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  • ' with forecasting the weather, there are no __ guarantees. Cloud. cover and. ample rainfall a in the weeks ,ahead could mute the color show, Mathews said. : Anyone remembering the last two years may have noticed a shortage of brilliant red ee eaves in our area, which could be blamed on. _ tions website, they were forced to go off the Oa tarticane Ween alee can be Hand Go air due to a decline in revenue. The stations predict as far as bringing rain to the moun- tains, but if we see cool and sunny weather, - advertisers in Jackson County, but due to the : Bie businesses have not been advertis- we can expect nice red color to develop this ten 6 : ing as much. THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN SERVING THE CULLOWHEE AREA SINCE Volume 77, Issue 11 Visit us at www.westerncarolinian.com 29:33 WCUs fall foliage forecaster predicts excellent colors in WNC mountains FromStaf Reports The annual prediction from Kathy Mathews, this year. Thats because Mathews is calling for an excellent fall color show, thanks in large part to weather conditions over the spring and summer. 2011 should prove to be an excellent year for fall color, said Mathews, WCU as- sociate professor of biology specializing in plant systematics. While heavy spring rain is generally not a good sign for fall color, records indicate that rainfall was slightly | below normal for March, average for April and May, and slightly below normal for June and July, as gardeners struggled to keep their | crops watered, she. said. These conditions _ actually are promising for good development of leaf color in September and October. In addition, mid-August brought a respite | from the hot temperatures of June and July, | f another good sign of vibrant leaf color dur- ing autumn, she said. Mathews believes that the formation of higher levels of yellow, orange and red pig- ments in the leaves seems to correlate with ) Western Carolina Universitys fearless fall foliage forecaster, should make chamber of commerce officials across the Western North Carolina mountains happy WCU's finances OK despite negative outlook Read more on Page A-2 dry weather throughout the year. The drier . the climate, the more brilliant the de leaves ne tend to be, she said. % Ot course, when it comes to forecasting - brancy of the fall color season, just as cloudy weathet and rain during the fall, she year. Cooler temperatures of autumn contrib- ute to the decomposition of chlorophyll, the with tite coll ie heron WIMSi (Wwondertu) Ma: chemical that gives leaves their green color ue Swain, Jackson} over the dABOLAM tre- in spring and summer, As chlorophyll breaks quency. The call letters were changed after the down, yellow pigments always present in owners son at the time, Ronnie G. Childress, the leaves, but masked by the green of chlo- _ Was electrocuted in the 1970s while working rophyll are revealed, and new red pigments ona station transmitter. At the time of closure, _ the station employed three part-time and two are produced. ' Depending upon the timing of the first frost, the peak of fall color should arrive dur- ee a ing the second week of October in the higher made it impossible for us to secure the local - elevations, and during the third week of Oc- | . tober in the mid-elevations, Mathews said. Early November can bring surprising bursts of color, too, particularly between di oa Tack: C 2,500 and 3,000 feet as the oaks peak out in BUGIS RE ae es HATER #BEESOn . CORY oranges and reds while other trees colors are ; : ; : : lingering, she said. Those planning leaf- the station must discontinue operations until peeping vacations should have a fairly broad - window of time in which to choose for view- ing excellent color change in the mountains mitter site lease is set to renew at the end of _ 2011, we did not feel it was prudent to commit The color change dhowla begin at the any more of our company resource to subsi- higher mountain elevations in late Septem- dize the stations operation, ' ber and continue through mid-November in | ; _ station may be off air, only that the stations : ' long term plans are not decided, but we have Took for the earliest color change to ~~ * rae a s _ notified the Federal Communications Com- which both turn red, as well as the tulip | mission (FCC) to go off air until a decision poplars, which become yellow but tend to turn brown early, Mathews said. Colorful | : maples, with hues of red, orange and yellow, station can stay offline for up to a year and still and birches, which turn yellow, bring us into _ the peak period. Finally, oaks turn orange this year. the lower levels of WNC. take place on the sourwoods and dogwoods, in the season. Sweet birches and tulip poplars already occurrence for this time.of year, she said. Over the month of September, the color - _change should continue and spread. Expect buckeyes to give pops of orange early, as : well, Maples will add more yellow, oranges and reds as they gradually change in late September, and