KUSF In Exile 06.10.11 Noon-3 PM Put The Needle On The Record DJ Billy Jam
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John Doe + Exene Cervenka of X
KUSF interview from May 6th 1983
Grandmaster Flash KUSF interview
David Bassin interviews GMF on KUSF May 25th 1984
Grandmaster Flash
grandmaster flash on the wheels of steel (excerpt)
REM interview 3 O Clock (excerpt)
June 24 1983
Kate Pierson of B52's interivew with KUSF's Kate Ingram
July 1st 1983
KRS-One and Zizwe interivew
KUSF interview October 1991 + "Beef"
DJ Ammbush
Keep it lit
Hail Mary Mallon
Grubstake
Are You Gonna Eat That?
The Freeze Tag
The Vision
DaVinci
Clean Ass Whip feat San Quinn
Prince Aries Cool Ass Whip mixtape
interview DaVinci
DaVinci
Blame Game
Drums and Ammo Vol I
UDI
All I Think About
Dave Chappelle
Irish - the Blacks of Europe
MuSick
crystalline complex
Young Montana
Repitition
Sebastian Speaks!
Your Watchdog On A Disc
Grr-r-records
Melt Banana
My Name Is John
slan leat
Latryx
Lady Don't Tek No
interview with Midnigjht Bombers
MIdnight Bombers
bedbug attack
Shiney Things
live on WFMU from Lightrail Studios
Shiny Things from Oakland, CA feat. Bill (drums) and Joesph (keys)
The 3 Jaguars
live on WFMU from Lightrail Studios, SF
The 3 Jaguars from SF feature Elton (Vox jaguar/drums/keyboards), Greg Turner (Fender Jaguar), and Ryan James (Fender Jaguar)
KUSF In Exile 06.09.11 9-10 PM Radio Goethe DJ Arndt Peltner
Radio Goethe presents a diverse overview onto the modern German music scene reaching from Rock to Pop, from Industrial to Darkwave, from Electronica to Medieval. Online at www.radiogoethe.org
Radio and Host, Arndt Peltner
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Melotron: Folge mir ins Licht
Ascii Disko: Aldimarkt
Selig: Wir werden uns wiedersehen
Fade: Cocaine
My Glorious: You should be dancing
Tokio Hotel: Noise
In Strict Confidence: My despair
ASP: Denn ich bin der Meister
Down Below: Euphorie
Freiwild: Irgendwer steht dir zur Seite
KMFDM: Bait & Switch (Combichrist Mix)
Megaherz: Gott sein (Remix)
Eisheilig: Tanzt das Kapital
KUSF In Exile 06.09.11 7-830 PM Over The Edge Out with the Sound Air DJ Rent Romus
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1. Turetzky, Golia, Lewis, Another Heated Conversation, Triangulation II, Kadima
2. Various Artists, Disc Two, Ladyz in Noise Compilation
3. Otomo Yoshhide’s New Jazz Quintet, Flutter, Flutter, Tzadik
4. Emily Hay, Sirens of Orion, Other Parts, Full Scale Records
5. Gebia Giannetto, Earl Ghetto, A Night in Palermo, Rastascan Records
6. Various Artists, Disc Three, Ladyz in Noise Compilation
7. Sonny Simmons, Country Parson, Ancient Ritual, Quest Reprise
8. James Zitro, Happy Pretty, S/T, ESP
9. Fuzzy Bunny, Ga’gimmie, S/T, Sonore
10. Henry Kaiser, The Guessing Game, Plane Crash, Ug
11. Various Artists, Disc One, Ladyz in Noise Compilation
KUSF In Exile 06.09.11 Noon-6 PM The Yay Show DJ Jay
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KUSF In Exile 06.09.11 Midnight-3 AM The Nate Show DJ Nate
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KUSF In Exile 06.08.11 7-9 PM Battle Flutes and Sideways Skulls DJ Andee
http://www.battleflutesandsidewaysskulls.com/main.html
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THE MOGLASS "The Fifties' Brickwork" from the compilation Polyvox Populi (Sale / Nexsound)
MORTAR "The Dark Room" from the album Emperor's Return (Fuoco)
RAPE FACTION "White Boy Uptown" from the album Gone Forever (Skrot Up)
VACCUM "Shade" from the 7" Kicks Shade Accident (Siltbreeze)
BLOODLOSS "Everybody Hates Me" from the album The Truth Is Marching In 1983-1991 (Memorandum)
WOLVSERPENT "Wolv" from the collection Gathering Strengths / Blood Seed (Crucial Blast)
THE MEN "Shittin' With The Shah" from the album Leave Home (Sacred Bones)
RUTH VELN KISS "Like A Star" from the album I Was 21 Years Old And Now No More (Sometimes)
LYNX "Aries" from the album Lynx (Box Factory)
FUDGE "Oreo Dust" from the album The Ferocious Rhythm Of Precise Laziness... (Caroline)
