On World College Radio Day, five decades of student-run airwaves were silenced. Friday, October 3, 2025: 89.3, WCSB broadcast its final breath. Now, this once underground stalwart is truly underground. On that October morning, Cleveland State University (CSU) trumpetted a unanimous approval of a new agreement with Ideastream Public Media. The new contract gave all programming authority to Ideastream. Despite their monopoly on classical music — they have two redundant stations, Ideastream wanted a broadcast home for their “smooth” JazzNEO format.  Ideastream, the Northeastern Ohio platform for NPR and PBS, killed Cleveland State’s radio station. WCSB was dead. There was no warning. Still, some WCSB associate producers noticed a seeming tech…