Aits
Andy Chaves
worts his magic
with the KRNU
audience during
his weekday
shift at 90J
KRNU. KRNU is
the campus
radio station
used to train
broadcasting
students such as
Chaves, a sec
ond-year broad
casting student,
to operate the
equipment.
KRNU has been
on the air for 30
yean, and about
11 yean ago
switched from a
top-40 lineup.
Student-made,
commercial-free
KRNU plays
lesser (mown jams
Story by
Jadde Blair
Photo by
Nate Wagner
If you’re tired of hear
ing Britney Spears and the
Sartor Hamann Jewelry
commercial everytune the
dial is turned, a freshradw
alternative for you might be
90 3 KRNU, the University
ofNebraska-Uncoln’sown
^KRNU is a student-run
station of broadcasting
majors and interns. UNL
Broadcasting lecturer Rick
AUoway is the general man
^The station plays a vari
ety of music, news updates,
and sports and specialty
shows, which cover a variety
°f8Some of the more popu
lar shows are “Heresy,
“Underground Link anc
“Vocal Chords.”
“Heresy” is a loud roc
show that has run for 1
years, the longest of an
show on KRNU.
Co-hosts Casey Lync
andNickKumpulatookov
the show this year.
“Before we took ov<
‘Heresy’ was mostly 80s hair C.
band music," said Lynch, a
junior broadcasting major &
“We changed it to a lot t<
newer stuff. We play a lot of s
tracks that haven t been <
eXP^Herwy" airs tonight ^
^"“Underground Link.”
which is on Thursday ni^ts
from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.«
techno show arranged by
RyaDdbbeTa senior broad
casting major, said his show
playsa lot of underground
music that "no other sta
tions have commercially
aCC“Underground Link"
plays a variety of techno
j music, including house,
trance and jungle.
. -vocal Chords is an a
- capella show on Friday
v mornings from 8 to 10 a.m.
1 Allaway is the host.
h Listeners from Europe
>r hear the show over the
Worldwide Web andoften
,r write to say how great Vocal
lords" is, Alloway said. 01
c0 why is it that people
om^peprobablylgten aj
, KRNU more than UNL w
tudents? Well, that s the c\
ownside to commercial- P
^KRNU makes no money *
o put out its own advertise
nents to draw people. .
“We have no advertising
budget f°r.the st^d !
Alloway said. If we ai
advertise, we would have to
take it out of our own pocK
CtS Passing out fliers at Big
Red Welcomehelped the
station to get its word out,
beginning to get
an audience, but we stil
have a ways to go," she said.
“Some people think th
vrnu is an AM station.
Neal Obermeyer.
KRNU’s music director, saia
the station mostly relies on
word-of-mouth.
KRNU is capable ot
becoming a widely known,
popular college station.
>ermeyersaid.
Allaway said the stations
meal is that it is a place
here new bands get a
lance to have their music
ta>“Groups likc U2and
[ootie andtheBlowfish
rere started on college sta
“y^h^idKRNUisa
5reat place to learn about
sands and music that
couldn’t be found anywhere
else "Our music directors
are insanely knowledgeable
about the music we play,
she said* .
Obermeyer summed up
KRNU by saying that most
stations in Lincoln are
either classic rock, country
or Top 40. KRNU is the onty
outlet a lot of good bands
have to reach aniaudlfe™;eat
“We have a lot of great
stuff that you won’t find
anywhere else,” he sai .
“and there’s always the
opportunity to hear some
thing new.”
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9-11 pan
loud rod
Wednes
KRN
Thursday
Out
Bourn
Friday
Chords
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Saturday
Seven2nine
7-9 p.m.
Hip Hop and
Sunday—
Radio City
Idea Factory
8-10 p.m.
improvisational
jazz and rode
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Goo Goo Dolls slide favorites into show
HVMHAMICMEMSCH_
Instead of watching “Behind
the Music” reruns of the Goo
Goo Dolls on VH1, get off the
couch and head out to the
Nebraska State Fair to see 'em
live tonight.
