CRTC yanks CKLN license. It’s a rather curious story of how the student station had, among other problems, “limited involvement from Ryerson’s student body” according to the attached Globe and Mail story. Otherwise, a grown up’s cynical view will find the shenanigans at CKLN to have a distinctly comical quality. The phrase “Will anyone notice” comes to mind. Here’s an excerpt from a student story written in 2009. When Ashley Stanhope walked into CKLN’s office for the last time, she wasn’t expecting a confrontation with police. After attempting to start her weekly one-hour show Wired for Sound, a woman barged into the studio, yelling erupted between other volunteers, two people barricaded themselves in a room and police were brought in to break up the debacle. “It seems bizarre when you think of it,” Stanhope said. “This would never happen at CHUM FM, it would never reach that point. It seems people are on this power trip when it comes to college radio.” For nearly two years, CKLN has been embroiled in fierce internal fighting with two groups of people claiming power over the station.Rye High radio gone — will anyone notice?
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CRTC yanks CKLN license. It’s a rather curious story of how the student station had, among other problems, “limited involvement from Ryerson’s student body” according to the attached Globe and Mail story. Otherwise, a grown up’s cynical view will find the shenanigans at CKLN to have a distinctly comical quality. The phrase “Will anyone notice” comes to mind. Here’s an excerpt from a student story written in 2009. When Ashley Stanhope walked into CKLN’s office for the last time, she wasn’t expecting a confrontation with police. After attempting to start her weekly one-hour show Wired for Sound, a woman barged into the studio, yelling erupted between other volunteers, two people barricaded themselves in a room and police were brought in to break up the debacle. “It seems bizarre when you think of it,” Stanhope said. “This would never happen at CHUM FM, it would never reach that point. It seems people are on this power trip when it comes to college radio.” For nearly two years, CKLN has been embroiled in fierce internal fighting with two groups of people claiming power over the station.