Rice University is in the process of selling its student-run radio station for nearly $10 million, drawing protests from students and listeners. … No one at the station was told about the sale until 12 hours before the University of Houston Board of Regents voted to approve it, said Program Director Joey Yang.
Archive for September, 2010
Student Press Law Center: Surprise sale of Rice Univ. radio station angers students
Live on-air roundtable discussion Saturday 9/4 8PM, 91.7fm and ktru.org
Attention KTRU supporters! On Saturday, September 4, 2010, at 8PM, KTRU will be hosting a live, on-air (91.7 FM) roundtable discussion about the potential sale of the station to the University of Houston.
Participants in the roundtable will include KTRU station management, KTRU alumni, KTRU community DJs, and others working to keep KTRU on the air! Topics will include an update on the status of our efforts to save KTRU, a discussion of the importance of KTRU to the students, the university, and the Houston community at large, and ways people can help “save KTRU.” In addition, the panelists will answer emailed questions submitted by the public about the proposed sale.
If you’d like to submit your question, please email it to asksavektru@gmail.com.
Houston Press: Rice Administrators Duck KTRU Meeting
“Although the station manager Joey Yang was mediating the discussion and answering questions, there were simply two empty chairs next to him with nameplates labeled ‘Administration Representative’ next to him for the entire hour. Early in the meeting Yang apologized for the lack of presence, saying, ‘Thank you all for showing up, and I apologize if you wanted to be heard.'”
KTRU gets press in Houston Business Journal
Friday, August 27, 2010: “Radio waves”
“This puts the city of Houston and Rice University in danger of losing an established and unique media outlet.”
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/08/30/editorial2.html
Friday, August 20, 2010: “Rice University radio station sale causes campus static”
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/08/23/story11.html