November 24, 2000

Rice U. Presses Its Radio Station to Broadcast Sporting Events

Will athletics kill the radio stars at Rice?

Like university radio stations around the country, Rice University's KTRU-FM broadcasts all kinds of music: indie, ska, punk, and so on.

And, like many of its peers, Rice sponsors a struggling athletics program. When the Southwest Conference broke up, in 1996, Rice lost many of its traditional rivals, and since then has had a hard time being competitive in most sports, not just in the arena but also in

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