Public Meeting concerning WMUB February 3, 5:00 pm

Miami Announces Changes to WMUB;
--public meeting POSTPONED to Feb 3. due to the winter storm
--last Friday's WMUB Forum podcast
--reactions on our Directions blog

(OXFORD, OH, January 22, 2009) - Miami University and Cincinnati Public Radio (CPR) are actively negotiating an operating agreement for CPR to manage WMUB, in order to continue to provide public radio services to listeners of WMUB while addressing the university's projected budget deficit.

WMUB has broadcast from Miami University for 58 years. However, due to its rural location and signal strength, it has not been able to achieve the audience and listener pledges that urban-based public radio stations receive. Consequently WMUB receives more than $500,000 in annual direct subsidy from the university plus more than $300,000 in indirect support.

"We have come to this decision with deep regret because of our long history with WMUB and the excellent staff there now, but the financial obligation of WMUB can no longer be borne by the university with the economic challenges we face," said Miami President David Hodge.

WMUB Forum on Friday, January 23rd was devoted to this topic. You can listen to or downoad the podcast here.
Miami's public information meeting scheduled for Wednesday, January 28th has been postponed to Tuesday, February 3rd, 5pm in 102 Benton Hall on the Miami campus. You will be able to listen to this event in one of 3 ways:

aired live on our HD3 channel (requires an HD receiver)
streamed live on the web
re-broadcast on 88.5 & HD1 at 7 pm Tuesday 2/3
Find out more at the Miami University web site (here's the story link directly).