WIDB would go off the air immediately and forever UNLESS SIU forked over the cash NOW and allowed WIDB to sell advertising.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the threat WIDB General Manager Joel Preston fired off, ON THE AIR.<\/p>\n
It was December, 1972, and the station was out of money. Joel had been GM for about a year and tried SO HARD to get $ for the station.\u00a0 He \u201cschmoozed\u201d Student Senate honchos during fee allocations and got the station $25,000, but this was eschewed by George Mace, Dean of Students, who decided WIDB would get $6002.37 instead.\u00a0 Joel tried to run commercials and was forced to cease and ask permission.\u00a0 In less than nine months, Joel had WIDB\u2019s advertising proposal before the Board of Trustees in September and again for December.<\/p>\n
People were leaving the station when advertising was not approved in September.
\nDecember was here, the $ had run out, it was time for a big move.<\/p>\n
Senator Buzz Talbot, Joel, and WIDB Sales Manager Robbie Davis created \u201cStudents to Save WIDB\u201d (supposedly a grassroots student uprising) and they took out ads in the Daily Egyptian.<\/p>\n
The ads asked students to cut it out and send to the Board of Trustees.\u00a0 Just as all of this was happening with the Board of Trustees meeting in a few days, WIDB aired \u201cMy 2 cents Worth,\u201d which was essentially an editorial.\u00a0 You can not only hear it, but also how it was aired during the Kevin J. Potts show.\u00a0 After you listen, read the epilogue below.<\/p>\n