Article I: General Staff

A. Each new member and old member of the station is required to fill out a personnel form at the beginning of each semester, and all members are responsible for keeping the station informed as to changes of address, phone number, and class schedule.

B. Dues shall be due three weeks after the beginning of each semester.

C. No person without a third class radio telephone permit with broadcast endorsement will be granted a show on WXCI.

D. The general manager must be notified immediately of any lost or stolen equipment.

E. All members of the station are to strictly obey the rules and regulations of the federal communications commission (FCC).

F. No one can be nominated for, appointed to, or serve in an elected office while on academic probation.

        A. Faculty Advisor

1. Shall be a full-time faculty member of WCSU.

2. Shall be nominated by a majority vote of the executive board.

3. Shall be approved by a majority vote of the general staff.

4. Shall aid the general manager and officers of the station in working with the faculty and administration of the university.

5. Shall have those powers and responsibilities as enumerated in the Faculty Handbook on pages iv-14, iv-15, and iv-16, in sections d and e.

6. Shall have a vote in executive board meetings, but not in a general staff meeting, except where indicated.

7. The name of the faculty advisor will be submitted to the university administration when elected.

 

B. General Manager

1. Shall preside as the chairman of executive and general staff meetings.

2. As the highest official shall maintain a cumulative average of 2.5.

3. Shall be directly responsible for all actions taken by other officers and by the campus broadcast association.

4. Shall work with the business manager, chief engineer, program director, faculty advisor, administration, and other staff members in maintaining a good, healthy internal station operation, including cooperation, high ethical standards, and a continuing process of management and staff.

5. Shall schedule and post regular office hours for conducting routine business and conferring with the staff.

6. Shall keep informed of all FCC rules and regulations, and shall keep an up-to-date record of the same, while instructing and informing the staff of the same.

7. Shall act as liaison between students and Faculty Advisor, and the administration.

8. Shall act as the official representative of the students of the campus broadcast association.

9. Shall maintain the station image as high as possible at all times.

10. Shall be directly responsible for all other actions and responsibilities not specifically stated in these by-laws or the constitution.

11. Shall have a vote in executive board meetings, but not in general staff meeting, except where indicated.

C. Business Manager

1. Shall supervise and be responsible for all business transactions of the station.

2. Shall set up and maintain a system of accounting, keeping permanent records of all station expenditures, coordinating the purchases with the needs of the department heads.

3. Shall keep abreast of and comply with all the rules and regulations of the Student Government Association (SGA), Administration, Licensee, and the FCC that apply to the role of business manager.

4. Must prepare and make the annual budget available to the executive board, operations board, the general staff, the SGA, the Administration, and the Licensee.

5. Shall keep an accurate and up to date record of supplies of the station.

6. Shall keep an up to date list of all paid station members.

7. Shall post and mail notices quarterly to members who owe phone bills. After posting said notices, monies will be collected by one month after said date.

8. Shall have the power to appoint a treasurer.

9. Shall have a vote in Executive Board meetings, but not in a general staff meeting, except where indicated.

10. By a majority vote, the Executive Board may assume the powers of Business Manager.

11. Shall appoint an advertising coordinator to assume the responsibilities for advertising on the AM system (if in operation) with the approval of the Executive Board.

 

D. Chief Engineer

1. If no one meets the requirements of the chief engineer in the FCC rules and regulations, the executive board must contract with an appropriate consulting engineer to maintain on the air status. the consulting engineer shall not vote.

2. Shall be responsible for the maintenance and proper functioning of all equipment owned and operated by WXCI.

3. Shall act in cooperation with those department heads requesting remote broadcast lines.

4. Shall continually train all department heads in the operation of all technical equipment necessary to their jobs.

5. Shall keep a permanent log of all repairs.

6. Shall keep an inventory of spare parts in case of emergency.

7. Shall set up regular work hours and be prepared to handle emergency problems.

8. Shall recommend any purchases of necessary equipment to the Executive Board.

9. The Chief Engineer shall have a vote in Executive Board meetings, but not in general staff meetings, except where indicated.

E. Program Director

1. Shall institute WXCI's format for the school year.

2. Shall assign and give final approval for all air shift personnel and may remove any of said personnel from the air.

3. Shall no longer have the duty of preparing daily logs or being in charge of PSA's or CE's.

4. Is to post regular office hours at the station.

5. Shall be responsible for all final air products (broadcast quality), but may be over-ruled by the executive board, by a majority vote, if the need arises.

6. The program director shall supervise all department heads working underneath him or her.

7. By a majority vote the executive board may assume the powers of the program director.

8. Shall supervise all production work and all on-air programming.

9. Shall serve as liaison between the executive and operations boards.

10. Shall chair all operations board meetings or else appoint another member to chair the meetings in his/her absence.  He/she shall call a weekly meeting.

11. The program director will have a vote in executive board meetings and operations board meetings, but not in general staff meetings, except where indicated.

