07
Jun
2011
Vanderbilt attempting to sell WRVU to NPR station
From the Nashville Scene:
The Scene has received word that after months of speculation, the Vanderbilt college radio station WRVU 91.1 FM has apparently been purchased by WPLN 90.3 FM, the city’s National Public Radio affiliate. The new 91 Rock will be WFCL — Classical 91 One. It will offer classical music 24 hours a day, seven days a week, freeing WPLN to pursue all-NPR news programming.
Sound familiar to anyone? Please follow the Save WRVU website for further updates and information on how to help.
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So much for the idea that “Vanderbilt is different from Rice” in being more transparent–turns out to be another midnight raid by the corporate dogs.
Can we end the pretense of calling NPR non-commercial radio? Let’s call it “no net income radio with less annoying commercials”.
Group think prevails as elite private universities become commoditized. Vandy, Rice, Duke–are these schools really even different? Same cost, same look, same feel, same goons running the joints.