This article focuses on the controversy over programming changes at WDET-FM radio. The lawyer for a vocal group of listeners opposed to the changes called the move "outright fraud" and claims the format change "completely disregarded the public and the community that is loyal to the station and financially supports it." The group has filed a class-action lawsuit over the matter. Louis Lessem, vice president and general counsel for the university, said he has "no interest in litigating this in the press. . . . We're sorry the plaintiffs choose to do that." He added that the university understands some listeners' disappointment but that "we do not believe it (the lawsuit) has any merit and we will fully litigate it." A similar story that ran on the UPI wire was picked up widely by newspapers throughout this country, Canada and as far away as India . Earlier in the week, WXYZ-TV (7) aired a news report on a demonstration by a protest group against the station's changes.