High School Communications Partnership

<v Host>In the late 1980s, WHRO President John Morrison and WHRO <v Host>Radio Vice President Vian Webb began developing the idea of <v Host>a high school broadcasting partnership. <v Host>The idea of the partnership was to provide professional workshops and <v Host>seminars dealing with the entire spectrum of broadcasting, as well as providing <v Host>students access to those school divisions with broadcasting facilities. <v Host>[music] By 1991, students were on the air with the program Open <v Host>Lines originating from the Newport News Public Schools radio studios <v Host>and airing on WHRV F.M., as well as area students broadcasting <v Host>on the two student operated school F.M. <v Host>stations. York County's WYCS FM and Chesapeake <v Host>Public Schools WFOS F.M. <v Host>In addition, workshops were held on both Southside and the Peninsula, <v Host>bringing together students and broadcasters. <v Host>A wealth of experience was shared by these broadcasters.

<v Host>The workshops also included print journalists, and by 1992 <v Host>the partnership had been expanded to become the Regional High School Communications <v Host>Partnership, with an emphasis on communications in its many forms. <v Host>[music] The <v Host>broadcasts from Newport News Schools being aired on WHRV F.M. <v Host>have now become Studio E, a weekly program dealing with educational <v Host>topics and news from the School World. <v Host>More workshops and seminars are planned for this coming year, and students will be <v Host>afforded the opportunity to learn more about the rapidly evolving world of <v Host>communications. You'll hear these students on WHRV, <v Host>WYCS, and WFOS at all hours. <v Host>One example is on election day, when a big team of student reporters from South <v Host>Side and the Peninsula team up for the most comprehensive local election coverage <v Host>to be found anywhere on Hampton Roads Radio.

<v Host>The world of telecommunications is a fascinating and rapidly growing area. <v Host>The students of Hampton Roads have a unique opportunity to become a part of this <v Host>communications revolution, thanks to the Regional High School Communications Partnership. <v Host>[music] Through workshops, on air experience, participation <v Host>in activities occurring at WHRO and other opportunities for enhancement, <v Host>students from throughout Hampton Roads are on the cutting edge of communications. <v Host>The stars are the limit for the student wishing to become a part of communications. <v Host>The Regional High School Communications Partnership, WHRO area <v Host>schools and regional communications entities joining together to bring the future <v Host>to the students of today. [music] <v Charles Porter>It's all real happy to get help.

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