Protesters outside City Club of Cleveland

Описание: Members of the Cleveland State University community gathered Tuesday afternoon for a silent rally following recent changes to the university’s long-running radio station, WCSB.

The event took place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the quad between Rhodes Tower and the Student Center. According to a post from WCSB's Instagram account (which has since been deactivated), the gathering was held "to mourn the loss of WCSB as a student organization and to bring students, student orgs, alums, and members of the WCSB community together."

"We have hundreds and thousands of voices that need to be heard," former station general manager Alison Bomgardner told 3News. "Cleveland State has decided to silence those voices, but that does not mean we will be silent."

The rally followed the university’s Oct. 3 announcement of a new partnership between Cleveland State University and Ideastream Public Media, which transitions WCSB to a 24/7 jazz format under the name JazzNEO. Ideastream now oversees programming for the station, which broadcasts at 89.3 FM and continues to use its original call letters. CSU retains the Federal Communications Commission license.

As part of the partnership, CSU and Ideastream plan to develop paid and for-credit learning opportunities in journalism, production, marketing and graphic design. Those opportunities will take place at the Idea Center, located near campus.

According to school officials, WCSB's executive student staff, along with student and community volunteers, were informed of the partnership during a Zoom meeting after both CSU's and Ideastream's governing boards approved it. However, students who previously helped run the station say they were blindsided.

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