As college radio stations continue to navigate an increasingly digital media landscape, KSSU students and alumni are celebrating 35 years of the station — and looking ahead to its future.
For student DJ Hana Cardozo, who made her KSSU debut a year ago under the name "DJ Day Lily," the station has become much more than a weekly radio show.
Cardozo hosts weekly shows with Cloud 10 and said her first experiences at KSSU helped turn her interest in music into a passion.
KSSU's anniversary is also a chance to look back at how difficult it was to get the station on the air in the first place.
Among the co-founders were Jim Bolt and Chris Prosio, who remember facing plenty of skepticism along the way.
Bolt said the students viewed those challenges as a test of whether they would stick with the project.
Prosio said the experience taught the founders lessons that extended well beyond radio.
That determination helped keep KSSU going through major changes in the way people consume media. The station began streaming online in 2005, which Bolt said was relatively early at the time.
A place to experiment
"It's extremely important because it's a space that's fleeting from us now," Hernandez said.
"We're losing the type of spaces where we can just be free and experiment and have fun and kind of mess up in a space where if we mess up, it's okay, as long as we learn from that experience," he said. "And that's kind of what college radio is."
Sacramento State University's original student-radio station. KEDG.WEEBLY.COMDiaz Contreras said the collection offers a glimpse into the many students who have relied on KSSU as a place to express themselves.
"The first one on top of that stack is from a disabled student, so a student with disabilities talking about how KSSU is the one place that they're comfortable to be and it's like their community and that they want it to do more," Diaz Contreras said.
Sacramento State University's original student-radio station. KEDG.WEEBLY.COM35 years — and counting
For Cardozo, the anniversary represents the continuation of something started by students decades before her. She took a moment to thank Bolt for helping create the station she now calls home.
Cardozo said KSSU continues to attract new generations of students looking for a place where they can be heard.
KSSU's 35th anniversary celebration continues Thursday with alumni shows throughout the day, followed by a Grammy-themed awards ceremony and banquet in the evening.
Bolt, who traveled from Colorado for the anniversary, and Prosio also planned to host a "Get off My Lawn" show, a chance for the station's original generation of students to return to the microphone, reminisce and reflect on 35 years of KSSU.
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