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UC Irvine students who run the campus radio station KUCI are resisting an effort by the student government body to take a firmer hand in determining programming.
Although Associated Students of UCI (ASUCI) officials say they are interested only in finding out how the station can best serve listeners, student operators of the tiny 25-watt station are worried that campus officials and the student government want to abandon KUCI's eclectic programming mix of jazz, blues, rock, gospel and alternative music in favor of a single format.
That doesn't sit well with the station's staff of student volunteers, according to Jeanette Grimm, general manager of KUCI-FM, a non-commercial station supported mainly by fees paid by UCI students.
Looking toward the day when UCI's weak-signaled radio station may become a more noticeable presence on the Orange County airwaves, ASUCI is gearing up a task force to consider changes.
Grimm said that David Hurwitz, president of ASUCI, told her recently that the student government wants to "narrow down the programming to one kind of music" and that Hurwitz personally favors progressive-rock programming. Currently, Grimm said, KUCI blocks...