TIMELINE

Early August: Rocks Off begins hearing rumors KTRU is in trouble.

August 16: Rocks Off discovers item to purchase "a radio station" on the University of Houston System's Board of Regents agenda.

August 17: The Board of Regents approves the purchase of KTRU for approximately $9.5 million, four votes to three.

August 17: The Houston music scene reacts to news of the sale. They are not happy.

August 17: Shell-shocked KTRU staff and supporters meet to discuss possible ways to fight what is essentially a fait accompli. The activist group Friends of KTRU forms not long after.

August 19: Another meeting.

August 22: KTRU supporters hold a protest rally on the Rice campus.

August 24: Virtually the entire Houston music scene appears on what was then thought to be one of the final broadcasts of KTRU's Tuesday-night staple, The Local Show.

October 12: Rice and U of H officially sign the deal to transfer KTRU's frequency, signal tower and FCC license to U of H.

October 16: Rice's Marching Owl Band announces it has been "bought" by U of H during its halftime show at the annual UH-Rice "Bayou Bucket" football game.

December 3: Friends of KTRU's attorneys file an official petition to deny the sale with the Federal Communications Commission.

December 6: The New York Times cites KTRU in an article about college radio stations - and college radio itself - in jeopardy.

December 8: Friends of KTRU board member Joey Yang, also the station's current manager, tells Rocks Off the sale is a "black mark" on Rice University.

December 10: Rice and U of H's attorneys file separate responses to the Friends of KTRU's position. They do not alert the media.

December 17: Friends of KTRU's attorneys file a response to Rice and U of H's responses, the final appeal before the FCC announces its decision.

Unknown date, 2011: The FCC announces its decision to approve or deny the sale.