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Purdue University plans to transfer control of West Lafayette s local NPR station, WBAA, pending approval from the school s board of trustees and the Federal Communications Commission. WBAA s AM frequency is the longest continuously-operating radio station in the state.
The university announced plans Thursday to transfer management of the nearly century-old radio station to Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media – the same group that manages Indianapolis NPR and PBS station, WFYI.
The terms of the deal between the university and the group have not been released. Officials from Purdue and Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media declined to comment beyond the media release. WBAA lists eight staff members, including journalists, managers and fundraisers.
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EDITOR S NOTE: The following is a commentary submitted to the Journal & Courier regarding the Purdue University Board of Trustees proposed adoption of a graduation requirement without Faculty Senates consent, according to the authors.
Many faculty at Purdue are critically worried about the decision of the Purdue Board of Trustees to do two things: 1) vote to adopt an undergraduate graduation requirement without consent of the University Senate; and 2) apply it system-wide without engaging faculty at the regional campuses.
That the graduation requirement is about civics literacy, when the Board is not following its own governance procedures, is a particularly vicious irony.