As a Rice alum, I have to say that my facebook newsfeed is full of very angry KTRU supporters...
On Aug 18, 2010, at 4:23 PM, "Mark J." <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday, the University of Houston bought from Rice University > student-run, volunteer DJ indie rocking "free form" KTRU in Houston, > with the intention of changing the calls to KUHC and moving classical > music programming from its NPR station KUHF to that frequency (KUHF > would become full-time news-talk). Although KTRU would continue as an > Internet stream, let us just say that despite all that talk about the > kids not listening to the radio and stuck on Pandora and iPods (and > the fact that KTRU only gets a hash mark in the newest Arbitron PPMs, > although that could be because the station isn't encoded because they > don't subscribe), the KTRU staffers are not happy: > > http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7157667.html > > The alt-weekly Houston Press has been posting a multitude of posts on > its blogs about the story since rumors broke on Monday, mostly pro- > KTRU and against the U of H--although one would write off the protests > of the staffers as a quixotic struggle that they won't win, especially > because they're a bunch of college student smartasses playing punk > rock and avant-garde music instead of Beethoven, I have the feeling > this story is nowhere near done. > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
