KZSC’s spending some quality time outdoors in the sun with, potentially, the next generation of radio mega-stars. July is filled with New Student Orientation events at UCSC; incoming freshmen (and their parents) come to the campus for orientation events and to register for classes. The Great 88 has set up camp to offer up trinkets…
Cut That Out!
By Michael Bryant | Published July 17th, 2012Listeners to The Great 88 have called recently to mention some signal reception problems. It’s not an issue with your new stereo or car radio-we’ve been having difficulty getting a continuous source of electrical power on the UCSC campus. Looks like this glitch will be licked sometime within the next week or so, but it’s…
KZSC Back On The Air Today @ 4 PM
By Michael Bryant | Published June 21st, 2012As many die-hard fans of The Great 88 know, we’ve been part of a campus electrical upgrade project for the last several days. Looks like we will be returning to our usual unusual summer program schedule at 4 pm California time today. Thanks for your patience; stay tuned for the fireworks!
KZSC Off The Air Until Thursday
By Michael Bryant | Published June 18th, 2012It doesn’t seem that long ago that The Great 88 went from being a perky little 10-watt station that you could barely hear even on campus to the 20,000-watt flamethrower we know and love today. Every now and again we need to upgrade our electronics, power supply and whatever else needs attention (yes, we’ve had…
Goodbye Seniors!
By New Media Director | Published June 7th, 2012At The Great 88 we see many students walk in and out of our doors. As much as we would like to keep them locked inside to do all of our busy work for us, they (un)fortunately graduate and leave us. This year I have had the pleasure of working with all of these wonderful…
KZSC In The News
By Michael Bryant | Published May 19th, 2012UC Santa Cruz’s spring edition of the “Review” magazine features a story about past and present KZSC. Read about how our little pirate station started 45 years ago and where we are today. Our thanks to reporter Daniel White for taking the time to interview everyone and write the story; special thanks to University Relations’…
Has College Radio Changed? [Part 2]
By Kristan | Published May 8th, 2012As a follow up to the recent Has College Radio Changed [Part 1] post, here’s an opportunity to see many of your favorite KZSC DJs explain how good music programming becomes gooder…or something like that. There are many epiphanies, thought-provoking comments, an ET and The Grateful Dead reference and yes, some swearing too so be…
Has College Radio Changed? [Part 1]
By Michael Bryant | Published May 3rd, 2012There have been student broadcasters at UC Santa Cruz for 45 years, but what was college radio like before that? Is it very different now? Here’s an interesting look at college radio from 1956. Notice standard student attire at the station included suit and tie. Some things never change.
Digital On Your Mind
By PSA Director | Published April 17th, 2012The Digital Arts and New Media MFA program at UC Santa Cruz presents an exhibition entitled I’ve Got Something on Your Mind featuring work of eleven graduate students whose works employ advanced technologies for creative potential and social impact. This year’s exhibition is the culmination of two years of research and artistic exploration, and includes new media…
Visitors to KZSC
By Michael Bryant | Published April 5th, 2012It’s called “Spring Break” at many institutions and in the last few weeks KZSC has hosted the curious from New York, the Midwest and most recently, Kawasaki Japan. Students from what we would consider 9th grade came to UCSC and wanted to see what it’s like inside “a radio station in the woods”. We couldn’t…