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Council welcomes public comment before regular council meetings. Fill out the online form below for your chance to make a public comment at the next regular Monday Council meeting.  Please read the revised rules and procedures. 

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WCSB
Please do what you can to return WCSB to the students. Now only do they learn about radio, but it gets people out of their comfort zone by doing live shows, which can help their own mental health.
Tony Hales
Hostile takeover of WCSB by CSU
I was a long time DJ on KPFA in Berkeley California. The programming from myself and many other shows was indicative of the underrepresented voices in the local community. It was quite literally, the only place for disenfranchised communities to have any exposure on the airwaves. When Pacifica canceled numerous shows, they in effect canceled the voices of marginal communities.

Though I am not part of the Cleveland community, there has never in the 249 years of the USA a more critical time for diverse communities to have a voice. This is not a singular issue, independent radio is the heartbeat of the country, and needs to be protected at all cost.

I respectfully request that all previous programming on WCBS be reinstated.
Scot Jenerik
WCSB
I was there when WCSB went from piping music into the cafeteria to live broadcasts. My hands on real life experiences in broadcasting still are part of me 49 years later. Ideastream cannot replicate that. We coined the phrase Where Cleveland Sounds Best and for 49 years the station has reflected the diversity of my hometown in its music and personalities. I feel as if a close personal friend has died. WCSB has withstood the test of time and has been successful through four generations of broadcasters. There is no good reason for it not to continue
Pat Pekar
Bring Back College Radio
I urge Cleveland City Council to support WCSB 89.3 as a student-run college radio station serving the greater Cleveland community. (FYI, I teach at CSU but am commenting personally.) WCSB was one of the best college radio stations in the country. I listened for hours every week—Tommy Fox on Rudie's Hi-Fi, African Abstract, the Arabic radio show on Saturdays, The World Is My Friend... This quick list attests to the incredible range and diversity and knowledge and great vibes of this station. Even if it weren't such a great station (which it was), it was a place where students and community collaborated, curated, shared their perspectives, were responsible for programming and decision-making, a gathering place in and for this city for almost 50 years. CSU and Ideastream's joint choice to silence a community treasure and site of student vision, voice, and agency—shameful and misguided. CSU is a public university and Ideastream is public media. Institutions like these should safeguard the shared art and culture of this city, not extract resources from college students and the community whenever it benefits them. I'm worried about what this means for students, free speech, and diversity. And I really miss my station.
Hilary Plum
WCSB
It's wild to consider completely upending the programming of a station that the community has repeatedly championed. WCSB didn't just win Cleveland Scene's "Best Radio Station" in 2023 and 2025 by accident. It won because it's the vibrant, beating heart of the Cleveland music scene. To pass the station over to a corporate won that plays the same musical style all day and night, and pretend like it continues to support community is an insult to every listener, musician, and venue owner in this city.

For a 25 of it's 50 years running, WCSB has been more than just a radio station for me, and for so many others. It has been a cultural touchstone, shaping our lives, our tastes, and our connection to Cleveland.

But this isn't about nostalgia, it's about the future of Cleveland's culture. The eclectic music and diverse programming of WCSB are a lifeline for the entire city. It's the essential connection between an unheard band and a packed house. It's the reason establishments like the Beachland Ballroom, the Grog Shop, Crobar, and Happy Dog thrive. When WCSB plays a local or touring artist, it doesn't just entertain, it sends people out, it fills seats, and it keeps our legendary live music venues alive.

Do not let this vital piece of Cleveland's identity be squashed. I implore CSU and the City Council to recognize the profound and irreplaceable value of this student-run station. Please, approve Resolution No. 1324-2025 and rescind the Ideastream transfer. Protect WCSB! Protect Cleveland!
Anthony Koch
WCSB
I am a Cleveland native and WCSB was central to my education at Cleveland State. For the good of community and for CSU's academic quality, the radio station should go back to the students!
Steve Wainstead
WCSB
What educational opportunities is CSU planning to offer students in place of WCSB? The radio station and I only overlapped by one year. I graduated from CSU in June 1977. I wasn't involved myself, but I knew people who were.
Jennifer Roach
WCSB
I have listened to WCSB since the 1980's. Even though I have lived in different states I was always appreciative that I could listen to my favorite radio station online or listen to the archives every day. I have traveled extensively and there really is no other radio station I have ever come across that delivers the diversity and amazing coolness of the music and DJs as WCSB. This station supported touring bands that came to Cleveland by announcing their shows as well as play their music. WCSB enriched not just my life, but also so many different cultures that make Cleveland so great. The Ideastream hijacking of the student run radio station is appalling and incredibly disrespectful. I am fully in support of returning WCSB back to the students and reinstate the positions of these music loving, dedicated DJs. Thank You!
Karen Curtis-Schubert
WCSB
While I love the idea of a 24/7 terrestrial radio station playing jazz, I detest what happened to WCSB. Seriously, Ideastream now has 4 stations?! The students and staff were treated terribly, and the whole deal smacks of a hostile takeover. Was there no other way to have JazzNEO on the radio? CSU and Ideastream deserve the shame they've brought on themselves, and I believe this is a rotten deal. Surely there must be another way to have Jazz NEO and WCSB (as it was) on the radio.
Daniel Morris
WCSB
I think it is vital that 89.3 remains WCSB, a student/alumni run radio station. There are few places left on terrestrial radio that truly speak to and represent the "community" that is the City of Cleveland as a whole. There is top 40 radio and then there is college radio where aside from the vast variety of genres of music you can find, you can also hear the voices from all walks of life that make up Cleveland. There is programming on WCSB that not only plays music that a lot of immigrant communities enjoy but the DJ's act as embassadors in that they will announce special events and different happenings around town that pertain to them. Fifty years strong, there is no reason why CSU should pull the plug now. It is shameful in the way it happened and honestly shocking that they assumed this would go without any pushback from its loyal listeners.
Richard Rodriguez