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KTRU

6:57 pm Saturday 9 September 2000

I haven't been in KTRU for quite a while, but I'm here now for the first installment of my 7pm - 9pm every other Saturday evening shift this semester! I'm tag-teaming this shift with Donna, who helped me cover the shift *many* times last semester. She loves the shift super much and I was all, "hey, wanna tag team it?"

The funniest thing about the situation is that I have never met Donna. Nope. We've talked on the phone and over email a lot, but I've never met her.

Tomorrow there is a mandatory DJ meeting. Maybe we'll meet then, but I won't seek her out; it's kinda fun that we haven't met.

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KTRU

9pm Saturday 9 September 2000

At KTRU, I helped with three super great customer (listener) services.

1. A listener called in asking for a band called Lifter. She said she wanted to hear a song that we had on a 7" vinyl by them. With about 2 minutes left on my current selection, I searched through our three different locations for 7" vinyl. I found her selection in the third location with 19 seconds left on the currently playing CD. In that 19 seconds, I cued up her selection and the segue was great!

2. A listener called asking for "a parody song of Nine Inch Nails 'closer', except it's about farm animals." I knew immediately to what he was referring. I was all, "Um, I am going to choose not to play that song. However, if you give me your mailing address, I will mail you my copy of that CD! The caller was all, "cool" and gave me his address. I'll mail the CD on Monday.

3. A listener called asking for "a cover of Phil Collins 'in the air tonight' by Godflesh." I looked for it, and found a CD by Godflesh but not the song he was looking for. As I was speaking on the air, I mentioned that "I found Godflesh, but not the song you wanted, so call me back, and we'll get something else on for you." Michael happened to be in the station and he goes, "oh, it's by Godhead Silo." He immediately grabbed the correct CD, and put it in the player as I explained, "oh - I'm being told the song you want is by Godhead Silo, not by Godflesh. So here is the song you requested. Yup, KTRU is customer service number one."

   In that short amount of time, Michael had grabbed the correct CD and cued up the song. As soon as I was done talking we played it.

   Yay KTRU!!

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