NEWS
4A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2005
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There's one thing you can count on: Commercial stations aren't playing this stuff.
Since KJHK first broadcast on the lawn of Stauffer Flint Hall on Oct. 15, 1975, it's been providing students something different - at times something quite different - to tune in to.
"A lot of kids come to college and think good songs are those that get played on Top-40 stations," said Fowler Jones, who spun records for the station from 1984 to 1987. "KJHK will totally blow that notion up."
KJHK has been cited over the years as a leading college radio station in magazines such as Rolling Stone. In 1986 Spin Magazine cited it as "one of those rare stations that is the focal point to the local music scene."
With dozens of students coming and going each semester - it takes more than 150 of them to run KJHK - the station has also made its share of on-air mistakes.
In the fall of 1978 it inadvertently broadcast a phony news report that the town of Waterloo, Iowa, had been destroyed in a nuclear meltdown and that 15.000 people had been killed.
Dave Grissom, who wrote the story, said it slipped into another student's broadcast by mistake.
"We were always told to lead with a local story, unless it was something really big," he said. "Apparently that story wasn't big enough."
He said that oddest part of the incident was that the broadcaster who read the
story didn't think it was important enough to lead the broadcast with.
In 1988, after more than a decade of broadcasting mostly underground music, the station switched to a more traditional Top-40 format.
The change sparked protests from students, and before long the station brought back a diet of eclectic programming.
On Dec. 3, 1994, KJHK became the first station in the world to broadcast a live, continuous signal over the Internet (another station broadcast a live signal on the Internet before KJHK, but it cut in and out, while KJHK's was the first coherent signal).
Perhaps the station's greatest contribution to the University has been providing a springboard for students pursuing careers in radio.
"You can read about broadcasting, you can listen to good broadcasters, but you're never going to get anywhere until you get on the air," said Brian Hanni, a 2002 graduate who's currently the sports director at KLWN Lawrence.
For Dan Parnell, a DJ in the mid-70s, KJHK was the start of a 15-year career as a radio announcer.
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"It all started with those fun, unrestrained graveyard shifts with a pile of vinyl at KJHK," he said.
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Andy Dierks, KJHK general manager and faculty adviser, said the station would undergo changes in the years to come.
He'd eventually like to move the station out of the Sudler House Annex — its crowded, ancient studio on 11th Street across from the JRP parking lot — and into the Kansas Union.
But those plans are down the road a way. This month, it's time to look back.
DJ Steve Dooey announced the first KJKH broadcast on Oct. 15, 1975 on the lawn of Stauffer-Flint Hall. The student-run station is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month.
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connection of service because of lack of payment if the weather forecast through that night and the following night says the temperature will stay below 35 degrees.
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in temperature or pressure.
were two parts to the rule.
The device has an instrument that shows if a home has more leaks than a normal home, Craft said. He said reducing the number of leaks would decrease heating costs by about half for the small cost of the test.
First, the rule allows people to pay only 1/12 of their bill to electric and natural gas companies for any month between November and March.
Foreman said the cold weather rule applied to all electric and natural gas companies under the Kansas Corporation Commission's jurisdiction, and every residential customer qualifies. To receive the benefits of the rule in Lawrence, contact Aquila at 1-800-303-0752.
If people choose this option, they would pay the rest of the bill over the next 11 months, with 1/12 of the original payment amount added to each monthly bill. A person can choose the option as many times as he wishes, but the more he does, the more he would owe in the future.
Another way to combat rising gas prices is to take advantage of the Kansas Corporation Commission's cold weather rule. Foreman said if home owners or renters fall behind on their bill payment, they can use the rule to keep their service connected. She said there
Jones said this difference in requirements was a reflection of how busy the Senate thought these senators were. If a senator does not complete the requirements, he or she can be suspended.
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Second, the rule prohibits dis-
One part of the fair that will show how to help lower heating costs will be a demonstration of a blower door test. John Craft, an employee of Kansas Home Energy Raters, will demonstrate how he uses a device that changes the pressure inside a home from the outside, which lets him feel where air is being lost. He said air wants to move when there's a difference
One of the new program's plans is for senators to send e-mails to students in his or her constituency. Ethan Nuss, CLAS senator and Salina senior, came up with the idea. He called it "representative sampling."
"It seems so simple and so easy." Nuss said. "This is our job, to be finding out how to reach out to students."
tion and Recycling Center, said keeping home utility bills as low as possible has been a growing topic of interest, which is why the fair was being held.
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Michelle Crank, a specialist at the Lawrence Waste Reduc
Nuss said he thought the contact could help make the senate more accountable and help it start more programs that directly affect students. He said the program would show the Senate was actively seeking to connect with students throughout the entire school year, not just at election time.
"If Aquila has to pay $10 a unit on gas, they charge $10," Foreman said.
To combat the rising prices, the fifth annual Home Energy Conservation Fair is being held at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2120 Harper St., Sunday. The fair was organized by the Recycling and Resource Conservation Advisory Board.
Nuss said he wanted a form e-mail sent to between five and 10 students per constituency every week. The e-mail plan is still in the proposal stages, but Nuss said he was confident it would become policy. Senators have already spoken with Marlesa Roney, vice provost for student success, about getting e-mail lists of the student population to start the program.
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The committee will hold its next meeting Monday. Chris Petr, professor of social welfare and chairman of the search committee for the dean of social welfare, said the committee had held meetings Aug. 29 and Sept. 7. Applications are being accepted and will be reviewed after Oct. 31. The committee will continue to review applications until the position is filled.
Sandy McKenzie, professor of law and co-chairwoman of the search committee for the dean of law, said she could not report on anything regarding the search committee or the hiring process.
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