The Goo Goo Dolls will play
at the Bob Devaney Sports
Center with Tonic at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $25 and $20, and
plenty are still available.
Ticket prices to this show are
higher than other shows on the
state fair roster, but Jason
Schmaderer, State Fair public
relations writer, said not to be
put off by the higher prices of
concert tickets this year.
“Ticket sales were a little
slow at first because people
aren't used to paying this much
for the concerts,” he said. “But
compared to places like Kansas
City or Omaha, this is a better
deal for people to see a great
show here in town.”
Tonic and the Goo Goo Dolls
can expect an audience of 6,000
or more, as they are some of the
few pop-rock acts gracing the
Devan ey concert stage this year.
Concert-goers can expect to
hear new Tonic songs such as
“You Wanted More" off its most
recent album, “Sugar.” The
songs off of this new album will
surprise the eardrums with
breezy guitar melodies, distort
ed modern grit and dark,
crunching rock.
The Los Angeles-based band
also will dip into some radio
favorites such as “If You Could
Only See” and “Open Up Your
Eyes” from their 1997 album,
“Lemon Parade.”
Then, one of the musical
Cinderella stories of the 90s, the
Goo Goo Dolls, will romance
audiences with their rock ballad
“Iris” from the City of Angels
soundtrack.
Fans can anticipate other
pop hits from its 1998 “Dizzy Up
the Girl” album.
They’ll hear “Slide” and
“Black Balloon,” along with pre
success favorites such as “Jed”
and “Superstar CarWash.”
Both bands pride themselves
“As concerts with
bigger names get
closer, people get
more excited. But
there’s plenty of
tickets available
Jason Schmaderer
State Fair public relations writer
on creative song writing, intense
guitar arrangements and ener
getic shows, and the Devaney
should not fall short of these
concert ingredients tonight.
Schmaderer said anyone
interested should call the State
Fair ticket office at (402) 473
4105. The State Fair Web site is
www.statefair.org.
“As concerts with bigger
names get closer, people get
more excited,” he said.
“But there (are) plenty of
tickets available, so you should
be able to get a ticket up to the
last minute.”
Courtesy Photo
The Goo Goo DoHs had numerous hits in
the latter part of the 1990s including
"Iris,"Slide' and 'Black Balloon'The
group will play tonight at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center as part of
Theater's classic films
aim to reel in viewers
BY JAMES DUNN_
We’re in an age where the
American movie industry has
reached a plateau of sorts. It’s a
time when more ideas are being
recycled from the past, and few
are outdoing their predecessors.
In the midst of this, one local
theater has decided to cut
through the mess and show the
older movies we know and love.
For 87 years, the Joyo Theater,
formerly die Lyric Theater, has
been entertaining Lincoln with its
eclectic movie seasons.
It’s always had a family atmos
phere, and Dwight Carter, owner
of the theater for 2 Vi years, plans
to keep it that way.
As part of this “family fun
plan,” the theater offers old hor
ror flicks, classic heartbreakers,
animated favorites and cult clas
sics.
“The Joyo is a real customer
oriented theater with a heart,”
said Jim Salber, employee and
long-time fan of the Joyo.
The Joyo tries to cater to all
walks of life, including the exhibi
tionists, who enjoy the Joyo’s
showings of “The Rocky Horror
Picture Show," which is shown
every Saturday at midnight.
As many know, during “The
Rocky Horror Picture Show,”
audience members actively take
part in what happens ducmg the
movie. This oftentimes includes
dressing up for the part *
“Expect to have a good timd
Carter said about the cult classic
“Don’t be afraid to yell.”
This Halloween season, the
Joyo plans to step the horror up
another level
October Honor will feature a
lineup of classic scary movies like
“Halloween," “The Shining,”
“Psycho,” “Friday the 13th" and
many others.
It will also showcase the
lighter side of the horror genre
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