In response to our request, three KRNL DJs sent recordings of their on-air memories. Here are excerpts with their full audio recordings.
“I remember on Friday afternoons I’d put a side of the Allman Brothers on and then run over and throw the frisbee between Dows and Tarr halls. People had their speakers in the windows and everybody was listening to the tunes. Then I’d run back and resume my show.”
Randall W. Parkinson ’79
Melbourne, Florida
“When I was in high school in the mid-1970s, I was somehow able to do a radio show at KRNL. My musical tastes were kind of eclectic—I’d play the folk singer Phil Ochs back to back with Pink Floyd … It got me started in what has become a lifelong love of all things to do with radio.”
Dan Bern, recording artist and son of Cornell piano professor Julian Bern
Silver City, New Mexico
“My show was music from Broadway musicals. But I did not just play songs randomly. I played all the songs from a given musical in order, and in between the songs I summarized the plot that happened between the songs … I ended up doing a personal favorite show where I gave mythical awards in categories that I made up, then played the winning song.”
Rick Kirkham ’77
Bellevue, Washington