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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
Community radio is characterized by access, public participation in production and decision making and, predominantly, by listener-financing. The intention is that management of the station is in the hands of those who use and listen to it. Though the workings of such stations are never easy, the structure does offer the possibility of accountability to the audience/user in a way state and commercial stations do not.
Jon Bekken, Community Radio at the CrossroadsAn editorial appearing in the 11 January 1996 edition of the Bloomington Voice, a free weekly newspaper serving south central Indiana, criticized recent programming decisions by Bloomington's community radio station, WFHB. According to the editorial, WFHB fails to live up to its promise of providing alternative news and information to the greater Bloomington community. The opinion piece suggests that WFHB's reluctance to air “controversial” programming stems from fears that such programs might offend some listeners and underwriters, possibly leading them to withdraw their financial support for the station. The editorial concludes that while WFHB provides a diverse and welcome mix of music and entertainment features, the station is reluctant to air politically progressive programming in order to accommodate conservative listeners and local business interests.
Published within days of the station's third anniversary, the editorial signaled a shift in popular attitudes toward WFHB. Prior to the editorial's publication, press coverage WFHB received in the Bloomington Voice, as well as the Herald-Times, Bloomington's only daily newspaper, was nothing short of unqualified praise.
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