Read the full article by Casey Rafter at Sacramento News & Review
The scent of dust and decaying adhesive fills a room otherwise plastered from floor to ceiling with show fliers and band stickers. Its rows of vinyl records stand at attention as a volunteer DJ digitally catalogs them. The music library at KDVS 90.3 FM—UC Davis’ student-run radio station—has been collecting discs since the broadcast studio first went on air in 1964.
Now, in advance of an upcoming move from its historic home in Freeborn Hall, each has to be prepared to survive transportation. But critics of the highly controversial move are worried that the spirit of the station itself might not survive..
Freeborn Hall was deemed structurally unsound in 2018, prompting an initial relocation to a part of campus called “Gun Rock Gaming.” This decision would have restricted KDVS to a third of the space it currently occupies in the basement level of Freeborn Hall. In response DJs, staff, alumni and listeners are worried that the move wouldn’t be in the station’s best interest.