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KANM's goal is to be one of the best college radio stations in the country. We strive to provide programming that will expand our listeners' musical horizons and provide an outlet for music ignored by commercial radio and television.
We are looking for DJs who are willing to take chances and play new and old music they may not have been exposed to before, and to branch out and expand their own tastes in music. You don't have to be a musicologist, but we aren't looking for DJs who play the same 20 bands every show.
If you are a new applicant, we will initially judge you only from your list of bands provided on the application. You need not have any on-air experience or formal communications experience.
If you are granted a timeslot, you will be given a show on a TRIAL basis for two weeks. We will look at your playlists and behavior from these shows and determine whether we think you should be granted a regular show.
Important note to current and former DJs: We will be considering your past playlists, attendance, and behavior in addition to the information on this application, but most of you should have nothing to worry about.
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Fill out all parts of this application. Applications with blanks will not be considered. Dues for membership in the organization are $5 per semester. Additionally, members who are given regularly scheduled DJ positions must pay an additional $20 per person per semester for returning DJs ($25 total) and $30 per person per semester for first-time DJs, staff, faculty, and community members ($35 total). DJs will not receive a show until dues are paid in full, or arrangements are made with the finance director.
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HELPFUL HINTS:
YOU MUST ENTER A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS IS OUR PRIMARY METHOD OF CONTACTING DJS.
Preferred phone number format:(XXX) XXX-XXXX
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Don't know what committees do what? Call us (862-2516) and ask.
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Click here and click on your Co-DJ's name to receive their confirmation number.
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Time Preferred [Select at least 5 times.]
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HELPFUL HINTS:
Highlighted show times are already taken and are unavailable.
Please try to be flexible with your times. Often the popular time slots (5 PM to midnight) are also coveted by officers and returning DJs. They will get priority over you. The more flexible you can be with your showtime, the more likely you are to get a show.
DO NOT MARK A SHOWTIME IF IT IS INCONVENIENT FOR YOU TO BE ON TIME
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We do NOT want talk shows that imitate the content of commercial talk radio, either news/opinion that imitates Hannity, Limbaugh, or Air America radio in style and rhetoric, or any morning zoo or Opie and Anthony or Howard Stern imitations.
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Please fill out the show name and description fields or we'll assign you something embarrassingly stupid.
We want shows that will play a relatively focused show, sticking mostly to related genres or have cohesive blocks of programming, but completey freeform is acceptable as long as you aren't playing mainstream music.
Also, we don't want talk shows that are going to try to be a Morning Zoo Crew and do lame comedy skits, or shows that are just going to spout off RNC (or DNC, etc.) talking points - we want fresh perspectives and fresh issues. We also don't want shows that will be half talk and half music, pick one and do 90% of your show with that format.
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What is mainstream?
Current Top 40 charts are mainstream.
OLD Top 40 charts are mainstream.
MTV/VH1 airplay is mainstream.
The Beatles are mainstream.
Led Zeppelin is mainstream.
Nirvana is mainstream.
This is where you get to expose Texas A&M to the music it should've been listening to all along. If you want some music education, our Music Director will be glad to help you out.
We want shows that will play not only non-mainstream, but (relatively) non-commerical music and avoid major label overproduced music.
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By clicking the submit application button, you affirm that you have read, understand, and agree to the above terms and conditions.