TIMES NEW VIKING "No Room To Live" from the album Dancer Equired (Merge)
KIDS ON A CRIME SPREE "Jean-Paul Sartre 2" from the album We Love You So Bad (Slumberland)
SAMPS "Wizard's Sleeve" from the self titled EP (Mexican Summer)
BMX BANDITS "Disco Girl 2" from the album C86 (Rev-Ola)
RAINBOWS ARE FREE "Sinking Ship" from the album Believers In Medicine (Guestroom)
GOLD-BEARS "Record Store" from the album Are You Falling In Love (Slumberland)
TOMCAT COMBAT "Pacer's Club" from the album I'm Okay, You're Okay (NoYes)
AVERKIOU "I Don't Wanna Go Out" from the album Throwing Sparks (Clairecords)
SLOAN "G Turns To D" from the album One Chord To Another (Murder)
MARK "Pilots" from the album Chocolate Covered Bad Things (Catsup Plate)
THE JONES MACHINE "You're The One (Pt. 2)" from the cdep The Jones Machines (Rephlex)
APOLLO FOUR FORTY "The Man With The Harmonica" from the compilation Morricone RMX (Cinesoundz)
PACHEKO "9:30 Dub" from the compilation Murder Channel (Murder Channel)
SHITALA "Aaya Sanam Aaya Deewana Tera" from the compilation Indian Disco Funk Thrillers (Giving Tree)
SKRILLEX "Kill Everybody - Bare Noize Remix" from the Ep Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites (Mau5trap)
ALEXANDER TURNQUIST "Running Towards" from the album Hallway Of Mirrors (VHF)
FLYING SAUCER ATTACK "Oceans 2" from the album Distance (VHF)
EKKEHARD EHLERS & JOHN FRUISCANTE "Grissaise 1" from the compilation Tempo Technik Teamwork (Staubgold)
Bed music:
MIST House lp (Spectrum Spools)
BROTHER RAVEN VSS-30 lp (Digitalis Industries)
BLACK EAGLE CHILD Donato Epiro lp (Blackest Rainbow)
KUSF In Exile 06.08.11 3-6 PM Box Of Records DJ Pete Accident
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3pm
amon düül II -- wolf city
air waves -- radio
luba: mambala (music of africa series)
nite jewel -- it goes through your mind
joel chadabe -- rendezvous
a frames -- hostage crisis
piano choir -- jaboobie's march
dead c -- shark
astroboy -- (track 1)
bob james w robert ashley -- the wolfman
linda cohen -- nouveau riche
faust -- miss fortune (excerpt)
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moe tucker -- guess i'm falling in love
christmas island -- ex-beach
dolly mixture -- new look baby
trumans water -- soar ossinax at long last
pink reason -- i just leave
v-3 -- elevator to the gas chamber, part 2
the gibson bros -- tight capris
axemen -- fred & barney (the untouchables)
feedtime -- curtains
reatards -- i'm so gone
gordon mumma -- fwyyn
peter michael hamel -- dorian dervishes (excerpt)
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bruce palmer -- oxo
l'orchestre kanaga de mopti -- sare mabo
taj-mahal travellers -- stockholm 7/1/71 (excerpt)
just music -- stock-vol-hard (excerpt)
georgia tom dorsey -- mississippi bottom blues
frankie jaxon -- jive man blues
kansas city kitty & georgia tom dorsey -- how can you have the blues?
jane lucas & georgia tom dorsey -- come on mama
meth teeth -- don't come home
radio java (excerpt)
KUSF In Exile 06.08.11 Noon-3 PM djPUSH
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KUSF In Exile 06.08.11 9-Noon DJ 6th Degree
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USF DISMANTLES KUSF STUDIO IN VIOLATION OF FCC REGULATIONS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact:
Irwin Swirnoff 415.424.5904
Kenya Lewis 415-516-8614
savekusf.news@gmail.com
USF DISMANTLES KUSF STUDIO
IN VIOLATION OF FCC REGULATIONS
San Francisco, CA (June 6, 2011) -- The fight to save the broadcast license for KUSF
90.3 FM continued this week when attorneys for Friends of KUSF filed a declaration with the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in support of its original Petition to Deny the
transfer of the broadcast license. The Declaration documented that the University of San
Francisco, the licensee of KUSF, had dismantled the station’s broadcast studio. This action
violated the licensee’s obligation to retain the ability to broadcast, pending a ruling by the FCC.
