Demonstrators held signs and played cellos last week to show their opposition to WUFT-FM's change from classical music to news and public affairs.
The change, which occurred in August, has also received positive feedback from people who enjoy the news programs, said Paul Gordon, interim executive director of the Division of Multimedia Properties.
Gordon said the station plans to add more local news coverage to its broadcast for people to listen to during the day and night.
This increase in local coverage could lead to more volunteer and paid positions at the station for students, he said.
But Sue Yelton, who organized the protest group, said she misses the classical, folk, jazz and blues music the WUFT-FM's old format offered. The classical music now offered by the station's HD2 radio channel does not replace the old mix, she said.
"I'm not going to tear out my sound stereo system in my car to put in an HD radio that I don't know will work," she said. "We want back what we had or something very similar."
However, Gordon said it is difficult to get people to agree with the format change when it is still so new, and the transition is going to take time.
"It's a matter of really trying to expand, but it's a crawl, walk, run process," he said.
