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  1. 101
    Name: Leslie Davis on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: I lived in SF for 10 years and listened to KUSF all the time! I visit often and always tune in. I support college radio and independent / alternative stations...the few we have left. Please don't let it die! Leslie Davis
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  2. 102
    Name: Corrie Carozza on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: i love Kusf. i love the diversity of the shows. i love it's independence, and that it's not tired and repetitive like most other radio(clearchannel and whatnot). i like getting turned on to things i don't normally hear.i think the loss of this station is pure bullshit, and depriving a city of it's independent radio. which is endangered as it is.
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  3. 103
    Name: Bill Barton on Jan 20, 2011
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  4. 104
    Name: Eva Williams on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: I am an older SF resident and have been enchanted with the eclectic musical format found on KUSF, since moving here in the 1980s. KUSF has fed my need for cultural awareness, and this is no doubt true for other SF residents (of all ages and ethnicities) served by these FM airwaves. What a shock and loss. The suddenness of KUSF's removal is an insult to the citizens of SF, as well as the SFU students and KUSF paid and unpaid workers. Beyond that, I question the so-called Jesuit ethic in the way this was handled. Do you think that everyone who depended on KUSF's can afford a computer? I doubt that was even considered, worse yet, do you even care?. What about the outstanding DJs? What about local musicians? Will they be included in the new broadcasting format? Shame on the despotic manner in which the university powers handled this. With each day that passes, these words appear to be ever so true: "The grabbing hands grab all they can, all for themselves, after all...it's a competitive world...everything counts in large amounts...[Depech Mode]." Well, we who love the music seem to count very little, and every day we seem to have less and less of a say in what's really important in life. Respectfully, Eva 55 years old
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  5. 105
    Name: Anonymous on Jan 20, 2011
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  6. 106
    Name: Paul Wackers on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: moved from the bay 6 months ago and i still listen daily. online only would not be the same, it would not have the same energy let along reach people that need nothing more than a cheap radio, not an expensive computer set up and an extra bill for internet every month. keep it for the people, not only those who can afford it.
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  7. 107
    Name: Paul Waalters on Jan 20, 2011
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  8. 108
    Name: Matt Kennedy on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: GIVE IT BACK!
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  9. 109
    Name: Xavier Flores on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: I've been an avid listener since the 1980's. This unique underground commercial free station should be preserved.
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  10. 110
    Name: Annette Bassett Sanchez on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: I sympathize with the students, but I'm outraged on behalf of the volunteers, some of whom have volunteered for 30+ years. Their treatment by the USF administration is very offensive.
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  11. 111
    Name: Benjamin Richards on Jan 20, 2011
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  12. 112
    Name: Shannon Mace on Jan 20, 2011
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  13. 113
    Name: Julia Bernstein on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: Students at the state university only wish they had a real radio station. Don't ruin your own students' opportunities to learn from working in a real station. Don't take this resource away from us in the city who love it.
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  14. 114
    Name: Anonymous on Jan 20, 2011
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  15. 115
    Name: Shannon Assad on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: We can't lose KUSF.
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  16. 116
    Name: Anonymous on Jan 20, 2011
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  17. 117
    Name: Anonymous on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: I have been listening to KUSF, since I moved to San Francisco many years ago. I have always enjoyed the eclectic playlist and the fact that they broadcast music that no one else does. KUSF is an important source of alternative music and information in a world of continuing consolidation of major media outlets.
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  18. 118
    Name: Matt Paulus on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: KUSF is what connected USF to the surrounding community. The way in which this was handled just goes to show what USF actually thinks of that community. Bring back 90.3 KUSF!
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  19. 119
    Name: Jacqueline Im on Jan 20, 2011
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  20. 120
    Name: Steven Hertz on Jan 20, 2011
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  21. 121
    Name: Caroline Cloak on Jan 20, 2011
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  22. 122
    Name: Tara Vance Stevens on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: KUSF as it was is such an extremely valuable thing to just throw away without trying to maintain this community gem. It's not merely an asset of the University, it belongs to the community as well.
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  23. 123
    Name: Jenifer Correll on Jan 20, 2011
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  24. 124
    Name: Jason Tubbs on Jan 20, 2011
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  25. 125
    Name: Mike Wylie on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: USF administration's view of KUSF value is narrow and short-sighted. The benefits of the station to students, faculty and community members is severely underestimated, per Father Privett's remarks at the Jan 19 "info meeting."
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  26. 126
    Name: Gregory Oliva on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: The sale of KUSF's frequency to KDFC is a terible idea. No input from the listeners of KUSF was solicited. It was a backroom deal. KUSF is a valuable cultural resource, and needs to be preserved.
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  27. 127
    Name: Lena Strayhorn on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: I am shocked and quite dismayed that USF has sold off in secret a radio station that thousands of volunteers over the years have worked to make great. It was the only thing of its kind in San Francisco, a seriously valuable cultural gem. A terrible move!
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  28. 128
    Name: Paul Slavit on Jan 20, 2011
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  29. 129
    Name: Monika on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: KUSF was a major reason why I fell so in love with SF!!!! The foggy nights/early mornings driving around with KUSF leading the way...... SHAME on USF for taking such a HUGE part of our city away!!
