作者：辛西娅·休伯特

2022年4月7日

最近的一个周五，KSSU的志愿者dj们在大学联盟的工作室里播放新兴摇滚歌手的歌曲，谈论奥斯卡奖，讨论心理健康问题。

It was a fairly typical day at the free-spirited, student-run station, which is celebrating its 30^th year of broadcasting to the 萨克拉门托 State community and beyond.

4月8日星期五，KSSU的校友们将参观校园，重温他们的DJ时光。 邀请校园社区成员和公众从上午8点到下午5点在大学联盟1240室参观工作室。 A panel discussion about the station’s history will take place 3:30-5 p.m. in the Union’s Orchard Suite.

“This is our audio sandbox,” said KSSU advisor Aaron Wall, student services coordinator for Associated Students 公司。 and one of three paid staff members at the station. “Students play music that they love, and talk about topics that interest them.”

每学期约有40名志愿者，但并非所有志愿者都将从事广播事业。 然而，在那里，他们学习了与广播、广告、工程、编程、新闻和其他领域相关的广泛技能。

Some, such as Odin Rasco, are Journalism majors, but others are studying Computer Science or Anthropology, and participants represent the University’s diverse student population.

“It’s one of the station’s greatest virtues,” Rasco said. “Every voice adds to the identity of KSSU.”

这一切都始于三十多年前，当时有两个学生决定校园需要一个广播电台来反映他们的声音和激情。 通讯专业的吉姆·博尔特和克里斯·普罗西奥花了两年多的时间才启动了这个项目。 该站最初以KEDG的名义运营，信号非常微弱，几乎无法到达校园的边缘。

“This is our audio sandbox,” - KSSU advisor Aaron Wall.

今天，KSSU在网上广播，在全国各地都有成千上万的听众。 该电台举办活动，比如最近的无声迪斯科舞会，以鼓励参与校园生活。 它的dj经常出现在图书馆广场和其他地方的聚会上，并定期宣传大学的重要项目和服务。

在任何一天，KSSU都提供新闻、脱口秀、音乐和采访，沃尔说，这个电台是新兴艺术家的重要出口。

最近的播放列表包括电子流行歌手Waldo Witt、歌手Orlando Weeks、独立车库朋克四重奏Shannon and the Clams以及独立女歌手Squirrel Flower。 Discussion topics that day ranged from one student’s journey to finding her spiritual identity, to the “Slap Heard Around the World” – actor Will Smith’s assault on comedian Chris Rock – during the Academy Awards television broadcast.

At KSSU’s heart, however, are the student DJs, each working on-air about an hour a week. 不在麦克风前的时候，他们写博客，评论音乐，帮助工程，整理CD货架，以及执行其他任务。

Rasco, the station’s program coordinator, called himself “a performer by nature” who was naturally drawn to KSSU.

“I’ve wanted to have a radio show since I was a child,” he said. Until he came to 囊状态 and started working at the station, however, “I had no real means of breaking into that world.”

拉斯科说，他希望将自己的经验转化为专业的广播事业。

Another DJ, Economics major Senna Kim, said she joined the crew with an eye toward “getting more engaged” with the campus culture. It also helped her confront her social anxiety by “pushing me out of my comfort zone,” Kim said.

Charlotte Barna, an Anthropology major known on the air as DJ Char-Bar, stood at the station’s master mixer on a recent day and reflected on her time at KSSU.

“It’s definitely one of the highlights of my week,” she said.

“Music is probably my biggest passion in life,” Barna said. “This is an amazing creative outlet, and a really great community.”

在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间，该站从未错过任何一个节拍，这迫使大多数学生、教职员工离开校园。 在临时家庭工作室工作的dj帮助KSSU保持与Sac州立社区的联系。

“We didn’t have a single pause,” said Wall, a 2020 graduate who began his career at KSSU as a volunteer DJ.

On Friday, the station will celebrate its rich background, with alums taking over the microphones in the small studio near one of the University Union’s main entrances and mingling with the new guard.

Student radio “is as relevant as ever,” Wall said.

“It’s always been a platform for students to play music, express different viewpoints, and learn new skills,” he said. “It’s just the format that has changed.”