This week, the University of Ottawa’s campus community radio station, CHUO, aired its final live broadcast and a vital voice in Ottawa-Gatineau’s independent media ecosystem has gone quiet. For those of us working in community-powered media, this moment brings concern for our volunteers, staff, readers, and listeners. It is a reminder of how fragile local media infrastructure can be, and of what is at stake when platforms that hold space for community voices disappear.
