RPM now has a new meaning other than revolutions per minute. The Renegade Production and Multimedia is a program trying to be constructed by communication major Stefan Lambert.
According to Lambert, the program that he wants to start will consist of a radio station as well as a broadcast for Channel 23 on the weekends.
Lambert said he wants to create this program because he feels that there is a student interest at BC in the multi-media production, and there are many multi-media production jobs available.
Adviser Karen Shah said that Lambert has had the idea and has been trying to get it started for the past three years, but it has “taken awhile for the idea to be processed.” Shah said that the students trying to start the program have “real passion and motivation,” and she feels that the project will benefit the college community at large.
Lambert said that he would have liked for the program to be up and going, however, something else is constantly needed.
“We want to extend a special invitation to any students who are only limited to the online classes; these are the people who can’t come on campus. That’s our hold up,” he said.
Lambert has gone through the process of applying for a club, which includes filling out the club activation and operation summary.
In the past there was a radio station at BC, but according to Nan Gomez-Heitzeberg of the office of academic affairs, due to a “dwindling lack of interest, and the fact that it was no longer economically viable,” they closed the program in 1998.
Dean of Instruction Patti Ross has doubts about being able to start the radio station again. She said that the very first thing that would need to be done is to contact her, which Lambert so far has not done. Secondly, one would need to prove that there is “a feasibility in the community and a funding source to cover equipment costs.”
Also, she would have to see if it was cost effective with a steady budget stream and just how many students were interested.
“Even if we had 50 students, that’s a relatively small number for this type of program. I don’t think that interest or budget has changed that much since we closed it.”
Right now there are only 11 students signed up. However, if anyone is interested, they can go to rpmclub.info for more information.