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WCSB 89.3 takeover
I would like to express my strong support for the emergency ordinance proposed by Council Member Harsh and others regarding WCSB 89.3.

As a doctoral candidate and instructor in the music department at CWRU, my work is all about convincing undergrads that sharing musical experiences is worth making time for. College radio embodies those values in ways that we in the academy can only aspire to. CSU and Ideastream have taken away access to on-air radio experience and meaningful technical and leadership work for its students and can only promise the possibility of internships at Ideastream. How can an internship possibly offer experience at the level of responsibility and leadership developed by working at the student-run station?

I am also a performer of classical music in Cleveland, which means that I and my colleagues directly benefit from Ideastream's coverage of shows and their cultivation of a local audience for our music. The former WCSB was a vital part of cultivating local audiences for many other genres of music (including jazz!) and the loss of that platform for local musicians is devastating.

Please demonstrate to CSU and Ideastream that their standing in the community depends on their service to the people and culture of the city. These institutions cannot exist without us and must be held accountable to our interests.
Jonathan Goya
The transfer of WCSB's broadcasting to IdeaStream
At a time of increasing media consolidation, when the spread of false information from AI and other means is becoming more prevalent, and when political actors on the left and right increasingly seek to intimidate the media, it is imperative that we protect independent, locally based media outlets. The student-led broadcasting of WCSB served not just those attending CSU, but the broader community. As a nonprofit broadcaster WCSB was able to offer a heterogeneous programming mix that served multiple audience segments in our community across both the airwaves and internet. For some segments, WCSB was their sole representation on the broadcast dial. So it is especially troubling that administrations of two nonprofit entities, CSU and IdeaStream, colluded to silence WCSB in seeming violation of the very missions of those entities, i.e., to serve the public good and earn the public trust through a dedication to truth. It is important that City Council call out what their actions truly are: a self-serving backroom deal that comes at the expense of the broader community in which they operate.
Tom Hudak
WCSB
WCSB is a vital resource for those in Cleveland and beyond! Their diverse programs offer informative, wide-ranging music and voices that entertain and educate. It is imperative that control of this station be returned to the students. We miss this station very much.
Andrea Vetter
WCSB getting sold out
It's CRIMINAL! Not only what Laura Bloomberg, & Kevin Mitchell, et al, did. But the way they did it was WORSE! And she calls herself an Educator?! A station that was Staffed, Managed, & Operated by the Students, former & current, that had never been more popular than now. And, was turned over to a corporate entity, now desperate for funding, due to Gov't funding cuts, and poor programming choices. The loss of the ethnic programming, is perhaps the MOST tragic factor, here. All so she could get a seat on Ideastream's board? Pathetic!!!
Michael T. Gurchik
WCSB TAKEOVER
I find it so disheartening that 2 people who are not Cleveland natives (Kevin Martin, CEO of Ideastream, and Laura Bloomberg, President of CSU,) spearheaded this takeover of a beloved Cleveland institution, WCSB. There was no respect for Cleveland in this decision. As the City of Rock n Roll, I am disgusted that these people were allowed to destroy something so “Cleveland,” and with ZERO input from current students, Alumni, community members, and countless people who dedicated their time, energy, and passion to WCSB. As a CSU alumnus, I will no longer donate my time, money, or energy to support this current administration. GIVE US BACK WCSB!!!
Sarah Jenkins
WCSB 89.3 takeover
It is a shame what CLEVELAND STATE and IDEASTREAM did to the takeover of 89.3 Student run radio programming. It has depleted a very diverse spectrum of the north east ohio community and beyond. The radio station provided diversity to the community change peoples lives and offering them an alternative to the world of pre programmed terrestrial radio. RETURN THE STATION TO THE STUDENTS. It was in great hands for 49 + years!
Junior
The takeover of WCSB by Ideastream.
The takeover of WCSB by Ideastream destroys a longstanding cultural institution which provides real value to Cleveland residents. We cannot standby and allow this to happen. At a time when the very core of our cultural institutions is being attacked at all sides, Ideastream has decided to make things worse, not better, by replacing programming which serves our community with bland elevator music. We must not let this continue.
Matthew
WCSB
WCSB, having contributed to the public good for decades; and having received tax free funding, is a unique asset to the regional north-east Ohio community. Untethered from the corporate overlords that actively work to censor speech and homogenize tastes, WCSB strove to give Clevelanders the best of radio based free speech. Please work to pressure Ideastresm to restore WCSB to its former chaotic-good glory.
Stephen Faulstich
WCSB
As a now 20+ year resident, WCSB was there in many pivotal moments in my journey in transitioning from transplant from the northeast into a Clevelander. I have friends who have throughout the years hosted shows on WCSB, I found out about many artists and musicians, and my musical palate was opened by the wide variety of music being played on the airwaves throughout the years. WCSB impacted and helped the local music scenes as well, of which myself and my friends directly benefitted from their support be it by hosting bands at the halloween ball, or someone playing our songs on the radio. To see a resource like that be so abruptly ripped away from the community is really disheartening. And for what? All those diverse voices ripped away in favor of big money donation to airing one singular voice (that already had representation on the airwaves, even on WCSB).

WCSB should be brought back as it was before fracking money and Ideastream decided that those voices were to be stripped from the air. Ideastream and Cleveland State University should be absolutely ashamed of the disdain in which they have treated the community, and ashamed for boxing them out entirely.
Joe Spagnuolo
WCSB emergency resolution
I am writing to express my support for the resolution to request the return of WCSB to a student-run radio station.
As a native Clevelander and CSU graduate, I felt the takeover of WCSB by IdeaStream to be a terrible loss for students, the hardworking volunteers who made the station so special and irreplaceable, Northeast Ohio music fans, and college radio in general!
The erasure of this cultural institution with 50 years of history, with no input from the community or students, and not even any acknowledgement of the loss this would be to so many, was a travesty!
Paul M.