COVID-19 safety video “Jump and Cover”
KJHK is currently opportunity under important safety precautions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, KJHK hosts virtual meetings,...
KJHK Content
Self Help: making friends in a global pandemic
Ellynn Mayo | @ellynnspeaks For an introvert like me, it already feels difficult to make friends in college....
Making a beat with Dan and Mike
Can Creative Director Dan and General Manager Mike turn Tiny Tim into a sick beat? You'll just have to watch.
Collaborative playlist: Election Day blues
Regardless of your voting decisions, it’s a wild time to be an American. The outcome of this election...
Killer songs: A Halloween-inspired playlist
Cate Manning |@catemanning This year has distorted everyone’s sense of time but, yes, it is Halloween. What better...
45 things you didn’t know about KJHK
In a final celebration of the 45th anniversary of KJHK, we wanted to share some of the bizarre,...
The Ultimate Post Title Test
DJ Thresher Shark Thresher Shark, News Director, GoGo Dancer 2007-4EVAR Marathon Testing....
9 Haunted Places in Lawrence You Didn’t Know About
Emma Miller | @emmactually Many Lawrencians have no idea how truly haunted their city is! Here are some spooky...
Gallery: As many programming posters as we could gather
Most KJHK staff members have an apartment wall plastered with the programming posters for the semesters they’ve been...
Bigfoot Update!
Thank you to all who wrote to the Crimson and Blue Squatch Watch email hotline. Your responses and...
What’s your 2020 solemate?
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Through the years and sounds of KJHK
KJHK is 45 years old. A lot has happened in Lawrence and in the sonic scape since 1975 when the Sound Alternative went on air, but the spirit of KJHK has persisted.
Nothing can stop the Sound Alternative
KJHK continued to broadcast remotely 24/7, 365 through a global pandemic, a software change, and campus closures. This...
Hip shows
KJHK finds hip-hop artists crowd favorites in Lawrence.
Action Bronson rescheduled performance to February 28, Injury Reserve played October 5, and Rico Nasty wowed Lawrence on November 22.
Live events management
Denzel Curry performs at the Granada (April 20) and Action Bronson cancels his October 25th show, 5 hours before doors opened. Live events directors almost ripped their hair out, but made it through.
Final construction of studio 366
KJHK finishes construction on studio 366 over winter break of 2016.
Battle of the Beats
KJHK hosts the first ever Battle of the Beats, an amateur DJ/mixing contest at the Bottleneck on February 26.
In a poll, KJHK listeners voted Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly the best album of 2015. Other albums on the top 10 include: Tame Impala's Currents, Carrie and Lowel from Sufjan Stevens, Depression Cherry from Beach House and Courtney Barnett's Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit.
What a season of shows
KJHK and SUA present Bad Rabbits (May 10), HAIM (October 13), and Chance the Rapper (November 10) in concert.
The station also launched its iPhone app which even today allows users to stream KJHK in real time and view logged tracks.
KJHK bit my finger
KJHK's YouTube channel is born. KJHK still posts in-studios and other videos to the channel.
Frank Ocean released Channel Orange, a deeply personal album that was the coronation for one of the decade’s most vital queer voices.
National recognition
A Princeton Review release ranks KJHK as the 15th-best college radio station in the nation in August. And the Washington Post recognizes KJHK in their listing of “10 Great College Radio Stations” on Oct. 13.
Moving from the Shack
The station moves from the Shack to the Union on May 6, and the City of Lawrence declares May 7 KJHK Day. Many feared this move would be the death of free spirit and creation at KJHK, but the past 10 years speak otherwise.