KSCU
By Jim Duncan
If you picked up last week's Metro and took some time to glance through the results of their 1999 Reader's Survey, you may have noticed something interesting.
But you protest: "There were lots of interesting things! Which one do you mean, exactly?" Okay, fair enough. Look under "Best Radio Station." Found it? "Hmmm," you say. "Third place is KSJO, 92.3. Second place is KBRG, 104.9. And ... hey, look at this! First place is KSCU, 103.3!" Yes, that's right: our humble college radio station was voted best in Silicon Valley. Not "Second Best College Radio Station" (like two years ago) or even "Best College Radio Station" (like last year), but "Best Radio Station," period, beating out commercial stations with about six zillion times our power and budget.
"Wow!" you say. "What should I do now? My life will never be the same!"
First of all, calm down. All those question marks and exclamation points will get you all tuckered out. The first step is to realize that you can listen to the Best Radio Station in Silicon Valley simply by setting your stereo to 103.3 FM. It's easy. Have a computer but no stereo? Go to www.webradio.com/kscu. Don't want to type that much? Go to www.kscu103.com.
The second step is to realize that you can call the Best Radio Station in Silicon Valley simply by picking up the phone and dialing (408) 554-KSCU. (If you're on campus, this is even easier - just dial KSCU. If you're off campus, well, pretty soon you'll be dialing a lot more numbers, but it's still easy.)
The third step is to realize that you can get stuff from the Best Radio Station in Silicon Valley. For instance, we have T-shirts, buttons and stickers.
We have a punk compilation called No Pants! Also, we'll be having a fundraiser pretty soon (think early November), during which you can get all sorts of cool records and promotional items from all sorts of cool bands and record labels. It's all sorts of cool for everybody. You'll dig it, but only if you listen, so check us out. We're the Best Radio Station in Silicon Valley.
Yes, Jim Duncan did exploit this column almost entirely for bragging and promotion.