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Making a Public Comment

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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Public Comments

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WCSB
Bring back WSCB, you took community and 50 years of gave it away over night. And for what? Give it back.
Cindy Munshower
WCSB
I am a 2-time alumni of Cleveland State and a longtime supporter of Ideastream. I am disgusted by the way the radio deal was handled. Please sign the resolution that prompts all responsible parties to return the station fully to the students!
Alex Paul
89.3
I moved here from Detroit and my partner moved here from Las Vegas. This radio station has been one of my favorite things about Cleveland. Mind blowing music. News without any bias. Huge part of why I live this city. Absolutely a shame to see it go.
Jason Navarro
A resolution on the reinstatement of WCSB radio station to the airwaves
I think it’s a complete travesty that the stripping of a well-established, highly-revered community centered station has taken place from the students and DJs of WSCSB in favor of the whim of some wealthy donors and over-paid executives. Ideastream and Cleveland State have effectively silenced a 50 year old institution that upheld the very roots of Cleveland, its rich and diverse history of many cultural backgrounds and age groups. Laura Bloomberg and Kevin Martin should embarrassed of themselves and the criminal way they treated the students when ejecting them from the station with a police escort. What kind of example does that set for individuals who run establishments that should be prioritizing positive community engagement? They’ve proven themselves to be concerned with the opposite, their own salaries and careers. The city wants its station back and apology needs to issued.
Adriana Mundy
WCSB RADIO
Please help get the station back to the staff and students at WCSB!!!!! Jazzneo is boring and nobody asked for this or wants this station in cleveland!!

Have you tried finding a halfway decent song on the radio since they stole the station? it’s like endless doom scrolling hearing the same stations play the same songs over and over and over and over and over again.

The WCSB DJs deserve to have their station back, and the community deserves to hear underground music of any and all genres at any and all times of day!

tyyyyyyyyy :)
raine patterson
WCSB Cleveland
We in the Cleveland and greater Cleveland area are picking up the pieces after a big hit to our community, the takeover of WCSB Cleveland. The greater good of the community and students was not prioritized here. It was completely self serving for the president who was awarded an Ideastream board seat in the transaction, and for a wealthy donor who made the Ideastream purchase happen. Bring back Community, bring back WCSB!
Anthony C
The resolution calling on Ideastream and Cleveland State University to restore the 49-year-old student-run college radio station WCSB 89.3 FM
The student-run, listener-supported, free-form community radio station WCSB 89.3 FM, which has a distinguished 49-year history in Cleveland, was an irreplaceable cultural resource that allowed for the dissemination over the public airwaves of diverse musical genres, cultures, and viewpoints, which was widely considered to be one of the best radio stations of its type in Ohio (or even the U.S. as a whole). Indeed, it was an important part of what makes Cleveland Cleveland. Here is a list of the 90+ weekly programs that were lost in Ideastream's sudden, unannounced takeover of this station on October 3, 2025:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250904141048/https://www.wcsb.org/programs/

Please consider showing your support for this essential community asset by voting "Yes" on the resolution calling on Ideastream and Cleveland State University to reverse their ill-considered, unethical takeover of WCSB (replacing its signature multi-genre format with an all-jazz format) and restore it to its former state, as a multi-genre student-run station, which will be voted on at the Cleveland City Council meeting on Monday, October 20, 2025.
David Badagnani
The hostile takeover of WCSB
I'd like to thank the Council for considering this measure and to those who created the resolution. I was an associate producer at WCSB from November 2004 to the day of the takeover. I spent 6 years at Cleveland State earning a BA and close to 21 years (almost half my life) as part of the station, hosting Hot Trash, Music for Gracious Living, and Drinking Electricity before joining the Friday Night Rock Rotation. All that to say that my allegiance lies with what is now XCSB. I spent almost 15 years working for higher ed administration, and this is by far the most disgusting thing I've seen happen (and I've seen some things). Please vote to give the station back to our family of music-loving oddballs. Thank you.
Beth Cieslik
WCSB Resolution
I have been listening to WCSB for over half my life (24 or so years) and have been made quite upset by Ideastream’s cold-hearted theft of a 50 year old institution in Northeast Ohio.

The fact that it was paid for by a couple of fracking millionaires? Bitter icing on an already terrible cake.

With Ohio and Cleveland hemorrhaging population, I don’t think it’s in anyone’s best interest to further nudge people out by removing culture- and community-building radio such as WCSB was AND WILL BE AGAIN, if city council does the right and just thing and saves WCSB!!!
Alex W. Kellar
WCSB
I just heard about the emergency meeting regarding the resolution to return WCSB back to the students and community programmers and am filled with hope. Cleveland lost a vibrant, inclusive and important community when CSU decided to hand the reigns over to Ideastream for nationally syndicated jazz only programming. WCSB supported its community through playing local artists, talking about upcoming shows at local venues and providing a platform for the various ethnic programs. We, the city of Cleveland, and all those that listen worldwide, need WCSB back in the hands of the community.
Bill Hrabnicky