In the latest sign that community members are looking to battle changes to WTJU, UVA’s oddball radio station, Brandon Collins, one half of the guitar and cello duo B.C., will go all neolithic at a community support meeting at 5pm tonight at Random Row Books.
"One extremely helpful thing we can do as a group is assist the announcers through doing some basic footwork on their behalf," writes Collins in an e-mail. "This might include flyering, a steady stream e-mail petition, outreach, letter writing, attending a rally, attending other community meetings, and anything else we can do to lighten the load on the announcers."
Collins also started an online petition, which is part of a broader "Community to Keep WTJU Weird" here. Also new on the Internets is a Facebook group called "Keep WTJU Weird". It’s an interesting choice of language, given that the station’s new general manager Burr Beard was met with some backlash for suggesting that Charlottesville could become the "Austin of the East." (The city’s catchphrase is "Keep Austin Weird.")
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