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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