Dinner for Two at Moonraker

New policies have been implemented at radio station WSND in response to the controversy arising from last September’s broadcast of the “ Radio Free Notre Dame ” program. WSND’s general manager Jim O’Brien worked with the ad m in is tra tio n to insure that a repeat of this incident could not occur. “ Things are working out well now and relations with the administration couldn’t be too much better,” O’Brien said. Last September, a “ Radio Free Notre Dame" program topic, “ Sex at Notre Dame,” received complaints about the way the program was being conducted on the air. In response to the complaints, Dean of S tu d en ts , Ja m e s Roemer, ordered O’Brien to draw up a plan of action against the occurrence. WSND su b m itted eigh t proposals to Roemer: --Cancel “ Radio Free Notre Dame” Tape delay all future talk shows aired over the station. --Restrict the two regular station employees involved in the “ Sex at Notre Dame” program from appearing on any future talk shows at WSND. -C u t in half the air time of the two employees involved. -P lace the same two employ­ ees on probation for a period of one year. -B an the appearance of last year’s host, who took part in the “ Sex at Notre Dame ” program from any future WSND broad­ casts. -Forbid the appearance of the two “ guests ”, non-station employees, from ever again appearing on a WSND broad­ cast. -Develop and implement a station policy, based on Federal Communications Commission guidelines, regarding offensive program content. According to O’Brien, WSND has followed up on their pro­ posals. “ W e’ve cancelled the ‘Radio F ree N otre D am e’ program ,” O’Brien said, “ and it was replaced by ‘Talk it Up’ a new WSND program as of last October 8.) ‘Talk it U p’ ad d resses m ore re lev an t campus issues and it has a better reputation because we have a very good person handling it.’ WSND’s new program has covered such topics as nuclear pow er and the overseas