…then you probably hadn’t considered the possibility that its blight might consume an additional frequency.<\/p>\n
WCU and a brigade of lawyers are trying to wrangle the rights to broadcast at 95.3FM, which the FCC has tentatively awarded to the Sylva-based environmentalist group The Canary Coalition<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Smoky Mountain News has done some interesting reporting on the issue from the Coalition’s side here<\/a> and from the University’s side here<\/a>. Of some interest to us is the notion that “local musicians [could be] featured” under the Coalition’s plan for the frequency, whereas WCU primarily hopes to expand coverage of its sports teams.<\/p>\n Our take: In a just world, WCU’s piss-poor use of the frequency they’ve already got would be grounds to deny them another swath of the radiation spectrum. “Power 90.5” is a glorified Clear Channel training facility and an aesthetically bankrupt betrayal of the very idea of college radio.* For WCU to claim, as it does in the SMN article, that its programming is in any way “unique” or “locally-originated” is laughable.<\/p>\n It’s not a just world, of course. Fortunately no one listens to the radio anymore.<\/p>\n * This seems like a good time to mention that Two Hours With Ory<\/a> is a near-miraculous exception to everything written above.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" …then you probably hadn’t considered the possibility that its blight might consume an additional frequency. WCU and a brigade of lawyers are trying to wrangle the rights to broadcast at 95.3FM, which the FCC has tentatively awarded to the Sylva-based … Continue reading