Where KRVS Began
This file appears in: KRVS: Radio Voice of Southwestern
A picture of the original Burke Hall taken in the 1940s.
This file appears in: KRVS: Radio Voice of Southwestern
KRVS: Radio Voice of Southwestern – When College Radio Came to Lafayette
In 1940, the Fine Arts building of the Southwestern Louisiana Institute (S.L.I.), Burke Hall, had an “ill-equipped radio facility” maintained by various speech departments (1). During this time, KVOL acted almost as a radio station for S.L.I. and…