A group of Georgia State University students held a silent protest during Saturday’s commencement ceremony against the planned changes to the student-run radio station, WRAS 88.5 FM. Wearing WRAS logos on their graduation caps, the students hoped to send a last-minute message to the administration.
Last week, the university announced a two-year deal with Georgia Public Broadcasting, which would allow GPB to air its own programming on 88.5 F.M. during the day, while students would air their own 24-hour programming online.The broadcast version of this story.
But senior Ana Zimitravich, the station’s former general manager and current RPM music director, says the format change would affect how WRAS reaches its community.
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