Sun Sets On WUML's "Sunrise"

[Mark Watson]

  WUML's "Sunrise" radio show will air it's final broadcast Friday morning. 
The show is being cancelled as part of $4 million in budget cuts ordered by 
Chancellor Marty Meehan as a result of state funding cutbacks. "Sunrise" 
co-host Bob Ellis will remain on the U Mass Lowell payroll, as he will now 
work in Media Relations for the university's Atheltic Department, plus will 
continue to call U Mass Lowell hockey on WUML, and produce and co- host a U 
Mass Lowell produced sports show that airs Thursday evenings on WCAP. No 
mention in the Lowell Sun article (which starts on the front page of 
Thursday's print edition) about the fate of the others who worked on the 
"Sunrise" show or what will air in the 6 to 9 AM slot weekdays, my guess is 
that the airtime will be given back to the students, who as many on the list 
recall were very unhappy when the time was taken away for "Sunrise".

Link to said Lowell Sun article:
http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_11136239

Mark Watson