Comments on: Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio?

By: chalkman

chalkman — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:32:45 +0000

this leaves KFJC and KALX as the last bastions of college radio in the Bay Area

By: Cranky Old Mission Guy

Cranky Old Mission Guy — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:27:59 +0000

You’re right, of course. I was using the hyperbolic over-statement as an ironic cultural reference to the days when The Clash were referred to in advertising as “The Only Band That Matters”. The Clash were important, but you should “take only as directed”, which is to say, NOT LITERALLY.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:17:10 +0000

Agreed, WFMU is a good station. But it’s not something that’s local, that have DJ’s who work and live in the bay area and play and interview local artists. I’ve sent the emails, signed the petitions, done what I can from my laptop.

Not to be crass, but money and an organized community effort is what is needed to get KUSF back on the dial. I’ll stay tuned through the FB page and Archives site and pitch in where I can and try and keep my cynical side in check.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:27:01 +0000

I think it is making a huge, and unspportable, logical leap to go from “This is a station that matters.” to “This is the only station that matters.”

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:23:47 +0000

And WFMU nets a nearly $600,000 2-week annual fundraiser. That’s what you get, partially form being world-renowned, but also for being in a market like NYC.

Coming from the background of KDVS, we raised nearly $70k during our best annual fundraiser…. this is a station that broadcasts in DAVIS, and half of Sacramento. KUSF, if the Uni had ever allowed them to raise their own funds, could have easily topped this, simple from the bay area market. So when Privett says the station wasn’t supporting itself, that could have been easily solved—- while giving students the education of running a fund drive, nothing to scoff at.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 06:44:05 +0000

I fully support any action that can be taken to keep KUSF alive, even in an online format. I have been an avid listener for the four years that I’ve lived in the Bay area and was devastated when the signal cut out on Tuesday. The station is an amazing resource local music and businesses, as well and just plain weird, wonderful music that you can not hear anywhere on the radio, whether along the dial or the world wide web. Thanks to the people who created the station long before I found it and have kept it going strong. None of us deserved to be dumped without explanation! The past few mornings at work without my punk rock and noise have been difficult- KUSF, I’ll miss you!

By: David

David — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:15:05 +0000

To say it’s an incredible longshot is probably an understatement, but this is about the only thing left to do. Inundate ‘em!

http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm

Also, @ CrankyOldMissionGuy, USF’s prez was asked last night about why he didn’t give the community the chance to buy the station (and basically create another WFMU model), and at one point he said something to the effect of “nobody asked.”

But at the same time he said he couldn’t tell anyone about the impending sale because of non-disclosure agreements. He was supremely slimy, and hid his obvious personal distaste for KUSF behind weak bureaucratic arguments. Banality of evil style shit.

By: stereo steve

stereo steve — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:47:27 +0000

kusf-archives.com is still up and running. check it for news reports, updates on ways to get involved, and streamable shows from the recent past

By: Cranky Old Mission Guy

Cranky Old Mission Guy — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:04:11 +0000

I don't want to denigrate Joshua's thoughts about KUSF, because the station clearly meant a lot to him and his community, so I'll keep my first reaction to this thing brief: Now, more than ever, the only radio station that matters is WFMU, in New Jersey. It was also once owned by a religious college, but when the school went bankrupt, the people who were most dedicated to the radio station formed a non-profit organization and bought the station license. The station survives today with no school money, no business grants, and no corporate funding -- it is entirely listener-sponsored (I'm one), with two broadcast signals and a huge internet archive of shows. It's too late for KUSF to go that way, but there's still a lot of potential in internet radio -- WFMU is listened to all over the world.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:32:36 +0000

Sadly, I think the station is finished. Non-students will not be allowed to participate in the online format, and from the Q&A session last night with USF Prez, there appears to be no commitment on how much funding would be provided to the new ‘online’ KUSF.

“Don’t worry kids, we’ll put you on Internet radio! It sounded like the wave of the future ten years ago, but we figured out it’s the nicest way to shove you into a dark closet!”

By: Ariel Dovas

Ariel Dovas — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:25:50 +0000

Talk hard!!