Campus radio stations are tempting targets for purchase by outside interests

By DANIEL REIMOLD

V49N1 -- KUSF Funeral — KUSF "Funeral" observed on campus (Photo by Jennifer Waits)

In late January, at a small makeshift cemetery, a young woman dressed in black rested flowers in the grass in front of a radio station’s headstone. Near the top, the gray grave marker sported the acronym R.I.P. The identity of the deceased appeared underneath, spelled out sloppily in red paint: KUSF 90.3 FM.

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On the auction block: College radio sales and transfers

College radio stations across the U.S. at both public and private universities have been sold, are under consideration for sale or have been transferred from student stations to non-student operation. Here is a list. Continue reading “On the auction block: College radio sales and transfers”