FCC rules prohibit the transfer of control of a broadcast station without prior consent by
the Commission. Attorneys for Friends of KUSF raised the issue in its original Petition to Deny
the transfer of the license, filed with the FCC in February, arguing that USF is no longer in
control of programming at KUSF. USF's own attorneys, in their response to the original Petition,
argued that according to FCC rules, license holders are only required to maintain a main studio
that has the ability to originate programming.
USF dismantled the Phelan Hall broadcast studio in late May.
Peter Franck one of the attorneys for Friends of KUSF commented: “This action by the
University is one more action which demonstrates that the parties to this whole transaction act
as if the FCC was nothing but a rubber stamp. In fact approving this license transfer would
violate the FCC’s duty to act in the Public Interest, as we will point out further if the FCC grants
our petition to set the whole matter for a public hearing.”
Said Irwin Swirnoff, spokesperson for the groups fighting the sale: “Once again, USF
has acted in bad faith towards the community and the FCC. Ignoring the fact that this bad deal
for San Francisco has not been approved, they continue to act in arrogance, ignoring both the
will of the city & violating the rules of the FCC. The time has come for the University to do the
right thing and work with us in getting 90.3 FM back in the hands of the community where it
belongs.”
KUSF 90.3 FM broadcast for over 33 years. It's eclectic mix of programming included
Chinese Star Radio and Good News For Today, which served San Francisco's 157,000
residents who are Chinese by either birth or decent. It also brought bands such as Metallica and
the B-52's to the airwaves for the first time.
On January 18, the University of San Francisco announced the sale of the 90.3 FM
broadcast license to an out-of-town corporation formed to broadcast classical music. KUSF 90.3
FM is world renowned for broadcasting groundbreaking music as well as cultural programs
aimed at the diverse San Francisco community. Since the shut down, San Francisco has been
without those programs.
Since the shutdown, former KUSF DJs and volunteers as well as members of the
community have worked to stop the sale of the license. Partnerships have been established,
both locally and nationally, including with WFMU (91.1 Jersey City, N.J./90.1 Hudson Valley,
N.Y.), which has been providing an Internet stream for KUSF since March
(www.wfmu.org/kusf.pls).
The proposed sale of KUSF 90.3 FM's broadcast license is part of a dangerous national
pattern. Approximately 12 college and community stations have disappeared in the last 5 years
including the recent sale of Rice University's KTRU. This trend is harming local communities by
depriving them of the diverse culture and voices that the FCC requires non-commercial
educational stations to serve.
Contact:
Irwin Swirnoff 415.424.5904
Kenya Lewis 415-516-8614
savekusf.news@gmail.com
USF DISMANTLES KUSF STUDIO
IN VIOLATION OF FCC REGULATIONS
San Francisco, CA (June 6, 2011) -- The fight to save the broadcast license for KUSF
90.3 FM continued this week when attorneys for Friends of KUSF filed a declaration with the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in support of its original Petition to Deny the
transfer of the broadcast license. The Declaration documented that the University of San
Francisco, the licensee of KUSF, had dismantled the station’s broadcast studio. This action
violated the licensee’s obligation to retain the ability to broadcast, pending a ruling by the FCC.
FCC rules prohibit the transfer of control of a broadcast station without prior consent by
the Commission. Attorneys for Friends of KUSF raised the issue in its original Petition to Deny
the transfer of the license, filed with the FCC in February, arguing that USF is no longer in
control of programming at KUSF. USF's own attorneys, in their response to the original Petition,
argued that according to FCC rules, license holders are only required to maintain a main studio
that has the ability to originate programming.
USF dismantled the Phelan Hall broadcast studio in late May.
Peter Franck one of the attorneys for Friends of KUSF commented: “This action by the
University is one more action which demonstrates that the parties to this whole transaction act
as if the FCC was nothing but a rubber stamp. In fact approving this license transfer would
violate the FCC’s duty to act in the Public Interest, as we will point out further if the FCC grants
our petition to set the whole matter for a public hearing.”
