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Date: 25 MAR 1995 07:36:33 GMT
From: "b.e. hannigan" <hannigan@julian.uwo.ca>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.noncomm
Subject: CBC Radio investigation into future of campus/community radio


For all readers living within range of CBC Radio, I highly recommend a
landmark investigation into the current politics and direction of
campus/community radio. The fifteen minute piece was prepared by reporter
Rachel Cave and will air at 6:30 p.m. this Sunday on the media show Now
the Details on CBC Radio.

Rachel travelled to London, Ontario (approx. halfway between Windsor and
Toronto) where management at Radio Western (CHRW 94.7 FM) has employed
various strong arm tactics to suppress all dissenting opinions by
longtime volunteers who were prevented from participating democratically
in the operations and future direction of this 50,000 watt campus/community
station. Exemplary programs of classical music, original drama,jazz, hip
hop etc. were eliminated and at least 25 volunteers were banned from the
station for life.

All of these actions are symptomatic of a Fascist small c conservative
ideology that has monopolized student politics at this University and
turned campus radio into an appendage of the prevailing "music industry".
The potential for creative, thoughtful, yet at the same time professional
programming is at risk.

I urge everyone who genuinely loves campus/community radio to tune into
CBC Radio on Sunday evening and make up his/her own mind on this very
critical issue in the complex politics of alternative radio.
I'd love to hear from anyone in a similar predicament, especially anyone
who knows what is happening with CURSE out in Seattle.
                                 Regards,
                                 Brian