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WCLK: Jazz Powerhouse
WCLK staff discusses innovative programming in
Black radio.
Like any newly formed'
organization, business,
etc., WCLK has had its
problems in getting on its
feet. Since the station’s be
ginning, the number one
problem is space--where
to put WCLK. The station
is presently occupying a
large office that was form
erly part of the Foreign
Language Department. The
one office has been divided
into a studio, two offices,
and a control room.
The second major prob
lem in the development of
WCLK, according to Ron
Jenkins, has been “the
business office bureau
cracy. We have to go
through such red tape as
filing form A, and waiting
for form B, when we need
our equipment on the spot.
Quo Vadis Gex is the
program director at WCLK.
Her function is mainly to
“oversee and polish” the
students.
By Artresa Harris
WCLK, as the only pre
dominantly (approximately
85 per cent) jazz station in
Atlanta, is a power to be
reckoned with in the com
munications world,” ac
cording to production man
ager Ron Jenkins.
Jenkins, a junior
Journalism/Mass Commu
nications major, said that
when WCLK began to
broadcast earlier this year,
several of the major com
mercial stations in the
city, “such as WIGO and
WAOK,” noticed that their
audiences dropped off after
3 p.m. “They got rid of a
lot of their hunky-dory
d-j.’s, and started to play
more jazz,” said Jenkins.
“The students have a say
in the decisions made, and
may vote to cancel a de
cision,” Ron Jenkins
claimed.
Other employees of WCLK
include Cecil O’Neal as
chief engineer; Reggie Wil
liams as second engineer;
Marvin Whaley as produc
tion assistant, and Stan
Washington as news direc
tor.
Page Five PANTHER November 8 1974
KUUMBA
SkullMountaiiT Bombs
By Yolanda Sullivan
The Lowes Grande Thea
ter opened it’s doors Oc
tober 16, 1974 for the
world premier of 20th
Century Fox’s “The House
On Skull Mountain”.
The cast was composed
of such well known per
sonalities as State Senator
Leroy Johnson, T.V. Hos
tess Xerona Clayton, form
er member of the “Plat
ters” singing group Victor
French and Mike Evans
from CBS. But of particu
lar interest to the Clark
family was the appearance
of Clark’s drama director
Mrs. Joan Lewis and Phyl
lis Oliver, who is very ac
tive in the drama depart
ment.
But even the Clark ta
lent could not save the
poorly written
script or give direction to
the very inconsistent plot.
Throughout the production
the viewer attempted to un-
scramble the jumbled
pieces only to conclude that
they simply did not fit.
One of the most notable
foul-ups in the plot featured
Victor French who ap
peared as the only white
member of the Black fam
ily. It was an interesting
development in the plot but
it was not pursued leaving
the viewer with one more
piece out of place.
It’s good to know that
both Clark and Atlanta are
getting involved in the Mo
tion picture industry, but
we cannot begin to stress
the necessity to begin to
produce quality Black
Films.
Same Ole Sly
By Carmen Beverly
PANTHER STAFF
The Panther is printed by a host of students in
terested in disseminating information to the Clark
College student body, faculty and staff.
We welcome letters to the editor and other infor
mation of value to the Clark community. All material
submitted must be typed and accompanied by the
writer’s name. The staff reserves final rights to print
and/or edit material. Please send material to “The
Panther,” P. O. Box 154, Clark College.
Edit 01- Ron Harris
Rewrite Editor Brenda L. Camp
Copy Editor Barbara Massenburg
Layout Editor Diane Arnold
Photographer Kenneth Hodges
Cartoonists Jerome Bailey and
Cleven Clements
Sports Writers Vernard Howard,
Bruce Fletcher and Ron Jenkins
Staff Writers Jesse Alsobrook, Diane Arnold,
Ronald Cain, Brenda L. Camp,
John Coleman, Novella Cross,
Wanda Edwards, Harry Gibson,
Artessa Harris, Ron Harris,
Lois Harrington, Barbara Jack-
son, Barbara Massenburg, regi
a. newton, Monica Phillips,
Arlene Riley, Janice Smith and
Carolyn Wade
The students employed at
WCLK range from Journal
ism majors to Medical
Technology majors, and
they come from all the
schools in the center.
Presently there are ap
proximately 39 students
working with the station.
As an educational station
with 80 hours of broadcast
ing per week, Ron Jenkins
describes the functions of
WCLK as enlightenment and
entertainment.
“We are a unique station
because we do so much with
so little space, because we
are student operated and
because we do a damn good
job,” said Ron Jenkins.
Some of the programs
broadcast on WCLK include
“Anything and Every
thing”, “Sports Show”, and
“Sister Session”.
If you were looking for
something new and differ
ent in a concert and went
to the Omni Monday night
trying to find it, you were
probably dissapointed. Any
of you sceptics as to Sly’s
dependability and his po
pularity stand to be rein
formed. Sly was not only
»
there but he sold the place
out. Unfortunately he play
ed almost a song-for-song
rerun of the Martin Luther
King Birthday Concert.
From “Thank-you” to “Hi
gher”. Sly got down but
didn’t even try to turn the
.Omni out. All my brothers
and sisters that expected
to “boggie down front” with
some live “Loose Boodie”
were left cold. If you didn’t
already know Sly had a new
album out, catching that
concert didn’t even help in
form you. Sly played like
ne hadn’t cut anything new
in years.
Rare Earth provided a
good solid warm-up. As
someone in the audience
said, “Those white boys can
really get down!” The at
mosphere at the Omni was
definitely condusive to jam-
in! Festival style concerts
in which the floor is clear
ed for dancing have been ;1
what’s happenin’ in other
cities and it was good to
see L. A. finally come
around.
Many a disappointed late
comer who couldn’t buy a
ticket must have blamed
Sly’s sell out on the omis
sion of floor seating. To
those good people who could
not see the concert rest l*
assured that if you saw the >
King concert you did not %
miss a thing. Sly got down L
but with such a lack of
innovation.
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