Rock Foes Lose; Board Overruled

More than 50 members of WHRB jammed a meeting in the radio station's Memorial Hall offices last night and overwhelmingly voted to overrule a recent veto by the station's administrative board against increased rock music programming.

An informal boycott of the meeting, undertaken by members sympathetic to the station's current emphasis on classical music, failed to prevent a quorum.

Charles A. Perkins '73--the former station manager who resigned this fall in protest over the administrative board's refusal to allow more rock music--said last night that a motion to restore his original programming changes had passed "almost unanimously."

The new scheduling will go into effect Monday, WHRB president Wes Fach '72 said last night.

Fach, who chaired last night's meeting, said that the staff's action was "highly unusual" but probably not unprecedented. "It's unrealistic to say everybody's happy (about last night's action)," he said, "but I don't think there are any personal hard feelings."

Last night's meeting follows nearly three weeks of controversy that has divided WHRB's general membership and prompted substantial turnover in the station's upper echelons.

Perkins--who was elected station manager with the understanding that WHRB would attempt more community, related programming and increased time for rock music--resigned along with programming director Michael Gruber '72 who shared his views, creating two high level vacancies.

Last night's meeting--which was organized by Perkins and his supporters--came close to not succeeding. When quorum was first taken at 8 p.m. it was five members short.

Fach adjourned the meeting for one hour, and the needed number turned up.