CLEVELAND — Cleveland State University's student-run alternative radio station, WCSB, was abruptly shut down Friday and replaced with a jazz station operated by Ideastream Public Media.

The sudden change was announced during a Zoom call Friday morning, which News 5 obtained a copy of from an attendee.

The call revealed that WCSB's FM signal would now focus on JazzNEO programming 24/7 under Ideastream's control, while Cleveland State University would retain the radio license, thus ending the station's run as a student-operated alternative music outlet.

That left students scrambling to preserve decades of music and memorabilia inside the studios.

"We had less than 24 hours of notice to pack up 50 years of history – and now they're going to kick us out of the station," said General Manage

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