-= NMSU PANORAMA - Summer 2005 =- Letters

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Readers enjoy stories on journalism grads:

William (Bill) Bonner '52
San Diego, California

The focus on journalism in the latest issue of Panorama is very interesting, especially to an engineer who attended New Mexico State (NM A&M) when there was probably not truly a major in journalism. I found the great progress interesting and inspiring.

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Sandy Graham '73
Columbine Valley, Colorado

The new Panorama looks great - photography, graphics, color - all good!

Just a minor bone to pick about this issue: The cover story seemed a little heavy on broadcast folks. I would have enjoyed reading about more print journalism and photography grads. David Lyons, Kevin Barry, Chazz Barclay, Barbara Kerr Page, Jean Tracy, David Roybal all come to mind - I could make a much longer list of people from around my graduation year and I'm sure there are many print/photo people from the decades following.

Otherwise, it was terrific to see an issue dedicated to my major and learn more about what's happening in the mass communications field at NMSU today.

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John E. Sweo '78
Lakewood, Ohio

I, too, want to extend praises for the new format of Panorama. The paper stock, the graphics, the articles. simply everything.

I also want to tell you how much I enjoyed the article "On the Air" (Winter 2004). It was nice to read about the 40th anniversary of KRWG-FM. I spent several nights doing a show called "Under the Rug," perhaps the only unclassical show on the station. I put the station to bed signing it off after my gig. I got my own underwriting from the K-Mart store #3058 in Las Cruces. My format was top 40 rock. I had a blast and was encouraged by two staffers at the time, John Athey and Fred Dabney. Fred was my engineering guru if I wanted to do any production work down the hall in the production studio. I miss the "glamour and glitz" of my short radio career.but I would not trade it for anything. Some of the best times of my life were spent on the campus of NMSU as I earned my BIS and some graduate hours.

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Denise LaFrance '03
El Paso, Texas

Just wanted to say I love getting the Panorama magazine and keeping up to date on the wonderful journalism program that NMSU has to offer.

Plus, seeing this magazine take off makes me that much more proud to be part of alumni and now a student again! I'm working at NewsChannel 9 (NBC) in El Paso as a reporter and back-up anchor. I wouldn't have been given such a great opportunity (especially in my hometown) without the experience I received at NMSU. Good luck to those awesome instructors I had and those still in school and I love reading about the wonderful things happening.

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Larry Crouse '60
Hendersonville, North Carolina

Thanks to Julie Hughes for the article "On the Air" (Winter 2004). This article brought back some fond memories. In fact, I think one of the photos (fourth from the left on the bottom row of pages 8-9) might well have been a shot of me. I was a part-time DJ on the old KNMA in the 1957-58 time frame. Dick Lemmon and I shared an evening time slot one or two days a week.

I can still remember my worst moment on the air when I botched Les Baxter's name (you can probably figure out how it came out). Only got one or two calls so I guess it wasn't a total disaster.

Thanks for the memory!

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Dayne (Hilford) Webb
Reno, Nevada

Your winter edition of Panorama is beautiful. And the article, "On the Air," brought back memories. I went to New Mexico State for two years (1948-50) and worked in the Housing Department on campus from 1950-51 before transferring to Stanford to get a degree in radio-TV. New Mexico State had a fine journalism department in those years, but my interest was in broadcast production, not journalism. After college I worked for KPIX, the CBS television affiliate in San Francisco, and from 1971-89 my husband and I owned and operated radio stations in Susanville, California. We sold them and are now happily retired.

It was either in the spring of 1950 or spring of 1951 that KNMA, the closed circuit station, started. I was a morning DJ on the station and shared the microphone with a fellow student whose name I've forgotten. He loved western music and I loved big band. We had great fun bantering about which music was best and we each played our favorites.

It was great to read about NMSU's television station and stereo FM station and wonderful to read about the students' successes. Congratulations to all!

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Ed Tsyitee Jr. '93
Midlothian, Virginia

I got my Winter '04 edition - I was extremely impressed by the magazine style. It looks professional and high class. Excellent job everyone!!! And as always - GO AGGIES!!!

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