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Daniel J. Fox '96, a former AR&B deejay who isstill active at WHRB, describes the officialimplementation of the change as a "cowardlyjesture...
...There is a lot of petty politics behindeverything around it," Nauen says. "[Rassen's]reasoning is totally fallacious because hip hopwas the most sellable music that WHRB played. It'sthe most commercially popular music and it had ahumungous listnership. By cutting it the stationwouldn't make more money...
According to Alexis G. Averbuck '94, formervice president of WHRB's student administrativeboard, Rassen and other station managers were notinvolved in the alternative rhythm and bluesdepartment, making it a relatively easy target forthe chopping block...
Several current and former WHRB deejays worrythe changes unnecessarily restrict listenership toupperclass, white Cambridge residents. "Whatbothered me was the decision to target the morewhite and upperclass audience," says Fox. "They'reeliminating portions of the prospective audience...
...commercial radio station withoutCollege funding or significant listenercontributions, WHRB's audience consists mainly ofCambridge residents, who are 75 percent white,rather than undergraduates...