April 16, 2019 Chancellor Timothy P. White California State University Office of the Chancellor 401 Golden Shore Long Beach, CA 90802 Re: KHSU Shut Down Dear Chancellor White, We are writing today out of grave concern for the way our local community radio station, KHSU, was shut down and abandoned by Humboldt State’s executive leadership.…
Letters to the Editor, April 17, 2019
A dark day in Humboldt It is a dark day in Humboldt County. KHSU, the station that we loved and listened to and worked for and gave our money to is gone. A ghost station with no soul has acquired its call letters. A huge thank you to all the staff, the volunteers, the people…
‘Radiocide’ by James Floss
Mad River Union HUMBOLDTSTATE – This poem was recited before Humboldt State’s University Senate at its Tuesday, April 16 meeting. RADIOCIDE by James Floss Unspeakable violence Occurred yesterday as A culture was snuffed Roots rich it had, a Rhizome Rhapsody, a Convivial confluence Unspeakable harm Was done to our home Voices familiar silenced A culture…
KHSU 90.5 FM gutted, silenced
Citing costs, HSU Admin purges most staff, the rest resign; Chico feed takes over; station community livid, organizing; sponsors quit, donors claim fraud, demand refunds; future plans vague, uncertain Public radio station’s airwaves go dead on Sunday as outrage mounts Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – The biggest mediaquake to hit Humboldt in…
University Senate passes resolution condemning KHSU closure
Mad River Union HUMBOLDT STATE – By a 75 percent majority, HSU’s University Senate Tuesday afternoon passed a “sense of the Senate Resolution” rejecting and condemning the administration’s action to eliminate KHSU’s staff and local programming. Seven percent of the senate opposed the resolution; 18 percent abstained. A draft resolution, which was amended, asks California…
An inside account of the final KHSU staff meeting – ‘no one noticed I was there’
Mad River Union HUMBOLDT STATE – Last week’s historic purge and effective closure of Humboldt State’s public radio station, KHSU 90.5 FM, took place behind locked doors at the Feuerwerker Building on campus. However, station volunteer Ryan Lee happened to be in the building, and listened in on what transpired. Using a station production studio,…
IN MEMORIAM: KHSU… R.I.P.
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Last remaining KHSU employee quits
Mad River Union HUMBOLDT STATE – Natalya Estrada, the last employee not fired by the Humboldt State administration as part of last Thursday’s abrupt purge of KHSU’s staff and volunteers, has resigned her position. Estrada, who’d been retained as Morning Edition host, follows David Reed, who had been appointed as the station’s new interim director,…
Memo to KHSU staff from Peter Fretwell
Mad River Union This memorandum was posted on KHSU’s listserv this morning by former General Manager Peter Fretwell, who was also dismissed as part of the station overhaul. —– Forwarded Message —– From: Peter M Fretwell <[email protected]> To: khsu-allstaff <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2019, 9:33:36 AM PDT Subject: [khsu-allstaff] KHSU Reorganization Dear KHSU Volunteers,…
Staff purge in progress at HSU’s Feuerwerker Building, home of KHSU
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY – The front door is locked, and only select individuals are being allowed to enter and leave Humboldt State’s Feuerwerker Building as university officials dismiss the radio station’s staff. In a long-rumored overhaul of the station’s staff and programming, the university has fired most of its…