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Some 250,000 Greater Boston FM listeners may soon have the opportunity to find out whether or not their tastes are similar to those of Harvard undergraduates. While most students probably don't care very much one way or the other, at least one College organization is fervently hoping that some of these listeners will find the answer...
...organization, of course, is radio station WHRB which, pending FCC approval, plans to start FM broadcasts sometime early next spring. Superficially, this move will mean no basic change in the station's philosophy. As program director Gregory W. Harrison '57 explains it, "We've never tried to compete with the Boston popular music stations. What popular music we do play is usually jazz...
...station's president, Victor F. Andrew '57, goes one step further. "Even with FM," he says, "we'll still emphasize--and be geared to the tastes of--Harvard. We just hope the other 250,000 people who can listen to us will have Harvard tastes...
...mere whim nor proselytizing zeal which prodded the station into FM, however. Based on hard facts, the decision was made by the station's executives only when they became convinced that WHRB could best fulfill its purposes by serving considerably more people than those in the Harvard community...
Andrew readily admits that this radiation problem was one reason the station decided to add FM to its present system. Although it is the most publicized reason it is not the most important one, he insists. As he explains, "We decided to go into FM just because it's progress...