Many of you may have heard of the shabby treatment WRAS/88.5 has received from Georgia State University administration and Georgia Public Broadcasting. The highly-awarded, student-run radio station is having it's musical programming slashed to just the evening and late night hours so GPB can run news and current event shows - much of it already broadcast on WABE.
WRAS is one of the treasures of Atlanta. Broadcasting new, local and other music that doesn't get airplay on commercial radio since 1971, 88.5 is one of the most highly respected college radio stations in the country with one of the most powerful signals at 100,000 watts. The loss of the majority of the station's original musical programming hours would be a major blow to fledgling acts from the state and the country and the dedicated listening audience.
But most of all, it would be a huge loss (and a slap in the face) to the students that use the station as a springboard to future careers in the broadcast and music industries and to those students that spent years making the station the success that it is today.
I know that we have a lot of GSU students and alumni on this board. As a 30+ year fan of WRAS, please use your voices to object to this change.
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