Thank You All
For Supporting the Student-Run, Radio Revolution

We would like to extend a sincere thank you to everyone who helped us bring student-run, college radio back to Sacramento State.  It was a long and challenging journey, and we couldn't have done it without your support.  Long live college radio!

Associated Students, Inc.
​Sacramento State

ASI Presidents Steven Lawrence and Rick Miller always supported our efforts for student-run radio.  They helped us start the "official conversation." They wrote letters to the university president and the vice president of university affairs. They drafted resolutions to show solidarity. Steve and Rick consistently promoted the need for student-run, college radio internally, with ASI, and externally, to university officials.

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Linda Rhodes
KEDG Faculty Advisor and Professor

When no one else in the Communication Studies Department would have anything to do with a fledgling student group that wanted to put college radio back on campus, Linda took on the cause.  She helped organize us and focus our efforts.  She provided some much needed legitimacy and guidance.  Linda saw us through to the establishment and management of KEDG.

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The State Hornet
Sacramento State's Student Newspaper

The Hornet was instrumental in our success.  The campus paper kept the pressure on and the conversation going.  We had many early supporters from the Hornet management and staff.  Among our strongest advocates were Rachel Orvino (who wrote the bulk of the articles on us), Russ Buettner, Warren Nicht, Wane Kunnert, Kent Leslie, and others.  We had excellent coverage and, because of our strong relationship, had an open door with the op-ed desk and music writers.  The issue of student-run radio even made it into the cartoons.  We published our DICS (Desert Island Cassette Singles), our KEDG Top 13 Hit Lists, and our opinions (of which there were many).  We were ever-present in the Hornet's pages, which undoubtedly pushed things toward the tipping point.

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Dean Sorensen
Director, University Union

​Dean was an invaluable asset as a strategic advisor.  He helped us navigate the political landscape of university officials and encouraged us throughout the process.  He was a sounding board, a mentor, and a formidable ally in the student-run radio movement.  He also didn't mind if we poached some of his UNIQUE Programs staff from time-to-time.  As a result of our early, and close, association, KSSU and UNIQUE Programs have a strong relationship to this day.

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Ron Cooper, Founder and  Executive Director
Shane Carpenter, Director of Radio Programming

Ron supported and encouraged us, and Shane trained our first wave of DJs.  We broadcasted "The EDGE, Sac State Student-Run Radio" on KCBL long before we had a station on campus.  We began broadcasting on Access Cable, Channel 63 on Television and KCBL 88.7 on cable FM in winter of 1991.  Our shows aired on interactive cable TV while various community advertisements and bulletins rotated on screen (in 16-bit graphics).

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Jerry Perry and Brian McKenna
The Cattle Club

The Cattle Club was a legendary music venue located just off campus on Folsom Blvd.  Jerry and Brian put Sacramento on the alternative music scene map.  They brought in music acts that spanned the genres of punk, ska, reggae, rap, industrial, grunge, swing, rockabilly, and more.  They were also strong advocates of student-run radio.  We helped them promote shows on campus and around town and kept them apprised of our progress.  The Cattle Club became a favorite venue for us.  In fact, we held our first benefit concert there with local, electronic duo Cause & Effect.

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KDVS
UC Davis Student-Run, College Radio

KDVS was a natural proponent of student-run radio at Sacramento State.  Many of us had listened to the station for years.  It was an institution.  KDVS "Mr. Turntable Head" T-shirts were even sold at Tower Records.  We visited the station to ask for advice.  We were given a tour of the station along with plenty of advice and suggestions.  KDVS management gave us copies of the station by-laws and other management documents.  They told us to use them "as is" if we wanted.  We did.  KDVS celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014.  The station originally started broadcasting out of a dorm laundry room.

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