Fanshawe College has announced that it will no longer be financially supporting the campus radio station 106.9 The X and is seeking community partners to keep the station operational. Fanshawe Board Member Gina Lorentz pointed to both Fanshawe’s financial circumstances and the broader industry shift away from terrestrial radio; Fanshawe Senior VP Academic Susan Cluett also noted that future intakes of the college’s radio broadcasting program are suspended. “We don’t want to lose the radio station, but we can’t continue to operate it at significant financial loss every year and without the majority of the students who participate in the operations of the station,” says Cluett. CBC reports that the station was the first licensed, instructional campus radio station when it launched in 1978.
