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Show fTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2001 PAGES UN IVERS ITY JOURNA L CAMPUS NEWS Finding the perfect mix KS UU blends Cf!llege sound with a corporate format BY ANDY BURT ENlOR STAFF WRJTER ranks them from one to 30 according to rotation on radio tations across the country. Rollins and his staff put the first 10 songs on R&R's alternative format chart into heavy rotation each week. They also add three new songs that may rank lower on R&R's list. "We try not to pick the hJts off new CD , " Rollins aid. "Those will probably make the Top 10 and be major from Las Vegas, said that the college radio talion provides an invaluable service to the community. However, Crosby does not agree with the strong adherence to a fo rmat and ptaylist. "It's a very big disappointment to me, " he said. When Rollins began as station manager in 1996, the radio station had a library of 1,400 to 1,500 songs. Currently the station has a library of 400 songs. Nothing defines today's youth culture more than the musjc it listens to. College radio tations across the country are in a unique position to play the music that peaks to that culture. "We provide a service for the students,· said C.al . added eventually. We choose less mainstream tracks, Rollins, station manager for SUU' radio station, on you won't hear." KSUUjPower 91 . "We're the undtrack of their lives." It is important to remember that the radio SUU s radio station bas an interesting relationship in station is an instructional tool for students, the community as it strives to blend corporate pop Rollins said. tunes with the independent and diverse mu ic that the "This, more than anything, determJn what college station is traditionally known for. its function is, what its primary focus hould Adam Mast, manager of a Cedar City music store, be/ he said. said he believes that a college station should be an In larger cities, alternative formats are outlet for local, independent and unsigned musicians popular. Mo of the major radio markets have to get their music heard. one or mor stations that play musi in '"A college talion hould play diverse music,• Mast several formats: alternative, classic rock, top said. "It shouldn't have a format. A college station 40, classical, etc. hould be the absolute oppo ire of a corporately Cedar City has several stations including owned tation ." one classic rock talion and a top 40 station. "It seems like local college tations are moving away KSUU provides an alternative format for from that format , though," he added, students and community members. Comparatively, KSUU is more chart-driven than other "KSUU gives the people of Cedar City college stations, A.lex May1 K UU program director, something th y can't get," May said. said. tudents from larger cities like Salt Lake "Bat we play .a niche that iso 't met in the market City or Las Vegas can listen to corporate alternative radio stations when they go ~nton W1111:am ....._,_ _ __..,.,. we're in," he said. KSUU has an ,altemative rock format. Rollins home. h, ..,Orks O s , a Jun,0 ,; : - ; : ~ ~ -11 the carnpJ::Ychology ma· ubscribes to R&R, a weekly publication that decides In Cedar Oty the.r e isn't a corporately· which music KSUU will play in heavy rotation. owned alternative tation, May said. radio stat/on i;r frorn Bea~ Ben Crosby, Cedar City musician and a senior Eogfish ' 0 91. er, R&R lists popular songs from several formats and ..,e, ~Att~le Lf THE ,SUBWAY" A SAnDWICH Pt1111e, Rt SHOULD BE. r--------------• : Buy a 6" sub & : ITALIAN CUISINE : a medium drink : I s~t I : and get anot.,er: ·----------· 1 f 5% "" 11575 W. 200 N. : O : Inside Holiday Inn : 6" sub free. : : \Jlft~ t~ff : Mo.nday-Friday .. _____ - -- - -·=r::.1:0::. .. : ~''4''" : 7-2, 5-9 66 7 S. Main Street (Across from Smiths) Cedar City I I ..I I I __________ . Saturday-Sunday . 7-11, 5-9 |