Said Irwin Swirnoff, spokesperson for the groups fighting the sale: “Once again, USF
has acted in bad faith towards the community and the FCC. Ignoring the fact that this bad deal
for San Francisco has not been approved, they continue to act in arrogance, ignoring both the
will of the city & violating the rules of the FCC. The time has come for the University to do the
right thing and work with us in getting 90.3 FM back in the hands of the community where it
belongs.”
KUSF 90.3 FM broadcast for over 33 years. It's eclectic mix of programming included
Chinese Star Radio and Good News For Today, which served San Francisco's 157,000
residents who are Chinese by either birth or decent. It also brought bands such as Metallica and
the B-52's to the airwaves for the first time.
On January 18, the University of San Francisco announced the sale of the 90.3 FM
broadcast license to an out-of-town corporation formed to broadcast classical music. KUSF 90.3
FM is world renowned for broadcasting groundbreaking music as well as cultural programs
aimed at the diverse San Francisco community. Since the shut down, San Francisco has been
without those programs.
Since the shutdown, former KUSF DJs and volunteers as well as members of the
community have worked to stop the sale of the license. Partnerships have been established,
both locally and nationally, including with WFMU (91.1 Jersey City, N.J./90.1 Hudson Valley,
N.Y.), which has been providing an Internet stream for KUSF since March
(www.wfmu.org/kusf.pls).
The proposed sale of KUSF 90.3 FM's broadcast license is part of a dangerous national
pattern. Approximately 12 college and community stations have disappeared in the last 5 years
including the recent sale of Rice University's KTRU. This trend is harming local communities by
depriving them of the diverse culture and voices that the FCC requires non-commercial
educational stations to serve.
KUSF In Exile 06.08.11 6-9 AM DJ Luise and Miranda
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Playlist Miranda and Luise – Neu to you – Wednesday, June 8, 6-9am
Behemoth – Carnage
The Cramps – What’s inside a girl
The XX – Shelter
Miles Davis – Will O’ the wisp
Popol Vuh – In den Gaerten Pharaohs
Fishtank Ensemble – Djordje’s Bachenitza
Wifey – Nancy
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Arabian nights
Mustafa Ozkent ve Orkestrasi – Dolana
Mumford and Suns – Winter winds
Yo La Tengo – Flying lesson
This Providence – A wolf in sheep’s clothing
Current ’93 – Panzer Ruin
The Velvet Underground – Here she comes now
Wir sind Helden – Denkmal
Paul and Linda McCartney – Smile away
Crosstops – The ego that ate the world
Radon – Radon
Wink – My friend
Sebadoh – Violet execution
Sheila Nicholls – How strong
Buzzcocks – Autonomy
Buddy Holly – Rave on
Low – You see everything
Afroman – When I got high
Fugazi – Bad mouth
Television Personalities – This angry silence
Hilmar Oern Hilmarsson and Sigur Ros – Schiller in China
Judas Priest – Invader
The Afro-Soul-Tet
Lovesongs – Luvsong
Shellac – Mouthpiece
The Business – Drinking and driving
Drive Like Jehu – Good luck in jail
Daniel Johnston -The story of an artist
Screaming females – Sheep
War – Get down
Psychadelic Furs – Heaven
Phil Manly – Lawrence, KS
Jeremy Jay – In this lonely town
Sam Cooke – Tennessee Waltz
The Melvins – Bar X the rocking M
Frank Zappa – Rollo
Leatherface – Another dance
Peggy Honeywell – Red light runnin’ baby
Woven Bones – Hey man
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Playlist Miranda and Luise – Neu to you – Wednesday, June 8, 6-9am
Behemoth – Carnage
The Cramps – What’s inside a girl
The XX – Shelter
Miles Davis – Will O’ the wisp
Popol Vuh – In den Gaerten Pharaohs
Fishtank Ensemble – Djordje’s Bachenitza
Wifey – Nancy
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Arabian nights
Mustafa Ozkent ve Orkestrasi – Dolana
Mumford and Suns – Winter winds
Yo La Tengo – Flying lesson
This Providence – A wolf in sheep’s clothing
Current ’93 – Panzer Ruin
The Velvet Underground – Here she comes now
Wir sind Helden – Denkmal
Paul and Linda McCartney – Smile away
Crosstops – The ego that ate the world
Radon – Radon
Wink – My friend
Sebadoh – Violet execution
Sheila Nicholls – How strong
Buzzcocks – Autonomy
Buddy Holly – Rave on
Low – You see everything
Afroman – When I got high
