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[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

. . . time for student-body-president candidates to take pot-shots at 
college radio:

http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2008/02/07/Diversions/Left-Of.The.Dial-3192741.shtml

This one comes with a twist:

"UNC student body presidential candidate Kristin Hill said WXYC has 
"kind of lost touch with student interests."

Her campaign platform includes plans to work with the station to help it 
cater to more students, especially by working with other student 
organizations.

She met Monday with Brenner regarding their potential collaboration.

"They don't want to be detached from the student body - they're looking 
for a way back in," she said.

Hill also is a student representative for WEA, the parent company of 
Warner Bros. Records.

But she said her affiliation with the label has nothing to do with her 
interest in helping to make changes with WXYC.

Her interest in radio, she said, existed before she came to UNC, even 
though she has been working with WEA since only October.

And Hill said she doesn't see this as a conflict of interest; she is 
open to the possibility of collaboration between WEA and WXYC.

"Whatever we can do at Warner without overstepping boundaries of what 
WXYC can do - we can collaborate that way."