2008 Woodie Awards
Campus radio DJs ready to rock new school year
By Vanessa M. Sanchez
Issue date: 9/14/07 Section: Premiere
Originally published: 9/14/07 at 7:26 AM CSTLast update: 9/18/07 at 6:09 PM CST
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The station boasts shows by more than 30 disc jockeys, most students at this college.
KSYM disc jockeys enjoy being able to bring their own music and share it with their listeners, say three veterans with evening shows.
Since April, Jake of Destruction continues to offer late-night heavy metal mixtures of Death Metal songs.
A fan of Slayer, Cannibal Corpse and Mega Death, radio-television-broadcasting sophomore Jake Wesolick rocks the airways from 11 p.m.- 2 a.m. every Wednesday night.
He plays older, classic, metal music which he calls "'80s thrash metal," which covers Metallica and a mélange of "new wave of British heavy metal, black metal and death metal," Wesolick said.
When he is not at the station, Wesolick screens music for profanity that would preclude it from airplay, helps plan events or does other volunteer work at the student-run station.
"Night All" is from 9 p.m.-11 p.m. Tuesdays hosted by radio-television-film freshman John Basham, who calls himself The Bash Man.
He plays all genres of rock 'n' roll on what he describes as an industrial metal show.
The Bash Man mixes a verity of "medium to heavy" but not "mainstream" rock music.
Basham grew up admiring Queens of the Stone Age, Ministry, Beer Factory, KMFDM and "old school '70s rock, Budgie."
Rock, on the other hand, is not the only genre played on KSYM.
Jonathan Harper, a music business sophomore, program and hip hop director, broadcasts as Doc J playing underground hip hop such as Sage Francis, MF Doom, Jedi Mind Tricks and Mob D.
As the program director, Harper plans day-to-day operations and helps schedule shows and benefit concerts. He also asks promoters and distributors for CDs to play.
A three-year veteran, Harper headlines a show from 9 p.m.-11 p.m. on Mondays. He occasionally brings in music from his personal collection.
Anyone interested in becoming a part of KSYM is welcome to take COMM 2303, Audio Production 1, to get the hands-on experience needed, Harper said.
This is required for students before they can be on the air at the station.
More information is available at the station's Web site: www.ksym.org.
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