Fugazi – Bad mouth
Television Personalities – This angry silence
Hilmar Oern Hilmarsson and Sigur Ros – Schiller in China
Judas Priest – Invader
The Afro-Soul-Tet
Lovesongs – Luvsong
Shellac – Mouthpiece
The Business – Drinking and driving
Drive Like Jehu – Good luck in jail
Daniel Johnston -The story of an artist
Screaming females – Sheep
War – Get down
Psychadelic Furs – Heaven
Phil Manly – Lawrence, KS
Jeremy Jay – In this lonely town
Sam Cooke – Tennessee Waltz
The Melvins – Bar X the rocking M
Frank Zappa – Rollo
Leatherface – Another dance
Peggy Honeywell – Red light runnin’ baby
Woven Bones – Hey man
KUSF In Exile 06.08.11 3-6 AM Damin
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KUSF In Exile 06.08.11 Midnight-3 AM DJ Blue Lew
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KUSF In Exile 06.07.11 10-Midnight Freefall DJ David Bassin
David Bassin hosts an eclectic two-hour mix of future jazz, R &B, global grooves & abstract beats that has received international acclaim since it's debut in 2000. Weekly rebroadcasts are available on Live365.com, Live1.FM (Brazil), FutureJazz (Germany), Space Invader Radio (UK), DanceAndSoul.com (Singapore). RadioPellenera.com (Italy) and the weekly podcast, available for free from the iTunes music store, Soundcloud, Mixcloud, Pod-o-Matic and others. More information, links to our partner sites and contact info is available at: www.freefallradio.com.
Producer and Host, David Bassin
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Falty DL - Mean Streets Part 1 (Swamp81)
Monta At Odds - Mesage From Istanbul - Unsuspecting (Upstairs)
As One - Shapechange - Out Of The Darkness (Ubiquity)
Da Cruz - Warm Leatherette - Sistema Subversia (Six Degrees)
Stray - Another Us - Get On Up (Soularp)
Brian Eno & Rick Holland - Glitch - Drums Between The Bells (Warp)
Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz - Leave My Head Alone Brain - Duo (Jazzland)
Corea, Clarke & White - Senor Mouse - Forever (Concord)
Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra - Presentations - Ayodegi (Underdog)
Ikebe Showdown - No Name Bar - Ikebe Showdown (Ubiquity)
Soki Ohale’s Uzzi - Bisi’s Beat - Nigeria 70: Sweet Times (Strut)
The Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23 - Right On Time (A&M)
Paul McCartney - Check My Machine - Balearic Rarities (white)
Benji Boko - Bokomania - Beats, Treats & All Things Unique (Tru-Thoughts)
Tyrell - As I Listen - Etage Noir Slo Mo Collection Vol One (Etage Noir)
The Beekeepers - Long Way Down - Apiculture (Jalapeno)
Steve Arrington - Higher - Love, Peace & Funky Beats (Stones Throw)
Bootsy - Hip Hop & Funk U - Tha Funk Capitol Of The World (Mascot)
DJ Ghe - Bub Baeng Boogie - Nekton (Slope)
Tommy Tempa - Light Medium - The Quixotic EP (Somethinksounds)
Shpongle - Before The Big Bang - The God Particle Ep (Twisted)
Parov Stelar - I Wanna Fete (Wanna Get Rmx) (Etage Noir)
Kraak & Smaak - Built For Love - Electric Hustle (Jalapeno)
Twist in KUSF Events Efforts to Save Station Persist
Denise Sullivan published on June 7, 2011
http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2011/06/07/twist-in-kusf-events-efforts-to-save-station-persist/
There has been a strange turn in the ongoing fight to Save KUSF, as personnel of the college radio station formerly operated by students and community volunteers at the University of San Francisco awaited the FCC’s ruling on the sale and transfer of KUSF’s license. In late May it was discovered the university planned to dismantle the studio and did. Now attorneys for Friends of KUSF, the grassroots organization formed in the wake of the station’s closure in January, claim the university acted in violation of FCC regulations. They’ve since filed a declaration with the federal licensing agency in addition to their previous Petition to Deny transfer of license. “This action by the University is one more action which demonstrates that the parties to this whole transaction act as if the FCC was nothing but a rubber stamp,” said Friends of KUSF attorney Peter Franck in a statement released by Save KUSF on Monday. ”In fact, approving this license transfer would violate the FCC’s duty to act in the Public Interest, as we will point out further if the FCC grants our petition to set the whole matter for a public hearing.”
