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Signpost March 3, 1993 2 NEW KWCR alumni sting Utah at KKBE-FM News Briefs Speech addresses barriers 95.5 OuTn lo4.9 ulhCounljj Salt Lake City's KILLER BEE Barriers to women and minorities in the workplace will be the subject of a speech by Delia Reyes as part of Women's Emphasis Week, today at 12:30 p.m. in the Wildcat Theatre. Reyes, an immigrant from Cuba, is the Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 1991 Female Entrepreneur 'of the Year. She was also chosen as the 1992 Ou tsta nd i ng Businesswoman of the Year by the Texas Association of Minority Business Enterprises. posals for the station to the general manager and was hired as the new program director just after Christmas.

"The structured format of KWCR prepared me for the real world (of commercial broadcasting)," Johnson said. The time Johnson spent at KWCR was not wasted, he said. "KWCR helped me get hands on experience that I needed," Johnson said. By getting in and working at KWCR, Johnson learned how a station operated. This knowledge helped him get a deejay job at KKBE and end up the program director of one of the major stations in the Utah broadcasting industry.

Currently there are 12 former or current KWCR staff members working for the "Killer Bee." Many KWCR staff members are in management positionsor deejay shifts. "The college radio training helps give deejays the real world By MICHAEL ELWELL Signpost staff writer With a low thudding heartbeat going out over the airwaves, "Salt LakeCiry's Fresh New Killer Bee," a mainstream top-40 station, was created. Behind this creation were alumni from Weber State University's student radio station, KWCR. The "Killer Bee," also known as KKBE, came on the scene late last year and replaced the commercially failing KJQ along the Wasatch front. With the format change and the leaving of the KKBE's program director, a window of opportunity opened for Jesse Johnson, former KWCR staff member.

Johnson was working at the station part-time as the morning deejay and attending WSU during the format change. Seeing the need for a direction, Johnson submitted his pro Delia Reyes St CIS graduate class offered WSU has designed a graduate level CIS course to help business managers better understand the latest information technology- The course, CIS 520, titled "Information Technology for Management," will beoffered from p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursday beginning April 1 in WB 118. More information may be obtained by calling Karin Grosser at 626-6979. DoatffForgst Extended Library Hours: Saturday, March 6, 9 a.

7 p. Sunday, March 7, 12 p.m 8 p.m. experience that is needed. Understanding how the business (the broadcast industry) works is the difference," said Brian DeGeuss, KKBE's operations manager. It was this difference that helped many of these former KWCR staff members get a job in the Utah broadcast industry.

Kelly Hammer, former KWCR program director, agrees with DeGeuss and Johnson. "The way KWCR was run gave you respect for a format," Hammer said. This gave him a realistic view of how a commercial radio station is run. Hammer is the evening deejay at KKBE. The work he did at KWCR gave him the real world experience that he needed for the "Killer Bee." The feeling of seeing KWCR succeed has fueled Hammer's passion for the broadcast industry.

It was this same drive that brought Jeff Laramie, another former KWCR program director, to the "Killer Bee." "The experience of working hard and succeeding at KWCR helped make this (work at KKBE) worth it," Laramie said. Getting recognized by the communication department and the school was the highlight of his time at KWCR. "Winning the Crystal Crest award was the ultimate satisfaction," Laramie said. It was these types of events that made him want to be more involved in the broadcast industry and KKBE. It wasalso these types of events at KWCR that got Ira Cronin, current general manager of KWCR, working at the former KJQ.

Through the change from KJQ to KKBE, Cronin has learned skills he has brought to KWCR. "Things change in radio. You have to be flexible and open-minded to make it," Cronin said. One of the valuable things one can learn when going in to the broadcast industry is knowing when to go with the flow, he said. It has been this adaptive skill that has helped him at KWCR and the "Killer Bee." "KWCR also helped me feel more comfortable when I was on the air at KJQ.

The time at KWCR gave me the real world experience that I needed. It was like a rehearsal of what I was suppose to do," Cronin said. LOCATIOM: DATE: frA: "You Can't. Buy a Diamond for Less' Backed by 36 Years in Business ana 77 Combined Years otExperience Wildcat Lanes 24 1 9 Washington BJvd 621-7666: Student Activity Night GUARANTEED STUDENT LOANS AVAILABLE Fast and Efficient Processing Through Your University Credit Union Correction: In a Signpost Senate Update on Wednesday, Feb. 24, should have read Sean Stromberg is theapplied science senator.

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