In the past, the radio station collected a $3 per student per semester tax. However, the funds resulting from this tax were frozen after ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, and the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, expressed concern over the station’s finances and the lack of the radio board meeting frequently.

ASMSU and COGS then passed bills- at the end of last fall semester that requested the station to increase the frequency of radio board meetings in addition to undergoing an external audit. After these requirements are fulfilled, the student tax funds will be allocated to the station.

Because the audit has not been completed yet, the station does not know if they will receive funds from student taxes for the 2013-14 year either.

After it was determined the station would not be receiving the taxes collected throughout the 2012-13 year, Jason Cody, MSU spokesman, said the already collected taxes were returned to students on March 28.

COGS president Stefan Fletcher said, “My hope (was) that the audit would be underway (by now). But obviously when you start to look back into these things, complications arise, and that’s understandable.”

Glazer said the station has been surviving through its reserve funds, which it has been building up over the years for emergency scenarios.

Glazer added the station’s noncommercial educational license creates a situation where Impact 89FM relies on the student taxes for income. Glazer added the station is prohibited by the Federal Communications Commission from airing commercials and can only offer sponsorships to very limited degree.

“We’ve just maintained a bare-boned level,” Glazer said. “We haven’t been able to replace any aging or breaking equipment. We (have) been doing the best with what we’ve got.”