The University of San Francisco has maintained the KUSF broadcast facility since the station’s closure in January and the Petition to Deny was filed in February, which was a stipulation of FCC rules, at least until the pending case resolved. Thanks to the generous technical support of WFMU, KUSF in Exile has been streaming online with the ultimate goal of getting back on the air. But now without a studio to return to, KUSF radio as it was shall never again be. However morale and determination on the Save KUSF side remains affirmative and undimmed. “Once again, USF has acted in bad faith towards the community and the FCC. Ignoring the fact that this bad deal for San Francisco has not been approved, they continue to act in arrogance, ignoring both the will of the city and violating the rules of the FCC,” said Save KUSF spokesperson Irwin Swirnoff in Monday’s release. “The time has come for the University to do the right thing and work with us in getting 90.3 FM back in the hands of the community where it belongs,” he said.
The University of San Francisco shutdown KUSF on January 18. When security escorted staff and DJs from the building, the music, community programming, and voices that made the station not only world famous but vital to SF’s multi-cultural communities and the community at large, ceased to be heard. KUSF is not the only college station that has had its license or broadcast status threatened in recent months. Though its status as an award-winning, 33 year-old community resource in a major US city is an incalculable loss to not only the listeners it served but also to community broadcasting nationwide. Stay tuned to Save KUSF for all the news as it develops and we will occasionally continue to post updates here.
KUSF Studio Dismantled Prematurely While Sale of College Radio Station Awaits FCC Approval
June 7th, 2011 by Jennifer Waits in college radio, public radio
http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2011/06/07/kusf-studio-dismantled-prematurely-while-sale-of-college-radio-station-awaits-fcc-approval/
Sad Sign on Door at KUSF on May 17, 2011 (Photo: J. Waits)
Just four months after University of San Francisco (USF) pulled the plug on KUSF’s terrestrial broadcast, the former KUSF studio in Phelan Hall has been dismantled.
When I stopped by the station on May 17, DJs were still broadcasting from the now online-only KUSF.org. I was told that May 18th would be the final day of online-only broadcasts from the Phelan Hall studio. As movers worked to haul away boxes full of vinyl records, CDs, and decades worth of station equipment (college radio operations at USF had been housed in Phelan Hall since KUSF’s beginnings as a carrier current station in 1963), KUSF General Manager Steve Runyon and KUSF Fundraising Coordinator Miranda Morris spoke about the future of the online-only station.
According to Runyon, the station was being forced to move to smaller quarters in another building on the USF campus. He expected that KUSF.org would be off the air for at least a month, as they would have to entirely rebuild a new studio in their new building. He added that, “KUSF online is still feeding audio to keep our Live 365 streaming active. We expect to again have studio availability in mid to late summer.” The new studio will be located on the 4th floor of Cowell Hall. According to Runyon, “It still has to be designed and built with extremely limited resources. It is presently an academic seminar room.”
DJ doing one of the final KUSF.org shows from the Phelan Studio (Photo: J. Waits)
Since the new location has less storage space, they were in the process of purging files and paperwork when I visited.
Runyon said that they needed to cull down miscellaneous paperwork in order to fit into 3 filing cabinets, compared with the 15 cabinets they used in Phelan Hall. He acknowledged that this wasn’t the first time that the station has had to dispense with archival material. In the past various classical recordings and audio tape archives have been trashed when the university needed the space. He added that in the new location there will be less room for music storage, so much of it will need to be stored off campus. The hope is that they will gradually be able to digitize their large vinyl collection. According to Runyon, KUSF will be moving to “various rooms in Cowell and Kalmanovitz Halls.” He added that the “future location of KUSF’s record/CD collection is undecided at present.”
Boxing up KUSF (Photo: J. Waits)
Ever since January 18, when USF announced that it would be selling KUSF’s 90.3 FM license and transmitter to Classical Public Radio Network (CPRN), the KUSF studio and online-only broadcast have been a shadow of their former selves. Most DJs fled the station and have been working under the mantle of Save KUSF (with many DJing at KUSF in Exile, hosted by WFMU) in order to fight the station sale.
