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HEY, SO GLAD YOU'VE LOGGED ON...AND ARE LISTENING.   THIS IS MY DREAM...

I'M A VERY SHY, VERY, VERY LUCKY GIRL...I HELP RUN FOUR AMAZING ONLINE "RADIO" STATIONS. 

AND OK, FOR ONCE AND ALL...WE CALL THIS THING "RADIO" BECAUSE WE ALL COME FROM TERRESTRIAL RADIO, AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE YOUR ONLINE LISTENING EXPERIENCE THE THING WE ALL LOVED FROM THE GREAT DAYS OF RADIO. 

PLAY THE STUFF THAT DUDES WHO SIT IN OFFICES AND CALL THEMSELVES "PROGRAM DIRECTORS" SAY YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR.  BECAUSE OF COURSE WE ALL LOVE TO HEAR THE SAME FIVE HUNDRED SONGS PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN...

...NOT.

 

UNLIKE THOSE TOOLS WHO LOOK AT RESEARCH ALL DAY, I'VE SPENT THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF MY CAREER HERE IN WICHITA LISTENING TO THE LISTENERS...TAKING NOTE OF ALL THE SONGS YOU SAY YOU NEVER HEAR ANYMORE, UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE MUSIC HAS COME FROM, AND WHERE IT'S GOING.  KNOWING THE BANDS THAT ALL THE BIG BOYS WERE IN BEFORE THEY WERE IN "THE" BAND.

I REMEMBER BEING INVITED INTO A RECORDING STUDIO IN MY HOMETOWN IN CLOVIS, NM WHEN I WAS KNEE-HIGH...I REMEMBER THE MUSIC WRAPPING ALL AROUND ME...POWERFUL, MOVING...& DANCEABLE. 

I REMEMBER THE LOCAL RADIO STATION USED TO HAVE THE STUDIO WINDOW ON MAIN STREET AND YOU COULD WATCH YOUR FAVOURITE "DEEJAY" DO HIS THING. 

I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR "THE" SONG TO COME ON THE AIR, THE ONE THAT WAS PLAYING ON THAT NIGHT, THAT AFTERNOON, THAT DAY...YOUR WHOLE WORLD IS COOL 'CAUSE YOUR SONG IS ON THE RADIO. 

THE WORLD IS MOVING FORWARD, AND WE ALL STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN OUR BALANCE AS WE ARE PUSHED INEXORABLY INTO OUR FUTURES...WHAT YOU HEAR ON KRZZ IS MY WAY OF HELPING YOU HOLD ON TO THE BEST OF YOUR PAST AS WE WALK TOWARDS THE UNKNOWN THAT IS AHEAD OF US.  I'D LIKE TO THINK OF KRZZ AS A TOUCHSTONE, A FAMILIAR PLACE TO RETREAT TO WHEN YOU NEED A BREAK, A REMINDER OF WHO WE WERE AND WHO WE ARE.  WE'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF PLACES IN THE LAST FORTY YEARS, SOME GREAT, SOME TERRIBLE, SOME AMAZING...AND WE'RE STILL HERE...MOVIN' ON. 

I DO WHAT I DO FOR YOU...IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE'RE NOT PLAYING, I WANT TO KNOW...IF WE'RE STARTING TO SOUND LIKE THOSE DUDES IN THE OFFICES, I WANT TO KNOW.  IF WHAT WE PLAY MAKES YOU SMILE, I WANT TO KNOW.  THIS IS OUR STATION, MINE AND YOURS...EVERYTHING WE DO WE DO BECAUSE OF YOU. 

THANKS FOR LISTENING.  NAMASTE, PEACE, ROCK ON! 

 

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