This is a petition to protest the recent, and sudden changes to the programming at WETS, the public radio station affiliated with East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. The station has elected to stop its programing of music, including classical, local, and Americana, and will be going to a talk format. This eliminates an outlet for many musicians, and takes the station from a local venue to a national middleman for NPR programming.

By signing this petition you disagree with this move, and are expressing that you will likely no longer support the station financially in its bi-annual pledge drives, and would urge that ETSU also stop spending taxpayer money and funds collected through tuition from college students on the station as well.

WETS is and has been a local gem for many years, lets take back our station, lets put the "Public" back in public radio.