Only a handful of DJs stuck around the old KUSF, so its online-only station has only had a few DJs since January 18. By May 17, only about 4 or 5 DJs were on the air at KUSF.org and the station was doing live shows for only about 10 hours a day, with the rest of the broadcast coming from an iPod. Runyon said, “we don’t have a listening audience, basically.” He added that, “there’s no morale left whatsoever among students or staff.”
It was sad to see the station in ruins and also obvious to me that it must be heartbreaking for Runyon to see the demise of KUSF. He launched the station back in 1977 and he’s proud of all of the achievements over the years. He pointed out that KUSF attracted many students to University of San Francisco and speculated that the university would lose donations from alumni disappointed about the station sale.
KUSF's Steve Runyon and Miranda Morris (Photo: J. Waits)
As I toured KUSF on May 17, the mood was melancholy and I couldn’t help but remember my first visit 2 years ago and a subsequent trip there last summer when the studio was full of life and the surrounding rooms were full of records, CDs, framed gold records, and historical artifacts. It was a depressing scene and a shot of reality about USF’s disinterest in KUSF’s future.
Nearly two weeks ago, as former KUSF volunteers started to realize the fate of the old studio, another letter was sent to the FCC regarding Friends of KUSF’s “Petition to Deny” the assignment of the KUSF license to CPRN. In support of the Petition to Deny, this latest letter dated May 26 provides a supplemental declaration. The declaration from KUSF’s former Personnel Co-Director Claudia Mueller argues that on May 22, 2011, “The entire studio space of KUSF 90.3 FM in Phelan Hall…that includes former production studio C, broadcasting studio B and live studio A have been completely dismantled. No studio equipment that enables any form of broadcasting is left in the premises of KUSF 90.3 FM.”
This statement from Mueller is meant to support the argument in the Petition to Deny that USF has ceded control of its license prematurely and is in violation of FCC rules regarding its ability to originate programming from its main studio. In fact, several recent FCC actions confirm the strong stance that the FCC has taken as far as studio control goes. In the University of San Francisco’s Opposition to the Petition to Deny, lawyers argued that, Programming on KUSF is originating from the [sic] CPRN’s studios and is subject to the University’s control. The Commission’s Rules do not require programming to originate from a station’s main studio. The main studio must have the ability to originate programming. KUSF retains full ability to broadcast from its main studio on the University campus.”
Packing up old KUSF equipment (Photo: J. Waits)
With the dismantling of the KUSF studio at USF in mid-May, it’s pretty clear that KUSF is in violation of the FCC’s rules about maintaining a main studio. So far there’s no word from the FCC on this, but Save KUSF and Friends of KUSF are hoping for a hearing to review all of these potentially problematic moves by USF. According to a press release from Save KUSF this week, “Peter Franck one of the attorneys for Friends of KUSF commented: ‘This action by the University is one more action which demonstrates that the parties to this whole transaction act as if the FCC was nothing but a rubber stamp. In fact approving this license transfer would violate the FCC’s duty to act in the Public Interest, as we will point out further if the FCC grants our petition to set the whole matter for a public hearing.’”
It will be interesting to hear how both USF and the FCC respond.
http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2011/06/07/kusf-studio-dismantled-prematurely-while-sale-of-college-radio-station-awaits-fcc-approval/
Sad Sign on Door at KUSF on May 17, 2011 (Photo: J. Waits)
Just four months after University of San Francisco (USF) pulled the plug on KUSF’s terrestrial broadcast, the former KUSF studio in Phelan Hall has been dismantled.
When I stopped by the station on May 17, DJs were still broadcasting from the now online-only KUSF.org. I was told that May 18th would be the final day of online-only broadcasts from the Phelan Hall studio. As movers worked to haul away boxes full of vinyl records, CDs, and decades worth of station equipment (college radio operations at USF had been housed in Phelan Hall since KUSF’s beginnings as a carrier current station in 1963), KUSF General Manager Steve Runyon and KUSF Fundraising Coordinator Miranda Morris spoke about the future of the online-only station.
According to Runyon, the station was being forced to move to smaller quarters in another building on the USF campus. He expected that KUSF.org would be off the air for at least a month, as they would have to entirely rebuild a new studio in their new building. He added that, “KUSF online is still feeding audio to keep our Live 365 streaming active. We expect to again have studio availability in mid to late summer.” The new studio will be located on the 4th floor of Cowell Hall. According to Runyon, “It still has to be designed and built with extremely limited resources. It is presently an academic seminar room.”
