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CONTROL ROOM SUPPLIED!
October 21st, 1958:
Finally reaching the desk of high level University officials, the proposal for a student radio station may become a reality. The report states that enough equipment is available for a student run radio station to operate. The only remaining piece is manpower.
Stuart Gelber, a GW student helming the project and engineer at a leading Washington area station, states that the control room is already on campus, located in the Speech department. "I got the idea for the station when I rebuilt the control room in the Speech department last summer so it could do all the things that can be done at a major broadcasting station" states Gelber.
Having built a transmitter at no cost to the University, Gelber hopes to generate revenue through commercials, with The Hatchet showing as perhaps a major source of advertising. However, despite the facilities and planned funding, the station would not be operational without student staff. With support from the head of the Speech department, Dr. Leggett, and Lillian Brown, Director of Radio and Television in the University's Public Relations office, as well as the Student Council President, the dream does not sound too far off. Gelber says, "I don't see how anyone can lose on a deal like this."
~Investigated by WRGW staff comprised from the GW Hatchet's Archives