Alumni Board

Here's what some former 91X/KXUL (previously KNLU) folks are doing now. Don't forget to add your information to our Alumni Wall!

(The most recent entry appears at the top of the page.)
Date: August 3, 2022
Name:
Jay N
City:
Bauxite
State:
AR
Current Employer:
HON Healthcare Concepts
Current Position:
Owner
When did you work at 91X/KXUL?:
Saturday Nights 10-2 1996
Email:
jaywn1971@gmail.com
Comments:
Northeast Louisiana’s Only Real A**kicker!!
Date: August 27, 2020
Name:
Jasmine Williams
City:
Shreveport
State:
Louisiana
Current Employer:
Ochsner LSU Health
Current Position:
Lab Tech
When did you work at 91X/KXUL?:
2013-2014
Email:
jnwilliams2013@gmail.com
Comments:
I really wish I had more time to grow with KXUL. This job has taught me the interpersonal skills I needed to succeed professionally. I can honestly say this was one of my favorite memories from college. Best of luck moving forward!
Date: May 18, 2017
Name:
NKenya Jordan
City:
Kansas City
State:
MO
Current Employer:
Current Position:
Financial Contract Analyst
When did you work at 91X/KXUL?:
2000-2002
Email:
Comments:
These were the days. I remember finding this station randomly one night during a thunderstorm and the special way I propped-up my radio in my window sill. There was Scoot who has ended up being my best friend of the past 17 years. Those crazy Maroon kids worked there, too. I went on to work at Opus Broadcasting, a little cajun station in Larose, LA...volunteering with Josh and the Adventure Club in Dallas and now I live in Kansas City. Idon't do radio anymore, but some of my burlesque numbers have been to classics I remember dancing to in that studio. AND RUSTY!!! I'll never forget Rusty kicking in that door. That's my favorite memory of him! And Willer always making sure we weren't goofing off in the studio...I always went over at the end of the hour because I couldn't say no to requests!!! I love this place and have so many great memories.
Date: May 17, 2017
Name:
Albert Roethlisberger
City:
Sanford
State:
NC
Current Employer:
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Current Position:
Chief Information Security Officer
When did you work at 91X/KXUL?:
1990
Email:
Comments:
I don't remember the exact dates that I volunteered at 88.7 KNLU, but it had to be circa 1990 based upon the music and the history of the station. I DJ'd for at least two regular semesters and perhaps over the summerbreak, so my time at KNLU was a year or a bit longer. During that time I worked only one shift, which had to be the least popular shift that I recall no one else wanted, 10pm to 1am every Saturday. As you can imagine, this was not the ideal time socially for a college student to be locked away for the night, and it also meant I basically never saw any of the other KNLU staff! But that late night shift offered me a somewhat unique perspective of working entirely alone and being responsible for all station tests, operation and transmitter shutdown, leaving me with no other sounds than the music and the AP teletype and the dim light of the studio's ginger jar lamp. And although I was not a Radio, TV & Film major, I thoroughly enjoyed volunteering my time, which for me seemed like a personal listening session of the latest college alternative music in my own darkened studio. I still have fond memories of the early computerized playlists printed out on barely readable continuous dot matrix paper, the KNLU "lounge", a definitely analog board, the "so dead they should be buried" album library full of great older music that I always worked into rotation much to the chagrin of the student programming manager, and the transition from records and carts to early Denon CD players that overheated and skipped at the slightest provocation. And while walking the darkened hallways of Stubbs alone at midnight, hearing the music echo from the lounge monitors; I knew that no matter how isolated and alone it seemed I was, there were hundreds or maybe thousands of listeners out there sharing the music. It was a great time for me, a great time for music, and who knows, maybe someone out there even remembers my goofball "radio police" recurring bit or the occasional accidental hit "Dead Air, by Silence"! I hope the station still offers these opportunities for students to learn, have fun and make some great memories! I know I did!
Date: April 10, 2017
Name:
Tom Watson
City:
Madison
State:
MS
Current Employer:
C.H. Robinson
Current Position:
Sales
When did you work at 91X/KXUL?:
1977-1980
Email:
Comments:
Date: July 20, 2014
Name:
Carolyn Newsom
City:
Studio City
State:
CA
Current Employer:
KNAC.com
Current Position:
Air Personality
When did you work at 91X/KXUL?:
1984-1987
Email:
Comments:
I got my start in radio by wandering into a KNLU staff meeting oh so long ago. Went on to work at KNOE AM/FM for a couple of years before becoming "Diana DeVille" and moving to Los Angeles. I worked for Hot 97 in Lancaster, KRAB in Bakersfield before landing at KNAC.com. My fond memories are of Joel Willer chiding me for saying I was "fixin' to do something"...LOL
Date: March 6, 2013
Name:
Kenneth Taylor
City:
Lorikeet
State:
Florida
Current Employer:
Dept. of Navy
Current Position:
Firefighter/Paramedic
When did you work at 91X/KXUL?:
1986/87
Email:
Comments:
I worked back when it was KNLU. Joel Willer was there. Great times. I am looking into HAM radio and working with my son who is in Boy Scouts and interested in obtaining his Radio Merit Badge. I still have my FCC license issued back in 4 April 1986.
Date: January 15, 2013
Name:
Mike Downhour
City:
Monroe
State:
Louisiana
Current Employer:
Opus Broadcasting
Current Position:
President/GM
When did you work at 91X/KXUL?:
81 - 85
Email:
Comments:
Seems like forever ago we were doing the "Saturday Night Six Pack" featuring Rush, Zeppelin, Steve Miller, Pink Floyd,Uriah Heep, Van Halen...etc. I also remember being in thecontrol room in Brown during a direct lightning strike. NEVER have I seen that kind of a light show!
Date: January 15, 2013
Name:
John Gusky
City:
Austin
State:
Texas
Current Employer:
KVUE TV
Current Position:
Dep. Dir. of Miscellaneous Activity
When did you work at 91X/KXUL?:
84 - 86
Email:
Comments:
Boogie, Chillens
Date: January 14, 2013
Name:
Matt Allen
City:
Lafayette
State:
Louisiana
Current Employer:
Allen Entertainment
Current Position:
Owner/Dj
When did you work at 91X/KXUL?:
84 - late 80's
Email:
Comments:
KNLU...great times, great staff (students and teachers). Thanks for the memories :)

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