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But ok, let’s kill a five-decade shining star in radio — one paid by general fund money and donors; that fed the rock radio revolution in Cleveland and was a pilgrim of online streaming?
Make it make sense.
CSU didn’t care to know what they had and Ideastream bilked them for it — in exchange for radio ads and a board seat!
Worst trade since the ol’ Cleveland Indians days, when they’d trade all-star players for cash and “players to be named later.”
And so very on-brand for them both.
To have jazz music — a quintessentially Black American art form — being used to silence marginalized community voices is “next-level terrible,” a slap on the face.
Especially when you consider that the jazz musicians making it had trouble finding clubs to play and were once persecuted (and much worse!) just to be heard?
You mean to tell us that NO ONE thought about the optics of THAT before they made their decision? That would have been the very FIRST thing to ask all the parties involved in the room:
“Uh. You SURE about this?”
There aren’t enough hair shirts for the two marquee “urban institutions” involved.
And these are highly educated leaders?
Sure. But they’re not FROM here, or they would have pulled the emergency brake on this harebrained idea before it ever got out of committee. Now. Give back WCSB.
My name is Jarett Theberge and I'm writing to implore city council to support resolution 1324-2025 and restore 89.7 WCSB back to it's student run programming.
As a former college radio host for Black Squirrel Radio at Kent State, I can confidently say that being a part of college radio was not only the best thing I did in college, but also paid dividends for my professional development. As a content creator and professional communicator, college radio gave me the confidence to find my voice and audience. Additionally, college radio provides a platform for unbridled creativity and diversity in programming.
But since Ideastream took over the frequency, we are all left without these voices. A true sense of community and tradition up-rooted for the sake of a single genre of music. I worry that future students and community members will never have the opportunity to enjoy the gift that is being involved in college radio the way it was meant to be. Avant garde. Informative. Eclectic.
Since I was in high school, tuning into WCSB at any given time of day allowed me to discover new genres of music and voices from the community that wouldn't have otherwise. A true stream of ideas, if you will.
I would like to thank my councilman, Kris Harsh, for supporting this measure and once again implore the rest of council to do the same for the students and the community.
Thank you,
Jarett Theberge
WCSB showcases diverse views and tastes. It will be a tragic loss and waste of a wonderful, unique local resource to hand it over to the bland entity IdeaStream, which is already widely available. We have so much to lose on this sudden move and very little to gain. PLEASE, do not allow Cleveland to suffer this loss.
Thank you.
Merrit Keeper
Additionally, a podcast (as the administration had suggested) is not an FCC regulated station and would not provide the same learning experience for students who have successfully ran the station for what would have been half a century this coming May. Thank you for your consideration.