KUSF Sale Going to FCC Hearing?

[uncamark]

First USF and Classical Public Radio Network responded to the FCC's inquiry letter, with perhaps some omissions and contradictory information about the station's current operation (as the branded KDFC):

http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2011/0...usf-and-cprn-response-to-fccs-inquiry-letter/

And now attorneys for the "Friends of KUSF" group have filed with the FCC for an oral evidentiary hearing, obviously feeling that they have found technicalities that could void USF's sale to CPRN:

http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2011/08/12/lawyers-for-friends-of-kusf-ask-fcc-for-evidentiary-hearing/

Of course, I must point out that Radio Survivor's strongly on the side of the former KUSF staffers, as evidenced by the ad for the "KUSF in Exile" stream at the top of the page.

 

[DavidKaye]

http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2011/0...usf-and-cprn-response-to-fccs-inquiry-letter/

"On November 29, 2010 a letter from the Metropolitan Opera to KUSF General Manager Steve Runyon stated, “This is to confirm the Metropolitan Opera’s agreement that if, during the course of the 2010-2011 Broadcast Season, KUSF-FM is sold by the University of San Francisco…the Met will permit the station not to broadcast whatever opera Programs remain in the Season. In other words, you may terminate the contract with the Met dated December 2010 at any time during the season without penalty.”

So, Steve Runyon, manager of KUSF KNEW that KUSF was being sold and did nothing about it. He'd also failed to install the free Arbitron PPM generating equipment in the past, which would have showed conclusively how much audience KUSF was actually getting. It sounds like the real villain in this mess may be Steve Runyon, who could have assembled a group of people early on to go to USF with an offer to buy KUSF.