It’s back to the drawing board for Fresno State on-campus radio station KFSR-FM as its contract proposal with Associated Students Inc. was struck down by the student senate during Wednesday’s meeting.

A new contract will have to be proposed between the radio station and the student government.

The revoked proposal, which was written before the change in leadership at the radio station, required an $8,000 donation for KFSR to air the hourlong ASI-hosted program “Dog Dish.”

The donation did not include an extra fee for radio station volunteers to appear at student government events, which was a provision that was included in last year’s contract.

ASI President Abigail Hudson said that the information the student government received on the contract they voted down was from the previous management at the station, not from anyone currently heading the station.

Hudson had positive words for the new management, who she met Tuesday along with faculty adviser professor Faith Sidlow and arts and humanities dean Dr. Jose Diaz.

“I’m so happy to hear that KFSR’s under new leadership,” Hudson said. “We had a great meeting yesterday to show that they’re moving in a positive direction.”

Sidlow said Thursday that she was excited about the expertise now onboard at KFSR.

“The people who are now in charge of the station have more than 30 years experience in radio,” she said. “They know what they’re doing and they’re really excited to bring students into the curriculum and make the station one of the best among university stations.” ­

Diaz was optimistic Wednesday after ASI’s vote.

“I think it was the right vote for this circumstance and we’re going to be resubmitting a different contract as soon as we possibly can,” Diaz said.

The dean addressed the student senate before the vote and reiterated the change in the radio station.

“Despite whatever happened in the past, we’re under new leadership,” Diaz said.

The dean said that they were restructuring station staffing and that the new leadership is exploring new ways to get students involved in the station that had been lost over time.

Sidlow also addressed the student senate before voting on the contract and hinted at changes coming to the radio station and the opportunities it would bring to ASI and the rest of the campus.

“We’re really excited about the ability for you to be able to do public affairs shows,” she said. “To be able to do music shows of the genre that you prefer and to experiment and get excited and explore all of the possibilities that there are with radio, with broadcast and online.”

Sidlow said that people the station has spoken with are excited about the new opportunities coming to the radio station. Leadership at KFSR has looked at what other universities that have done and found those opportunities have been well received.

“We really want to partner with everyone here and everyone on campus as to developing programming that’s going to serve the student population,” Sidlow added.