The Salient FM Shut Down with Geo Robrigado and Nav Nair: 20th of March, 2020

 Salient FM down in Wellington has closed it's doors, switching in favour of podcasting, which appears to be an audio supplement of the magazine, rather than a mix of student volunteers producing a variety of programming. Corey Fuimaono speaks with former Salient FM co-manager Nav Nair and VUWSA President Geo Robrigado, making sense of what has been an unexpected demise. 

Salient Co-Editors Rachel Trow & Kirsty Frame wished 95bFM to publish the following response:

"Salient FM being shut down was NOT a condition of our contract, nor was it something that we had any control over. The decision to close FM was made before our interview for this role. Any statement that the CEO has made that insinuates that this was a collaborative decision is entirely false. The decision was made before our contracts began and we were explicitly told by the VUWSA CEO Matt Tucker that it was dead, he had cut it, and there was nothing we could do. Matt's question that he posed to us in the interview was "FM is dead, what are your alternatives?" Since securing this job, all FM equipment has been removed, and we have yet to receive access to our budget from Matt Tucker, hence we have not been able to offer any broadcast and very limited podcast material, produced largely on our own personal equipment. We are working profusely to make sure that Salient remains editorially independent from VUWSA, including the VUWSA CEO. This is an ongoing situation that we are working tirelessly to solve without compromising the quality of our media that our readers expect."