Radio club seeking unity with other clubs

Music, television, movies, books; all of these things are multimedia and are pretty important to most of us.

IU South Bend student Jake Jones started the IUSB radio club and also a class devoted to multimedia. The club is fairly new and is devoted to distributing multimedia to campus and to the community.

So far there has been a lot of interest in the club. They currently have about ten core group members.

“There was a big response last semester so I didn’t feel the need to advertise at first because of so much interest,” said Jake Jones, club president. The club is planning on posting fliers in the near future to draw more interest.

The club is currently using the multimedia room in the library to record but since this room is open to all students they are looking for a more designated room to use. The content that the club offers is being decided by the club members.

Podcasts are currently in the works but there is no set date for any podcasts to be available yet. The club is looking into other areas of media, such as a blog, which has been set up this past week, to deliver content.

Music is also an option but it depends mostly on the type of audience and getting licensure to play popular music. One goal of the club is to get the community involved by playing music by local bands.

The club is also interested in working with other clubs on campus to help deliver content.

“One goal is to become an institution for other clubs to come to once we become more known,” said Jones.

The club is not looking for equipment at this time because most of the members have their own but later on the club may need to request a grant for equipment.

The Radio club is also associated with an English (W250) writing class devoted to writing for the radio. The one- credit class and is offered on Fridays from 12 to 12:50 p.m. Some space is still available for spring semester. The class is about radio writing and will be offered again in the fall semester.

For more information on the Radio club or the class, contact Jones at iusbradio@gmail.com or you can join the Facebook group by searching for it under IUSB radio. They can also be found on Twitter at IUSBradio.

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