After 50 years, CHUO 89.1 FM is preparing for its final broadcast.

The University of Ottawa's campus radio station will cease live programming Dec. 15, station manager Parujee Akarasewi confirmed to CBC. CHUO will continue airing pre-recorded content until March to fulfil its contract with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission .

The station had been trying to raise $150,000 to keep its doors open, but Akarasewi said CHUO's board of directors decided Monday night to end the campaign and shut down.

News of the impending closure comes two years after University of Ottawa students voted in a referendum to end a special levy that funds the station.

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