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Council welcomes public comment before regular council meetings. Fill out the online form below for your chance to make a public comment at the next regular Monday Council meeting.  Please read the revised rules and procedures. 

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Ideastream takeover of WCSB
I am very disappointed by the takeover of WCSB by Ideastream/JazzNEO, especially the way it was handled. The students and listeners deserved to weigh in on the discussion before the station was so unceremoniously taken off the air. I hope this issue will be discussed further. Thank you.
Carrie Lee Handelman
WCSB
As a Cleveland state student I felt empowered by not only the station but the entire community of Cleveland and beyond that support WCSB. I loved being a student DJ at WCSB I finally felt like I could play music that interested me without fear of judgement or embarrassment for liking different music. WCSB was home away from home for me
Brock Runner
Give WCSB 89.3 FM back to the students
If Ideastream wanted to offer internships and learning opportunities to students, there was nothing preventing them from doing so before they took over the student-run radio station WCSB. This is a smoke screen to cover for an erosion of free speech. Laura Bloomberg and Kevin Martin are bending the knee towards our increasingly authoritarian government by censoring the public's ability to access engaging content made by and for real people. WCSB had listeners all over the world, driven by the diversity and uniqueness of its content. The new format offers none of this. There are countless bland jazz stations already in existence. There was only one WCSB. As a CSU alumni I am appalled by this decision.
Stephen
WCSB
I’m commenting on the recent takeover of WCSB as an avid listener and fan of college radio. I’ve lived all over the country and seek local college radio stations to listen to everywhere I move. They offer brilliant and diverse local perspectives from students and introduce me to new music and events I wouldn’t otherwise know about. I live in Akron and work in Cleveland. I listen to WCSB almost every day. While I like jazz, I love college radio more. Please reinstate WCSB with its original programs, lead by students. Thank you for your consideration.
Jacqueline Vail
WCSB
Please return 89.3 FM to its former programming. The community is heartbroken over the loss of our favorite radio station.
John Grogan
WCSB termination
I’m appalled at the sudden termination of WCSB in the format we’ve grown to love & follow. I knew individuals that have devoted years & passion contributing to its format as the voice of their generation personally. It has networked into relationships with individuals that have spawned artistic collaborations in bands & other business associations for years. Certainly, this is something worth preserving for others moving forward. Long live WCSB.
Kenneth Morris
WCSB
WCSB 89.3 must be returned to the students. It is a community jewel and must be preserved. CSU and NPR were in the wrong on this one.
Jon Mack
Ideastream shutting down WCSB
Ideastream has taken a real treasure from our community and they did it in a sneaky and underhanded way with no input from alumni, students or the public. I'm pretty heartbroken about the loss. It really was a unique and special Cleveland thing with a deep history in the scene for what would've been 50 vibrant years. The city is worse off for the loss and an institution like that won't be replaced by anything like it. I really feel for all the musicians, djs and listeners. Please help keep fighting for transparency about what happened and what was taken from the city.
Graham Fox
Ideastream takeover of WCSB
A beloved community and cultural asset, student run WCSB, was recently obliterated by a murky partnership between Ideastream and CSU. I am a strong believer in the importance of a free press and public voices in a fully functioning democracy. The silencing of a community voice that served many cultural audiences is highly problematic. Put simply, WCSB was one of the many things that makes Cleveland interesting. If the City of Cleveland has supported Ideastream and CSU politically and financially, I ask Cleveland City Council to focus on the negative impact of a 49 year-old community and cultural institution being erased from Cleveland's airwaves.
Jim Ridge
WCSB/Ideastream
I would like to highlight what a terrible shame it was to close WCSB and transfer the station over to Jazz NEO.

I've lived in Cleveland for right around 8 years now, and I have always told people one of my top three favorite thigns here is our great local college radio stations and ;eading the way for almost 50 years has been WCSB. Any hour of the day there was something intersteing to hear, including many genres of music, movie scores, and even some world music. Additionally, WCSB was incredibily important to our local music scene. It gave increased access and promotion for many of our local bands and musicians, while also hosting some great events that really brought the community together.

The switch to a pre-programmed 24/7 jazz station is such a shame. Even though they may have some "paid internship" opportunities for CSU sturdents, the real world and diversese experience WCSB brought can never be reaplaced.

I don't know what caused this transfer to happen, but I feel like there was some behind the scenes dealings that we are owed and explanation for. The president of ideastream and CSU both are non-Clevlanders, and I feel like this new "partnership" is just a big checkmark for both their resumes when they no doubt lease Cleveland in the near future for "bigger opporrtunites," leaving the our city and our music scene worse off.
Jamie Kennedy