cookie-cuF ter, run-of-the-mill pop.” * OTSTUW MUSIC FE ST/ . * il * 4 * Featuring with 6*04^ Mowtoui Also Appearing Dub Miller & River West Pat Qtteett Help Bring Back the Huntsville Texas Prison Rodeo Saturday, October 28, 2000 Walker County Fair Grounds FIRST BAND ON STAGE AT 7 P.M. 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