The Uge and Ozzy Show wants you |
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Bichlmeier and Osborne have their own show called the Uge and OZZY Show on Tuesday night. Their main goal is getting the campus involved in the show.
By Hannah Hotovy
Antelope Staff
Tuesday nights roll around and not much is going on. Eat a little, do some homework, maybe watch some television, and that about sums it up. But some students are finding another way to spend their Tuesday evenings. They have been tuning in to the campus radio station, 91.3FM KLPR the POWER, from 7-10 p.m. to listen to their new favorite radio program, the Uge and OZZY Show.
Eugene Bichlmeier, aka Uge, and Becci Osborne, aka OZZY, have been a part of KLPR for several semesters now. Eugene is going onto his fourth semester as a DJ and Becci is going onto her second, but this is the first semester that they have teamed up to create a show together. "Radio is what I love," Osborne said. "I get so giddy and excited when I am in the station. I really do! I get there early and I get ready to do all these things and I feel that I get almost to the point of geekiness." "Yes!" Eugene interjected. "Geekiness is like an understatement."
Both Bichlmeier and Osborne have interned at the local radio station, Y102, and decided to incorporate what they had learned into their new radio show. "Interning has been the biggest advantage because we know what it's like to be a beginner, we know what it’s like to be in the real world," said Bichlmeier. "Now we can apply that and create our own show out of that formula. It's a lot of fun."
The Uge and OZZY show focuses on playing the music that their listeners want to hear. Whether the listeners want old songs, new songs, country or rap, they can call in to the station and request it. "At nine o'clock, we have the POWER 5 at 9 that's supposed to be a spoof off HITS 106's Top 9 at 9, where students can call in and make their requests," Bichlmeier said. "And not only can listeners hear the music they want to hear, but they can win free stuff by calling in."
KLPR is not just a station where "Uge" and "OZZY" can have their own show, it's a station that any student on campus can become involved in. "Anyone who wants to pursue radio should most definitely start out here and get an internship," Bichlmeier suggested.
The radio shifts are given to students as a part of the "Radio Workshop" class, allowing any student to sign up for the class and get their foot in the door of the radio world. "It's kind of like a job without applying for a job," Osborne said. "You don't have to go through all that stress."
So, when this Tuesday rolls around and you find yourself needing a break from homework, try tuning in to 91.3 FM to see what Uge and OZZY are up to. If you are working on your computer, you can catch a live stream of their show at klpr.unk.edu or join their group at facebook.com, The Uge and OZZY Show, or at myspace.com/ugeandozzyshow.
