Dear
      Editor:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      am
      writing
      in
      response
      to
      the
      November
      7,
      1991
      X-
     
     
      Press
      editorial
      regarding
      the
      **Island’s
      Only
      Alterna-
     
     
      tive
      Radio
      Station,’’
      CIMN,
      and
      the
      letters
      to
      the
     
     
      editor
      of
      the
      following
      week’s
      edition
      that
      were
      in
     
     
      disagreement
      to
      the
      editorial.
      CIMN
      is,
      first
      and
     
     
      foremost,
      a
      university
      radio
      station,
      and
      as
      such,
      it
     
     
      has
      certain
      responsibilities
      to
      the
      students
      at
      the
     
     
      university.
      However,
      as
      a
      radio
      station,
      CIMN
      is
     
     
      responsible
      to
      the
      CRTC
      for
      providing
      a
      definite
     
     
      format.
      Charlottetown
      presently
      has
      five
      radio
      sta-
     
     
      tions.
      Two
      of
      these
      are
      mainstream
      music
      stations
     
    

    
     
      _
      which
      play,
      to
      borrow
      one
      of
      their
      slogans
      ‘‘
      favour-
     
     
      _ites
      of
      the
      70’s,
      80’s,
      and90’s.’’
      Q93
      plays
      country
     
    

    
     
      _
      music
      and
      CBC
      is,
      well,
      CBC.
      As
      a
      former
      DJ
      at
     
     
      _CIMN,
      I
      enjoyed
      the
      privilege
      of
      programming
      my
     
    

    
     
      _
      Own
      music
      without
      any
      real
      strict
      regulations,
      except
     
     
      _
      the
      one-third
      Canadian
      content
      regulation
      that
      was
     
     
      fairly
      well
      enforced
      by
      the
      station.
      In
      January,1991,
     
     
      _
      the
      management
      decided
      to
      begin
      enforcing
      the
      alter-
     
     
      _
      native
      format
      that
      most
      DJ’s
      thought
      they
      were
      al-
     
    

    
     
      _
      ready
      providing
      to
      the
      student
      population.
      The
      im-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      pression
      that
      myself
      and
      many
      other
      DJ’s
      were
      left
     
     
      with
      was
      that
      no
      music
      by
      any
      top-40
      artists
      was
      to
     
     
      be
      played,
      including
      unreleased
      albumcuts.
      And
      after
     
     
      two
      and
      a
      half
      years
      as
      a
      DJ,
      I
      quit.
      I
      am
      well
      aware
     
     
      of
      the
      fact
      that
      CIMN
      consistently
      gets
      the
      largest
     
     
      number
      of
      volunteers
      of
      any
      UPEI
      organization,
      but
      I
     
     
      am
      also
      aware
      that
      the
      station
      has
      lost
      many
      listeners
     
     
      over
      the
      past
      two
      years
      (myself
      included)
      because
      the
     
     
      station
      no
      longer
      provides
      the
      wide
      range
      of
      music
     
     
      that
      it
      once
      did.
      AsI
      don’t
      enjoy
      most
      top-40
      music
     
     
      that
      is
      onthe
      other
      Charlottetown
      stations
      and
      CIMN
     
     
      is
      no
      longer
      an
      ‘‘‘titccnative,’’
      I
      find
      myself
      listening
     
     
      more
      and
      more
      to
      my
      old
      Tom
      Petty
      and
      Pink
      Floyd
     
     
      albums.
      C’mon,
      CIMN.
      Please
      loosen
      up.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Searching
      for
      Listenable
      Radio
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Brent
      Macdonald
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ~
      November
      21,
      1991