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  30. 130
    Name: Jon Caploe on Jan 20, 2011
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  31. 131
    Name: Kim Wiseman on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: Best station in the bay area. What will I listen to when I'm at work?????
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  32. 132
    Name: Taraneh Hemami on Jan 20, 2011
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  33. 133
    Name: Irwin Swirnoff on Jan 20, 2011
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  34. 134
    Name: Deborah Tash on Jan 20, 2011
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  35. 135
    Name: Joan Granato on Jan 20, 2011
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  36. 136
    Name: Stephen Israel on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: We must right this wrong.
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  37. 137
    Name: Daen De Leon on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: I am shocked at the callous manner in which this long-term community voice was silenced. The university has treated the KUSF license as a mere chattel, to be disposed of at whim and without consultation instead of the valuable resource which it is. The heavy-handed, in camera and ultimately unfair way in which this fait accompli was executed is a public relations disaster for the university, and I for one shall work hard to make sure that as many people know what has been perpertrated here. If by a man's actions shall ye know him, then Rev. Stephen A. Privett is an underhanded cold-hearted cheat. There is an opportunity to make recompense, by announcing the intention to sell the license and allowing an open bid for it. It may be that the USC deal is scuppered, but we are dealing with more than a simple business transaction here - USF is supposed to be a considerate and engaged bastion of the Bay Area community, not some thuggish banking cartel, as it is currently behaving. Shame on USF and those who brokered this in camera deal!
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  38. 138
    Name: Gil Jenz on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: Do the right thing USF!
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  39. 139
    Name: Brian Richard on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: 9 to 5 and 5 to 9 Ain't gonna take it It's our time We want the world and we want it know We're gonna take it anyhow We want the airwaves We want the airwaves We want the airwaves, baby If rock is gonna stay alive Oh yeah-well all right Let's rock-tonite All night Where's your guts And will to survive And don't you wanna Keep rock n' roll music alive Mr. Programmer I got my hammer and I'm gonna Smash my Smash my Radio We want the airwaves We want the airwaves We want the airwaves, baby If rock is gonna stay alive! - The Ramones
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  40. 140
    Name: LORI BLOUSTEIN on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: We locals LOVE KUSF. Do NOT sell our station!
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  41. 141
    Name: Rebecca Flournoy on Jan 20, 2011
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  42. 142
    Name: Kenneth Hadlock on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: KUSF was a great asset to San Francisco and its music scene. One of the last places to hear interesting LOCAL music and musicians. The administrators of USF ought to be ashamed of themselves for not even bothering to understand what they are trying to destroy.
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  43. 143
    Name: Alfie Kulzick on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: I listen not only for the music, but for the VOICES and CONVERSATION of the DJ's. Online digital radio is cold, genenic and heartless. DO BOTH?
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  44. 144
    Name: Melissa Martin on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: KUSF is an integral part of the San Francisco Bay Area culture landscape and shutting it down is eliminating an important part of what makes SF so wonderful. If the station had no listeners it would be one thing but there is a large and diverse audience of this station and I do not think it should be allowed to be shut down without giving the community a chance to voice their opinion and support the station.
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  45. 145
    Name: Katy German on Jan 20, 2011
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  46. 146
    Name: Anonymous on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: Listener since 1992, this is a HUGE loss to the city of SF. Not everyone can stream radio online! We need independent, non-corporate voices like KUSF to stay on the air amidst the generic and spiritless formatted radio stations that remain. Classical music is already part of the KUSF playlists, we don't need to hear it 24/7!
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  47. 147
    Name: Jess Clarke on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: Independent radio stations are crucial elements in educating the public and the student body. It is an abuse of a public resource for USF to profit off the sale of this station in a secretive 3 way transaction with commercial entities. It makes a mockery of the Jesuit's mission statement for running the university.
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  48. 148
    Name: Phillip C Hertz on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: As a former SF resident, music industry veteran, and long time music fan, KUSF has historically played a giant role in the education of the public in the finer points of music trends. This would be a huge loss to the SF music community.
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  49. 149
    Name: Joseph Magnuson on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: It is a sad day. I played KUSF all the time at my shop on Haight Street. A black eye on USF for sure...deeply saddened...
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  50. 150
    Name: Susan McKenna on Jan 20, 2011
    Comments: I was very proud to be on the air the night KUSF-FM broadcast for the first time. I am an alumni, class of 1978. I was also the first woman to receive the Speiler Award for achievement in the Mass Media Studies program. This college radio station changed the entire course of my life. Because of volunteer work as a producer, engineer and co-host (San Francisco Scene) I was hired immediately after graduation at Warner Bros. Records in Burbank (3000 recent college grads applied). My KUSF days were the best, and my friends still remain. It is a tragedy that this opportunity for creativity, growth and expression through music should be ever taken away from students or the community. This is wrong on so many levels. Us freaks & geeks, not the norm of USF (pre-med, pre-law, computer science, nursing) were and still are given the freedom to express talent like no other venue can provide, including the internet. I had to earn my FCC 3rd class broadcast endorsed license in order to be on the air, learn to operate a board, edit, and go live. Please think carefully and reconsider this decision. It is not "Money That Matters". It is people, service and community that matters.
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