{"id":76554,"date":"2020-10-30T14:47:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T19:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=76554"},"modified":"2020-10-30T14:48:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T19:48:55","slug":"45-things-you-didnt-know-about-kjhk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2020\/10\/30\/45-things-you-didnt-know-about-kjhk\/","title":{"rendered":"45 things you didn’t know about KJHK"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a final celebration of the 45th anniversary of KJHK, we wanted to share some of the bizarre, off-book things that we love about KJHK.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Most of us don’t even know that KJHK stands for <\/span>K<\/b>ansas<\/span>J<\/b>ay<\/span>H<\/b>aw<\/span>K.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Pre-COVID, the station couches and reception desk were the unofficial hang out zones.<\/li>\n
  3. We have our own official holiday \u201cKJHK Day\u201d October, \u00a017. There is a document, signed by the Mayor of Lawrence in 1996 to prove it.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Our old call sign was KUOK but we had to change it because some military ship was using it.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. We have a lot of awards.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. We got fined by the FCC in 1987 for $2,500…yikes.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. You can take a nap in the music library room undisturbed.<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. There are awesome magic reveal pillows on the couch.<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. There are CDs everywhere. So many. In places you wouldn\u2019t expect\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. The couch in the music office is a great place to take a nap.<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. KJHK is one of the only places in the Union with its own (adjustable) thermostat.<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. We have a non-denominational holiday tree covered with Nicholas Cage ornaments.<\/span><\/li>\n
  13. There is a life-sized, plastic skeleton currently sitting in our studio.\"\"<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. Peak creative hours are at 2 a.m. in the music library, while hiding from the Union janitors.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  15. Staff members are known to have intense, online Tetris battles.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  16. Station flash mobs are frequent and welcome.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  17. One time, rice was spilt all over the 366 editing lab.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  18. For two years, the Production Room 2 whiteboard has read, \u201cIf your name isn\u2019t Mike MacFarland, don\u2019t unplug things!\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  19. The music office is known to collect Tea at 3 mugs…sorry Union.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  20. There\u2019s a very graphically depicted drawing of the \u201cCock-Toe Twins\u201d on a sticky note in the music office.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  21. We had a team of KJHKers go to PBR last spring in Kansas City\u2026 for\u2026.content purposes. Some day the video might surface.<\/span><\/li>\n
  22. Production Room 2 is cursed.<\/span><\/li>\n
  23. The sticker-covered door to the Shack is used as a desk in 366.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  24. If you are in the station, odds are Danny DeVito is watching you.<\/span><\/li>\n
  25. We have a collection of cursed staff polaroids.<\/span><\/li>\n
  26. Stickers\u2026 stickers everywhere. As far as the eye can see.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  27. Prod 1 is a great place to space out and jam out.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  28. No one has ever had an adult beverage during their 10-midnight shift.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  29. We have broadcast live from several all-night breakfast joints.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  30. Somone played 18:01 minutes of a burning piano on air.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  31. We have a serious sticker presence at the Bottleneck. You can find it if you look hard enough.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  32. DJ\u2019s have received many strange calls from listeners. But we love each and every call, even if it\u2019s insulting.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  33. Only certain people have access to the auxiliary cable in the studio because someone decided to play Justin Timberlake on loop.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  34. At one point in time there was a \u201cHow many days since Mac Demarco has played\u201d tally on the whiteboard in the studio.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  35. There is a small dancing robot at our reception desk. He has calmed many nerves.<\/span><\/li>\n
  36. Dakota haunts the 366 studio.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  37. The studio is filled with sticky note doodles, all drawn by bored DJ\u2019s.\"\" \"\" \"\" \"\"<\/span><\/li>\n
  38. People think we are way cooler than we actually are. We were all just bullied in middle school and coped by listening to emo music.<\/span><\/li>\n
  39. Nut balloons once filled the ceiling of the music office.<\/span><\/li>\n
  40. The two music directors have one allotted brain cell. They must share it at all times.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  41. Every year we say the cables in 366 will get organized and yet they remain tangled on the floor.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  42. We made a cardboard boat and sailed it across Potter Lake, winning the regatta in 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  43. KJHKers are absolute pros at making bracket competitions (see Yacht naming bracket on Instagram).<\/span><\/li>\n
  44. Our general manager moonlights as an EDM DJ. Just kidding. Unless\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n
  45. The KJHK whiteboards are a source of inspiration and a free space for people to spend two (or more) hours drawing Spongebob instead of doing work while at their office hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    With out our listeners, we wouldn’t be anything. Thanks to you and keep it locked!<\/p>\n

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    If you’d like to donate to KJHK, you can visit:<\/p>\n

    Union.ku.edu\/giving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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