The Day the Music Died

     First and foremost, I would like to thank Bionic for inviting me up to his blog here.  Unfortunately my first post here on Bionichles isn't a celebration.  I am here today to tell you about a giant mistake Mt. San Antonio College is making.  Administration at Mt SAC has decided that KSAK's radio signal will better suit students needs by airing the new Mt. Rock Radio through it.  This simply is not true.  This decision has been made by administrators, not broadcasters, under what i believe to be the advice of Tammy Trujillo.  I also believe that this move is not collegial and is self serving.  I have volunteered at audio8ball.com under the same group that runs Mtrockradio.com and the training just does not compare to the training at KSAK.
      From my perspective it seemed that Tammy was so sure she had closed down KSAK after the fall semester she was practically gloating about it.  So when she found out that we had been moved to Technical Services and were still broadcasting she immediately wanted us back on her budget and she drew out a plan for for our operations to cease with out actually having to shut down the station.  Her plan is to "simulcast" their new station over our signal.
    We quickly went and spoke to the Board of Trustees.  we asked for them to talk to us, to take a look at the facts, and to also determine the actual value of Cason Smith's training at KSAK.  We were ignored.  So we wrote letters, and e-mails to the Board members, we attempted to make appointments with them through President Nixon's office.  President Nixon sent Vice President of Instruction Virginia Burley to help us.  She first told us that she didn't know anything about our situation and that she would like to hear, but with some prodding from award winning student broadcaster Nelson Aguilar she quickly changed her story and knew quite a bit about what was going on.  She then asked for our questions in an email, which we sent, and she never returned.  She also never helped us with making an appointment which is the only reason we called Nixon's office. We met with student chair Patrick Martinez, he was of no help although not necessarily because he didn't care.  Same story with A.S. president Xavier Padilla.  We were then rail roaded again by Virginia Burley at the Student Senate.  Every possible option that we have explored has failed to even listen.  Hell, they won't even tell us to fuck off.
    I am disappointed by the system at Mt. SAC, it is my firm believe that they lie, they cheat and the way the act is un-colleagial and again self serving, and the only people they are hurting are the future broadcasting student of Mt. San Antonio College and the college's image in it of its self.
    Thanks for reading, again, these are my beliefs based on the events that have unfolded in the past year.  I will not bring up the propaganda and defamatory language and attitude towards KSAK as a station and as individuals that volunteer there.

     I would like to also mention that the year I have spent at KSAK has been more rewarding than any other experience i have had in my whole life and it is a shame that no one else will ever have this experience again.  Thank you Cason Smith and all of the volunteers at KSAK. Bye Bye Miss American Pie.