Podcast #346 – The Fight for College Radio at Cleveland State Station WCSB

On October 3, 2025, while World College Radio Day was being celebrated all over the globe, Cleveland State University’s nearly 50-year old student-run college radio station WCSB 89.3 FM was shut down by administrators. Staff and volunteers were escorted out of the station by police and programming was soon replaced by JazzNEO, a music service produced by public radio group Ideastream.

In the ensuing weeks, WCSB participants and supporters have been protesting this move and have organized under the name XCSB. To discuss what happened to the Cleveland State college radio station and what lies ahead for XCSB, two former WCSB student leaders join us on Radio Survivor. Liam Main was the business manager of WCSB and Alison Bomgardner was the most recent General Manager of the station.

Show Notes:

• WCSB Student Leaders and Supporters Fight Against Takeover of Cleveland State University’s Student-Run Station (Radio Survivor)
• XCSB website
• Last capture of WCSB-FM website, when it was student-run station (Wayback Machine)
• Global College Radio Community Unites for XCSB Special Broadcast (College Radio Foundation)
• Ideastream Public Media website
• JazzNEO web page
• College Broadcasters Inc. website
• KUSF DJs and Fans Gear up to Fight Proposed Radio Station Sale (Radio Survivor, January 2011)

Show Credits:

• This episode was produced by Jennifer Waits
• Hosted by Jennifer Waits and Eric Klein
• Edited by Eric Klein

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