Sudbury university radio station CKLU celebrates new location

Laurentian University's campus and community radio station is celebrating its recent move.

For more than 30 years, CKLU broadcast out of the main campus at the university. Now, it's located in downtown Sudbury at the university's McEwen School of Architecture.

The general manager of the station, Rob Straughan, said students and staff are welcoming the new location.

"It's nice and bright in here," he said. "We were in a pretty windowless, dark space when we were on the main campus."

The new location is smaller than the previous one, but Straughan said having a more prominent, open space is worth it.

"We like to joke that we finally moved out of our parents' basement," he said. "Now we're out [and] we have our own place."

To celebrate, the station is holding an open house on Monday, Sept. 26 between 12:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Straughan said opening the doors to the community is a way to showcase what goes on in the station.

"I think a lot of people aren't aware of what CKLU is or what it represents," he said. "There's something for everybody on this station."