Sources: Steve Smethers, 785-532-5286, smethers@k-state.edu;
and Dave MacFarland, 785-537-1505, dmac309@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Emily Vietti, 785-532-2535, evietti@k-state.edu

Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010

GREAT PLAINS 1xbet online casino HISTORY SYMPOSIUM COMES TO CAMPUS OCT. 22

MANHATTAN -- The Great Plains 1xbet online casino History Symposium invites participants to learn more about the history of Midwestern 1xbet online casino and its programming.

The fifth annual symposium begins at 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 22, in Room 212 at the K-State Student Union.

The panel discussion "Homemaking Programs: 1xbet online casino 's Recipe for Attracting Women Listeners" begins at 9 a.m. The panel includes Evelyn Birkby, historian and 1xbet online casino program host at KMA in Shenandoah, Iowa; Vernadell Yarrow, former 1xbet online casino program host from Clay Center; and Deanne Wright, professor emeritus, K-State Extension.

After the panel, papers on topics such as women in 1xbet online casino , collegiate sports 1xbet online casino , and specific stations and 1xbet online casino personalities will be presented. Presenters include Ralph Titus, K-State professor emeritus of extension communications, and individuals from several other universities, including the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Kansas, Wichita State University, Wartburg College and Oklahoma State University.

From 12:30-2 p.m. the symposium will break to honor Richard Ward Fatherley at a luncheon in the Landon Room at the Holiday Inn. Fatherley, who died in March 2010, was dedicated to preserving 1xbet online casino 's legacy, said Steve Smethers, K-State associate professor of journalism and mass communications.

Fatherley was a 1xbet online casino voice talent and producer who was entranced by 1xbet online casino at an early age, said Dave MacFarland, K-State associate professor emeritus of electronic media. Fatherley was a proponent of the hugely successful Top-40 1xbet online casino format, and he worked at two major Midwestern 1xbet online casino stations, both owned by the Storz family: WHB in Kansas City, Mo., and KXOK in St. Louis, Mo.

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Fatherley also was one of the originators of the Great Plains 1xbet online casino History Symposium, along with Smethers and MacFarland. He used his vast connections to the 1xbet online casino business to help get the symposium off the ground.

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The symposium is sponsored by the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications, the Huck Boyd Institute for Rural Development and the Huck Boyd National Center for Community Media.

To attend both the conference and the luncheon, please register by Friday, Oct.15. The conference is ; the luncheon costs an extra . If you wish to register only for the conference presentations, you may register in advance or at the door. Students will be admitted to any of the presentations at no charge. Register at: http://commerce.cashnet.com/KSUJMCWorkshop.