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SCSU's KVSC turns 35 this year
This year marks KVSC-FM's 35th Birthday, a milestone that would not have been achieve without the hard work of volunteers, faculty and most importantly students.
Located in the basement of Stewart Hall, KVSC-FM first started broadcasting on May 10, 1967 as a 10 watt, class D broadcasting facility. Today she has the power of 16,500 watts and has a listening radius of 70 miles, located at 88.1 MHz FM broadcasting over 24 hours a day.
To celebrate this event, the student-run radio celebrated for two days with activities and events for the community. It kicked off with an all ages concert Friday, May 17 at the Pioneer Place on 5th Ave. with performances by Jan and Sean Na Na. Jan is a Minneapolis three piece act led by Jannen Gauthier with the sound of a female fronted power pop. Sean Na Na is a St. Paul native Sean Tillmann who has an alter ego named Har Mar Superstar. This was the first birthday event KVSC that provided an all ages event.
"The fact that we had an all ages show, that was nice," said Music Director Matt Moeller. "We catered to them."
Saturday was followed with the KVSC free barbecue and an all access pass to 88.1FM where the public was invited to KVSC's Mississippi River backyard and studios. Dog Pookah provided live music while free tours and free food were provided. The Birthday Bash concluded with a three-band line-up at the Red Carpet Night Club which included Landing Gear, Divorcee and Faux Jean.
Landing Gear is a four piece, space pop group from Minneapolis lead by ex-Shatterproof and Hovercraft front man Jay Hurley. Divorcee is a classic pop music group. They consist of a four-piece band from Minneapolis whose music is best described as lush and layered. Divorcee is well known amongst the established Minneapolis scene.
Faux Jean is considered to be "a KVSC favorite." The band is comprised as a six piece act from Minneapolis, whose members have come from other bands, such as Steel Shank and Spring Collection. They recently received the City Pages top pick to click in 2001.
However, KVSC has no plans of slowing down any time soon. This summer is already packed with events. So far, there are plans to give away concert tickets on the air, from concerts such as the Vans Warp Tour to the Sunshine Tour, and many other music events.
KVSC will also be at places around the county, including the Benton County Fair in august and the 4th of July Parade in St. Joseph.
Also plans for this summer include some upgrading in the studios.
Currently, KVSC has around 15,000 CD's, and that doesn't include the vinyl's. As KVSC keeps all their CDs, part for the information and reviews on the CD's, to the fact there are more than a few songs per CD that are for to play on the air.
"Very few stations keep the hard CD," said Jo McMullen Station Manager.
"It's important to have those CD's on hand."
Now there will be large moveable racks for the storage of the massive collections of music. Like in the basement of the Miller Center, these racks will be accordion style moveable and will allow for better storage.
"On Mondays we get probably 30-60 CDs," said Moeller. "We receive anywhere form20-100 CD's a week."
KVSC is known for their activities, one such popular one is Trivia Weekend, where the radio transmits an all out Trivia fest for groups all over the country. It consists of 50 hours of random trivia questions and points.
Other activities include the annual pledge drive. This year their goal was to raise a dollar per watt at 16,500 watts. They have exceeded this years drive at already $16,900 raised to date. This money goes to help fund the station.
KVSC was first formed to help the radio students at SCSU and for a need for the university to have its own radio broadcast facility. The call letters signify the station that swerves as the Voice of Saint Cloud.
The station was originally run exclusively by volunteers from SCSU's student population and was financed by student activity fees and the Mass Communications Department. In 1986 the university administration approved the start of KVSC's first full time paid position. Kevin Ridley, SCSU Mass Comm graduate, took the position.
KVSC provides programming which is unique to its own market. KVSC has received acclaim for outstanding efforts in the areas of public affairs, programming, news and sports coverage as well as pre-produced features and live music coverage. KVSC is proud to be "Your Sound Alternative."
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