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Page 3 • Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Singing a different tune
Volunteer radio station KEOS brings alternative voice to Brazos Valley music, talk radio
By Robert Saucedo
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Vivek Gulati was growing tired of College
don’s typical radio formats. Exhausted from
same songs being played over and over,
lati took action. He started an Indian music
radio show.
Gulati, a graduate student in electrical engi-
neering, has been working at KEOS 89.1 radio
n since last January.
th his interest peaked, Gulati went through
the training session and soon found himself with
ajob hosting a show featuring music from India
its subcontinents.
1 thought it would be interesting to have a
v of Indian music,” Gulati said. “Now I do
ilbecause I love doing it.”
Explaining the appeal of KEOS, Gulati
lemembered a friend’s analogy of the radio
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ilati said.
KEOS is a non-commercial, volunteer based
lio station in Bryan offering different flavors
lorevery music lover’s taste. It also features live
, including folk, rock, reggae, Texas roots,
iegrass, hip-hop, blues and Celtic from its stu-
as well as diverse educational programs on
idence and lively debates.
Chad Brinkley, the fund drive coordinator for
KEOS, said the educational programs are
included to give other perspectives to listeners
llaithey would not get on other stations.
They broadcast recorded programs from
Latino USA, a radio program that focuses on
important cultural issues for Hispanics. During
election times, KEOS features debates from the
candidates. Programs such as Touchstone Radio,
provide an alternative political voice to the
Brazos Valley’s typically conservative one,
Brinkley said.
KEOS has an open-door policy allowing any-
e to participate on the air and behind the
scenes.
While talk shows provide variety to the for
mat, Brinkley said for every one talk show, there
are 10 music shows.
Jeff White, a KEOS disc jockey, said the music
he plays is a reflection of himself.
“It’s a mix of blues, jazz, rock and what I’m
into at the time,” White said. “ I wouldn’t do it if
people told me what music to play.”
At the end of last year, Jeff Frazee’s friend told
him about a radio station that was looking for vol
unteers. Frazee, a junior electrical engineering
major, currently helps produce two shows and
hopes to have a third one on the air soon.
Frazee said he works at KEOS because he
wants to help College Station’s music scene
expand.
“I know there are a lot of local artists and
bands in town,” Frazee said. “KEOS helps serve
the community and will help College Station
and Bryan grow politically, economically and
socially.”
Lance Parr, co-founder of KEOS has volun
teered at the radio station since 1995.
What started as an offshoot of the campus sta
tion has grown to a life of its own and therefore
needs all the assistance it can have, Parr said.
“Eighty percent of our funding comes from
fund drives that we have three times a year,” Pan-
said “Approximately 10 percent of the year’s
operating budget comes from the Brazos Arts
Council.”
Parr explained that KEOS receives no funding
from the government or the University .
“We have to raise all the money ourselves,”
Parr said. “Listeners are encouraged to call in and
pledge financial support.”
Although KEOS depends on donations, it
would not survive without volunteers.
“We have a constant turnover, from old to
young, the common status is that we all love
music. There’s a good mix of students and pro
fessors,” White said.
While quite a few Aggies volunteer at the station,
KEOS is always looking for a few more, Parr said
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Homer Callaway, also known as 'The Friendly BiPolar Beatle Freak," DJs his radio show from the volunteer radio sta
tion, KEOS 89.1 in Bryan. He has DJed his show, Yellow Submarine every Sunday for the past three months.
He said there are openings for on-air personali
ties. Other volunteer positions include weather and
public announcement readers, tape playback and
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Reviewers are needed to check the CDs that come in
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put into the library, which consists of 10,000 CDs.
Parr said KEOS has the largest collection of music
in town.
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