Comments on: Why Fayetteville Rules: KXUA

By: Dgold

Dgold — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:02:06 +0000

Now on Twitter @kxua too http://twitter.com/kxua

My show is Honest Tunes, every Tuesday since April 2000, http://dgold.info/radio

Thanks for the great coverage!

By: Barry

Barry — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:02:32 +0000

Except McDonald’s tastes good even though it’s bad for you. ClearChannel tastes like crap in my ears.

By: Citizen_XIII

Citizen_XIII — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:38:03 +0000

10 years already? wow! KXUA and KUAF are the only stations that I listen to at work, I hate the commercial stations selling the same prepackaged crap.

KXUA vs ClearChannel is like comparing the Farmer’s Market to McDonalds

By: Scott Stapp of Creed

Scott Stapp of Creed — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:53:49 +0000

Resentment of the unrefined. A truly professional jazz attitude. Love it!

By: DJ EJ

DJ EJ — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:09:59 +0000

Yo,

I had the “Don’t Touch that Dial” poster scanned last year and have a high-res .jpeg of it…perhaps we need a second (third? fourth? etc.) printing of that poster.

Thanks Scott Stapp for listening to my “Smooth Talkin’ Jazzy Jazz Hour for Pimps” show on KXUA. You’re welcome to call into the studio at any time if there are any multi-syllabic words I’ve used that you don’t understand.

Cheers,

DJ EJ

By: The Leprechaun

The Leprechaun — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:34:31 +0000

I, too, miss my few years at KXUA starting back in 2001. I wouldn’t be the same person I am now if I hadn’t met all the people and heard all the different tunes I did in my time there (I’d also have quite a bit more money that is now invested in all the plastic sitting around my place).

I’m glad I can say I was part of it all.

-The Leprechaun

By: Wiff Rightly

Wiff Rightly — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:00:52 +0000

Beebs, PDub and I had a general rotation show when KXUA first when on the air. It was a lot of fun and, like Beebs said, exposed me to a bunch of music I would have never even heard otherwise.

I believe I still have a “Don’t Touch That Dial” poster somewhere around my house… I also still have a couple of the KXUA/Say Anything DJ Recruitment Flyers that we hung up around campus for a couple of years.

Good stuff.

Sincerely,

DJ Tanner, er, I mean Wiff Rightly

By: dude

dude — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:28:13 +0000

Don’t forget about podcasting! A huge amount of KXUA shows are podcasted now.

http://www.mediafire.com/kxua

By: elco

elco — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:52:50 +0000

I came on in 2004, and I think it was the best part of my college career. Stayed on til I graduated, and now I miss it more than I anticipated. I actually just came across the mix made for the KXUA skate party the other day…oh memories…

By: dancing wu li master

dancing wu li master — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:49:53 +0000

Congrats to KXUA! Bo Counts should be thanked and congratulated for all he’s done. The speaker box is a great show… and the sports guys, they are actually interesting, and that is more than you can say about most of the talk radio. Those guys are absolutely fascinating. I never thought hot dog eating contests could be philosophical. I was sooooo wrong!

By: a. brown

a. brown — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:14:06 +0000

I got DJ-trined on September 11th, 2001, and stayed four awesome years. Here’s to all the creepy people who called to see what I was doing after my shift, and to Daniel Gold for harassing phone calls about too much of “the indie rock”.

By: Lankford

Lankford — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:04:57 +0000

I still wear the old shirts. One black, one red. The red one is so faded you can barely see the logo. I remember where I first heard about the station. I was watching a band downstairs at Brough Commons. Memories…

By: El Duderino

El Duderino — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:36:12 +0000

10 years eh, that first week seems like just yesterday. KSFM did a little spot about student radio on our first show, it was pretty tight in that original little booth. I remember somebody rigged a way to broadcast phone calls on the air one night early on, hilarity ensued. Student Radio is second only to student revolution!

By: Rog Hog

Rog Hog — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:58:13 +0000

Mad Props KXUA! Congrats on 10 years. Didn’t realize it’d been that long. I DJ’d at KRFA in the late 80’s in that ratty old house that’s now long gone. Ah, good times. Thanks for keeping new, indie, underground, college, whatever you want to call it music on the air in Fayetteville. Woot woot!

By: Scott Stapp of Creed

Scott Stapp of Creed — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:11:59 +0000

My favorite shows are: TEH GUTTAR with CHRUSTAY because it always reminds me that I am getting old and whipped and boring and am nowhere near as fun and spontaneous as I used to be, and I like to be reminded of that in order to keep things in perspective. I also like the one with the new KENNETH THE PAGE style guy this semester where he’s super excited about everything he plays, even the boring requests, and says stuff like “that was quite the song!!” I also enjoy the SPANGLISH show with DJ MEGA MIKE because of the pleasing combination of dorky banter and quizzes with Latin American pop song mp3s that are audibly sub-128kbps and feature a poor sample rate. Also I like some SPORTS TALK SHOW thing where the other week the guy and some other guy were playing a game called “Hockey Player or Chef” where one guy read the names of hockey players and chefs and the other guy had to guess which (he was awful at it). SMOOTH TALKIN’ JAZZY JAZZ HOUR FOR PIMPS with DJ EJ is nice but makes me feel like an unsophisticated loser. THUNDER MOUNTAIN is also classic stuff, perfect for prowling College Avenue up to no good in a hot-boxed 1988 Ford Tempo late at night.

By: Alannah

Alannah — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:00:28 +0000

I too miss Mystery Train.

By: DTabler

DTabler — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:00:06 +0000

@Beebs; I wish I had a “Don’t touch that dial” poster. I remember there always being one hanging up behind the printers in the union computer lab, and it always made me smile

By: Total Bastard

Total Bastard — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:13:45 +0000

Never heard of em.

By: Beebs

Beebs — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:42:06 +0000

I was a DJ up there back in the day for the first 3 years or so. KXUA exposed me to so much music that otherwise I wouldn’t have known existed. You’re not always going to like what’s being played but the best part is that you might absolutely love the NEXT song. You never know what you’ll hear on that station. We’re really lucky to have it. Cheers KXUA. Does anyone still have the “Don’t Touch That Dial” poster? I do.

By: George

George — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:35:12 +0000

KXUA has turned me on to so many good bands over the years. You may not always like what you get….but at least it’s always something different. A sincere thank you.

Dustin – I always appreciate a random mime murder reference. But I mean, who doesn’t? Right?