DJ doing one of the final KUSF.org shows from the Phelan Studio (Photo: J. Waits)
Since the new location has less storage space, they were in the process of purging files and paperwork when I visited.
Runyon said that they needed to cull down miscellaneous paperwork in order to fit into 3 filing cabinets, compared with the 15 cabinets they used in Phelan Hall. He acknowledged that this wasn’t the first time that the station has had to dispense with archival material. In the past various classical recordings and audio tape archives have been trashed when the university needed the space. He added that in the new location there will be less room for music storage, so much of it will need to be stored off campus. The hope is that they will gradually be able to digitize their large vinyl collection. According to Runyon, KUSF will be moving to “various rooms in Cowell and Kalmanovitz Halls.” He added that the “future location of KUSF’s record/CD collection is undecided at present.”
Boxing up KUSF (Photo: J. Waits)
Ever since January 18, when USF announced that it would be selling KUSF’s 90.3 FM license and transmitter to Classical Public Radio Network (CPRN), the KUSF studio and online-only broadcast have been a shadow of their former selves. Most DJs fled the station and have been working under the mantle of Save KUSF (with many DJing at KUSF in Exile, hosted by WFMU) in order to fight the station sale.
Only a handful of DJs stuck around the old KUSF, so its online-only station has only had a few DJs since January 18. By May 17, only about 4 or 5 DJs were on the air at KUSF.org and the station was doing live shows for only about 10 hours a day, with the rest of the broadcast coming from an iPod. Runyon said, “we don’t have a listening audience, basically.” He added that, “there’s no morale left whatsoever among students or staff.”
It was sad to see the station in ruins and also obvious to me that it must be heartbreaking for Runyon to see the demise of KUSF. He launched the station back in 1977 and he’s proud of all of the achievements over the years. He pointed out that KUSF attracted many students to University of San Francisco and speculated that the university would lose donations from alumni disappointed about the station sale.
KUSF's Steve Runyon and Miranda Morris (Photo: J. Waits)
As I toured KUSF on May 17, the mood was melancholy and I couldn’t help but remember my first visit 2 years ago and a subsequent trip there last summer when the studio was full of life and the surrounding rooms were full of records, CDs, framed gold records, and historical artifacts. It was a depressing scene and a shot of reality about USF’s disinterest in KUSF’s future.
Nearly two weeks ago, as former KUSF volunteers started to realize the fate of the old studio, another letter was sent to the FCC regarding Friends of KUSF’s “Petition to Deny” the assignment of the KUSF license to CPRN. In support of the Petition to Deny, this latest letter dated May 26 provides a supplemental declaration. The declaration from KUSF’s former Personnel Co-Director Claudia Mueller argues that on May 22, 2011, “The entire studio space of KUSF 90.3 FM in Phelan Hall…that includes former production studio C, broadcasting studio B and live studio A have been completely dismantled. No studio equipment that enables any form of broadcasting is left in the premises of KUSF 90.3 FM.”
This statement from Mueller is meant to support the argument in the Petition to Deny that USF has ceded control of its license prematurely and is in violation of FCC rules regarding its ability to originate programming from its main studio. In fact, several recent FCC actions confirm the strong stance that the FCC has taken as far as studio control goes. In the University of San Francisco’s Opposition to the Petition to Deny, lawyers argued that, Programming on KUSF is originating from the [sic] CPRN’s studios and is subject to the University’s control. The Commission’s Rules do not require programming to originate from a station’s main studio. The main studio must have the ability to originate programming. KUSF retains full ability to broadcast from its main studio on the University campus.”
Packing up old KUSF equipment (Photo: J. Waits)
With the dismantling of the KUSF studio at USF in mid-May, it’s pretty clear that KUSF is in violation of the FCC’s rules about maintaining a main studio. So far there’s no word from the FCC on this, but Save KUSF and Friends of KUSF are hoping for a hearing to review all of these potentially problematic moves by USF. According to a press release from Save KUSF this week, “Peter Franck one of the attorneys for Friends of KUSF commented: ‘This action by the University is one more action which demonstrates that the parties to this whole transaction act as if the FCC was nothing but a rubber stamp. In fact approving this license transfer would violate the FCC’s duty to act in the Public Interest, as we will point out further if the FCC grants our petition to set the whole matter for a public hearing.’”
It will be interesting to hear how both USF and the FCC respond.
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