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Friends of KUSF Respond to CPRN and USF in Latest Phase of FCC Battle

Friends of KUSF Respond to CPRN and USF in Latest Phase of FCC Battle

Lawyers and wordsmiths on both sides of the fight over KUSF 90.3 FM have put pen to paper, filing lengthy documents supporting their positions to either defend the purchase of KUSF by Classical Public Radio Network (CPRN), or to cast doubt on the propriety of a formerly commercial service being broadcast over a non-commercial educational […]

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Spring Hill College to Sell WHIL to University of Alabama

Spring Hill College to Sell WHIL to University of Alabama

In a familiar-sounding tale, University of Alabama is in talks to purchase public radio station WHIL from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama for $1.1 million. WHIL currently airs a public radio format, mainly comprised of classical music programming and syndicated NPR shows like “Weekend Edition” and “All Things Considered.” It is expected that the […]

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Classical Public Radio Network's South Bay Expansion Plans

Classical Public Radio Network’s South Bay Expansion Plans

Amid all of the changes taking place after the January 18 announcement that University of San Francisco’s college radio station KUSF would be sold to Classical Public Radio Network, was commercial classical radio station KDFC‘s move (on January 24) to KUSF’s frequency of 90.3 FM. KDFC’s owner, Entercom, opted to hand its station’s brand and […]

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Unusual turnabout: Connecticut commercial station flips to public

Unusual turnabout: Connecticut commercial station flips to public

At least it’s not just college stations going the public radio route. In an unusual turnabout the commercial adult contemporary station WQQQ in Sharon, CT is flipping formats to pick up news, talk and classical music programming from public station WSHU based at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. WQQQ, which went on air in […]

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Huge Outpouring of Support for KUSF at Meeting Regarding its Future

Huge Outpouring of Support for KUSF at Meeting Regarding its Future

Last night KUSF DJs, staff members, alumni and listeners (including students, University of San Francisco faculty, and DJs from other local college radio stations) came out to University of San Francisco in an attempt to get some answers from USF about the sudden shut-down of the college radio station on Tuesday at 10am during DJ […]

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KTRU Supporters Make Another Appeal to the FCC to Save College Radio at Rice University

KTRU Supporters Make Another Appeal to the FCC to Save College Radio at Rice University

With the FCC’s 30-day comment window now closed, the decision on whether or not to grant University of Houston its request to purchase Rice University’s student radio station KTRU is in the hands of the FCC. The group Friends of KTRU submitted an extensive “Petition to Deny” to the FCC on December 7, outlining all […]

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