A new radio show on campus aims to air the minority voice to the MSU community.

The minority program, which is part of Impact's Exposure, was on the air for the second time at 7 p.m. Tuesday, and it airs once a month on campus radio station WDBM (88.9-FM).

Telecommunication sophomore Aman Sidhu, who is helping to co-host the show, said the radio is an opportunity for students to be heard - and not just minority students.

"It's so much of a variety," she said. "It's not supposed to be targeting anything too specific."

The first few shows are aimed at introducing the Council of Racial Ethnic Students, but the show will expand in the future, Sidhu said.

"We wanted to start with something kind of big," she said. "There's so much more minority stuff on campus."

Tuesday's show included the Asian Pacific American Student Organization and Black Student Alliance.

They discussed the purpose of the organization, upcoming events and issues.

"It's going pretty well," Sidhu said. "We still have a lot to work on. We're just young and still learning the ropes."

MSU 2002 graduate Anthony Howard said the show was created with hopes of giving students an outlet to learn promotional techniques and the logistics of running radio programs.

"It's basically an educational tool to expose students to another form of radio," he said.

Howard helped communication Professor Lawrence Redd start the program at the beginning of the semester.

Redd said he was approached by Impact's professional manager and was asked to do a permanent show after hosting an interview. He agreed to convert the show to a student-run format.

Howard and Redd recruited students to help run the show through mass e-mails and class presentations.

"Anthony was a good promoter," Redd said.

Redd, who has an extensive background in radio, said students were receptive to the idea, and he was proud of their accomplishments.

"I was confident they could do a good job," he said.

Telecommunication sophomore Geoffrey Nail, another co-host for the show, said student interest in the show was evident through the number of callers.

"We had quite a few good callers," he said. "They all had really good questions."