There are two unsettling aspects to this story. First, Long Island University will sell WLIU to the highest bidder. The community groups that want to buy the station could easily be outbid. Second, it is not clear that the station staff will be paid during the extension period. “In the meantime, Mr. Smith has something else to worry about. The State University at Stony Brook has granted a reprieve that would allow the station to stay on the Stony Brook Southampton campus, formerly occupied by L.I.U.’s Southampton College, until Dec. 3, but the private college’s original Oct. 3 cutoff date still stands, as far as the station’s employees’ paychecks are concerned.”
You can read more in Kate Maier’s article in The East Hampton Star.