CAB continues to meet despite lack of official support; visioning process delayed; CSU station audit due soon Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union HUMBOLDT STATE – Internal Humboldt State University correspondence submitted anonymously to the Mad River Union seem to indicate that one residual dispute at the campus radio station has been resolved – officially,…
A frank exchange of views about tonight’s CAB meeting
Mad River Union ARCATA – A member of KHSU’s Community Advisory Board (CAB) and Humboldt State’s president have had a frank exchange of views in advance of tonight’s CAB meeting. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in BSS 162. The messages below were sent to the Union via an email anonymizer. Boardmember Jana Kirk-Levine…
More KSHU issues pile up in advance of Wednesday’s CAB meeting
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Pick your narrative: either Humboldt State’s adults are trying to bring clarity and fairness to the unruly rebellion at KHSU, or the university’s administration is crossing ethical lines to squash dissent. Humboldt State University President Lisa Rossbacher has asked that meetings of radio station KHSU’s Community Advisory…
Rossbacher: No more KHSU Community Advisory Board meetings, please, until we clear this up
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Humboldt State University President Lisa Rossbacher appears to have suspended meetings of radio station KHSU’s Community Advisory Board until the members explain themselves. In a letter dated Sept. 17 (see below), Rossbacher cites confusion over a June 27 decision by the CAB to forward a letter to…
Matt Knight fired from KHSU over ‘stick it to them’ email
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Matt Knight, host of KHSU’s Alternative Therapy show since February 2000 has been fired from the station. Knight, whose radio name is “Mad Doctor Matt,” is one of the members of the station’s volunteer community who have been unhappy with General Manager Peter Fretwell and Vice President for…
This after-hours restriction thing is already the second-most recent KHSU imbroglio
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – The smoldering controversy at Humboldt State University radio station KHSU seemed to be waning late last month, when, in stark contrast to the previous three meetings, the monthly Community Advisory Board (CAB) gathering saw minimal participation. Now though, a new policy regarding worker safety and hours had…
Minimal attendance at KHSU’s monthly CAB meeting
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – If the Humboldt State University administration’s strategy is to wait out, wear down and scare off the resistance to its policies regarding radio station KHSU, the plan may be working. After three well-attended and often clamorous monthly meetings of the station’s Community Advisory Board (CAB), the fourth,…
KHSU Community Advisory Board meeting Wednesday night at HSU
The public is invited to attend KHSU’s Community Advisory Board (CAB) meeting Wednesday, Aug. 29 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Behavioral and Social Sciences Building (BSS) 166 (see map above), on the campus of Humboldt State University. The purpose of the meeting is to obtain public input regarding any aspect of KHSU’s programming…
LoCO gets Drooz’d
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – Another local news organization, the Lost Coast Outpost (LoCO), has received a demand letter from Deborah Drooz, Esq., the Los Angeles attorney representing Humboldt State University Vice President Craig Wruck. Over the last several days, Drooz has sent the Mad River Union letters accusing it of false…