‘We're Not Going Anywhere,' Says CHMR After MUNSU Votes to Strip Its Funding
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‘We're not going anywhere,' says CHMR after MUNSU votes to strip its funding
The Memorial University Students' Union’s (MUNSU) decision to axe its funding is a “devastating blow” to the campus radio station but the station manager says they are looking for a way to carry on through the airwaves.
MUN Students Union votes to defund CHMR-FM
Memorial University (MUN) in St. John’s, NL is the latest Canadian post-secondary institution to de-fund its campus and community radio station, 93.5 CHMR-FM. At a meeting of the Memorial University Students’ Union (MUNSU) on Wednesday evening, the board of directors passed a motion indicating that by June 1, employees assigned to CHMR “shall no longer spend their paid working time on broadcasting.” The motion leaves the future of CHMR uncertai…
MUNSU board votes to cease funding CHMR
In an in-camera session, MUNSU Board of Directors voted to cease funding to CHMR. By June 1st MUNSU employees assigned to CHMR “shall no longer spend their paid working time on broadcasting” according to the motion passed at the April 1st meeting. A previous version of the motion was ruled out of order by Board of Directors Chair Mackenzie Broders because it included MUNSU taking over the $2 per semester student-levy that partly funds CHMR. The …
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