KUSF 90.3 in San Francisco,CA went off the air on Tuesday, and will be flipping to Classical, as KDFC 102.1 goes non-comm. KUSF will come back soon as an online only station at KUSF.org
Hawkeye said:I think a potentially more secure strategy that should be explored is moving the license under the student government if you want to put up some barriers to a sale off.
aaronread said:I've been opining on the CBI listserv that these days the only real protection a college-owned student radio station has is to become fiscally self-sufficient.
the only real protection a college-owned student radio station has is to become fiscally self-sufficient.
That's a big part of it, but I also suggest that the students need to play the political game with the University. (snip) The third factor is the amount of non-student involvement.
aaronread said:It's not impossible to balance the three goals of fiscal self-sufficiency, strong student involvement, and mastering internal collegiate politics...but it's pretty damn hard. And it inevitably means shifting levels of sacrifices will constantly be made on some or all fronts.
aaronread said:The FCC explicitly does not allow students to be the majority of the governing board of whatever entity holds a broadcast license. The inherent turnover is considered too great for their be to continued responsibility over the course of a seven year (eight year?) license period.
Not necessarily - at Vanderbilt Student Communications (WRVU), students hold five of the eight seats on the organization's board of directors, and are listed as station ownership through the FCC.
aaronread said:Kinda makes one wonder why the people who left decided to leave?
aaronread said:Honestly, I'm confused. I've been told, more than once and by broadcast attorneys, that the FCC doesn't allow students to be owners. Students can be on the board that comprises the owners...which makes sense as many colleges/universities will have a handful of "student Trustees" on the overal Board of Trustees, and usually those Trustees are the owners. But students couldn't hold the majority.
And it really does perplex me that a student-controlled entity would voluntarily sell its license. Usually the reverse is the case.
It certainly puts the last Transfer of Control application to the FCC in an interesting light...it was granted right before the announcements that VSC was exploring a sale of WRVU. Kinda makes one wonder why the people who left decided to leave?
TheBigA said:Perhaps the normal graduation cycle of students? Or it was as a result of the housecleaning of non-students that took place earlier in the year.