sourwoods should turn a- beautiful, deep red, Mathews said. Tedon Conte s ony coriiteretal felie 2 - station, WRGC 680 AM, went to static on According to a statement on the radio sta main source of income came primarily from The. station began broadcasting. in 1957 full-time employees. This incredibly difficult economy has advertising support needed to continue pro- _ viding Jackson County a full service commu- nity radio station, the statement said. While WRGC has successfully maintained a large and adjacent areas, it has become clear that the economy improves. With these uncertain times and the fact that our studio/office/trans- The statement does not say how ious the is made. According to FCC rules and guidelines, a keep their broadcast license. Douglas M. Sutton, President and CEO of - Georgia-Carolina Radiocasting, who owns t | h 3 Bae ted: to round out sig Thtey COmdy omerae _ WRGC, said Western Carolina University and Subscribe Today! | are starting to turn yellow in the mid+eleva- tions around Cullowhee, which is a normal NAME: se" ~ADDRESS: Seer, CITY: SSS =< STATE: PHONE: - Before They Were Educators - Gabe Nucci ~ Read more on Page A-6 Salcoues County | adic | Southwestern Community College were the major advertisers for WRGC, but both institu- tions have recently experienced severe budget cuts and have not advertised as much. The loss of two of the three areas new car dealers, a couple large hardware stores and lumber yard also hurt, he said. All of these were major advertisers on the station and we simply didnt have the manpower to replace that lost income. The loss of revenue in Jack- son County, 40% since the stations peak in 2008, was the most severe in our group of sta- tions. For instance in nearby Franklin, where we operate two radio stations, our revenues have actually increased 10 percent since 2008. Reflecting upon the history of WRGC, Sutton highlighted the bond the station had formed with WCU. WRGC and Western Carolina University have a long history together dating back to when the station began in 1957, Sutton said. Tn fact, the station changed frequency from 1480 to 680 in 1970 so it could add nighttime service and air WCU and local high school sports. The station actually originated the Western Carolina University Sports Network in the 1960s long before he the univer- sitys station, was on the air. Many WCU students and Pan are feel- ing the loss of station. Bob Byerly, supervisor at Einsteins Ba- gels, lives in Jackson County and says he will miss listening to the tradeo as an advertising outlet and swap shop for the community. For others, the radio stations shut down highlights the countrys poor economic cli- mate and forces them to reflect on the adjust- ments the local community has had to make. ZIP: , September 16th, 2011 Where does the money go? A look at Parking Services Read more on Page B-1 Sylvas commercial radio station goes off air PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LIARS BENCH wae TE i Western Carolina University alumni and WRGC News Director John Gurtler left interviews Sylv siomieler as Carden this summer about a performance h he The Liars Ben ch at WCU. : Susan Abram, a professor at WCU, does not feel as though she will be affected ona per- - sonal level, but is a firm believer in the local presence of businesses. While acknowledg- ing the corporate decision to shutter WRGC, Abram laments the loss and will miss the local information the station provided to the com- munity. Even though many WCU members sym- pathize with the station, Don Connelly, faculty advisor for WCUs radio station (WWCU), thinks the closure is not all negative. While Connelly feels it is sad to lose something thats been a fixture of the community, he also sees a possibility for growth within WWCU. WRGC and WWCU were not compet- ing for listeners, but there isa chance WWCU ~ could pick up some listeners, providing the WWCU crew an opportunity to improve the product they broadcast across the county, Connelly said. . Though the radio station has officially gone off the air, Sutton said the corporations hope is that a local person in Sylva will buy the sta- tion. We would prefer selling the station to.a local person in Sylva, but if that doesnt oc- cur, we will move the frequency to another location where we think we might be more successful in developing enough revenue to support the operation, Sutton said. WRGC - leaving the air is and would be a big loss for the entire local community. We deeply regret it happened, but with this economic climate, we had no choice. A radio station is not a charity, he added. Yes, it provides a tremendous amount of pub- lic service to the area, but all of that has to be paid for. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $30 for North Carolina addresses $45 for other addresses MAIL PAYMENT TO The Western Carolinian PO Box 66, Cullowhee NC 28723 Join the Conversation: Twitter: @WCUsNewspaper Facebook: www.facebook.com/wcunews Website: www.westerncarolinian.com
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