12. Shall develop new ideas in programming.

13. May appoint a secretary to his/her staff.

A. News Director

1. Shall assign all news-people to fill all news slots.

2. Shall organize and maintain the news department and all aspects thereof.

3. Shall give final approval for all news personnel, and may remove said personnel from the air.

4. Shall complete all arrangements regarding the press and credentials.

5. Shall, in cooperation with the program director, arrange for the coverage of special events, and assigning reporters and engineers to cover such events.

6. Shall, in cooperation with the chief engineer, business manager, and program director, arrange broadcast lines for remotes.

7. Shall be responsible for assigning the news control room.

8. Shall work in cooperation with the sports director.

9. Shall, in cooperation with the program director, initiate informational educational programming.

10. Shall have the power to appoint an assistant news director.

11. Shall have a vote in operations board meetings, and in general staff meetings.

 

B.  Sports Director

1. Shall assign all sportscasters to fill all sportscasts.

2. Shall determine which sporting events and sports news will be broadcast.

3. Shall give final approval for all sportscasters, and may remove any of said personnel from the air.

4. Shall see that sports programming is staffed and produced on time.

5. Shall assign all personnel, including announcers and engineers, to cover each sporting event.

6. Shall complete all arrangements regarding press credentials, broadcast facilities, and permission to broadcast all sports broadcasts.

7. Shall, in cooperation with the chief engineer and business manager, arrange broadcast lines for remotes.

8. Shall have the power to appoint an assistant sports director.

9. Shall have a vote in operations board meetings, and in general staff meetings.

 

C. Production Manager

1. Shall be in total charge of the production room, but will be responsible to the program director.

2. Shall be in charge of scheduling events in the production room, such as the posting of training schedules, and other available periods of the room.

3. Shall be in charge of all carted coming events (CE's),public service announcements (psa's), promos, and all other carted material that goes over the air. to the best of his/her knowledge, he/she shall use all carted material for air use with the approval of the program director.

4. Shall work with all department heads in the assistance of all recorded materials and programs.

5. Shall have a vote in Operations Board meetings, and in general staff meetings.

D. Music Director

1. Shall oversee the work of the record librarians.

2. Shall be responsible for filing, cataloging, and organizing the record and tape libraries, along with the music librarians.

3. Shall be responsible for contacting, giving feedback, and maintaining _good_ record service from record companies.

4. Must appoint an album librarian, a 45 librarian, and , if necessary, a tape librarian.

5. Must appoint a playlist coordinator.

6. Shall have a vote in Operations Board meetings, and in general staff meetings.

E. Traffic Director

1. Shall take charge of making daily and weekend logs (typing and copying). logs will always be ready for the next day's airshift.

2. Is responsible for corrections or additions to the logs.

3. Shall be responsible for reviewing the logs and making all necessary changes, etc.

4. Shall be responsible for all CE's and PSA's and shall have them on the air a reasonable time before the said time of the activity.

5. Shall keep an accurate and up to date file of all old PSA's and CE's that have been aired , as well as the original copy sent to the station.

6. Shall keep a file (names and addresses) of all organizations that send material to the station.

7. Shall keep an accurate file of the number of times a CE or PSA was aired.

8. Shall have a vote in Operations Board meetings, and in general staff meetings.

9. Shall work in close cooperation with the program director.

10. Shall be responsible for meeting FCC rules and regulations requirements concerning station logs, etc.

11. May appoint a secretary.

F. Promotion Director

1. Shall coordinate all station on-air promotional activities with various department heads, as well as in written proposals to the Executive Board.

2. Shall develop and execute all station off-air promotional activities with the appropriate department heads and the Business Manager.

3. Shall be responsible for getting station members who are not assigned to other departments involved in the activities of the promotions department.

4. Shall have a vote in Operations Board meetings, and in general staff meetings.

G. Personnel Director

1. Shall keep up to date information on all members of the station.

2. Shall keep an up to date list of all paid, Life, and Honorary Members.

3. Shall act as the executive secretary, and shall keep minutes of the operations and executive board and general staff meetings.

4. Shall act as department heads' secretary.

5. Shall actively work on making new station members feel welcome in the station and work on an internship program for these new members with the old members.

6. Shall have a vote in operations board meetings, and in general staff meetings.

A. In the case of the absence of all Executive Board members, the following chain of command goes into effect:

1. News director

2. Sports director

3. Production manager

4. Music director

5. Traffic director

6. Personnel director

Any and all decisions made by an officer, using the chain of command, are considered Executive Board decisions, and that person is responsible to the Executive Board for those decisions.

A. All station members are entitled to have a copy of these by-laws, and may not be denied so.

B. All new station members should be handed a copy of these by-laws upon completion of an application and payment of station dues.

C. Any full-time matriculated student in good standing of WCSU is considered eligible for membership in the organization.

[(c.) 2000 - 1983 revision]