Host Spotlight

by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Talk about your journey to KUCI In the beginning there was radio, decades of it in my case. Then having been around a lot of academics, I thought that one could liven up their deliveries, or give their essential work a more public forum. I prowl around a good many political, cultural, […]

by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett First tell me about your DJ name and your show name—what inspired them? My DJ name is Sweet Jane, after The Velvet Underground song called “Sweet Jane.” I love that band and I absolutely adore Lou Reed. My show’s name is In the Meadow. My last name is Flores, which means “flowers” […]

by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Tell us about the genesis of your show, Get Notified. Ever since I came to UCI, I was always a fan of KUCI as a college radio station. It was a goal of mine to get a show, but I went a few years without really figuring out how to do it. […]

by: Nicole Nelson Savannah Peykani was the Managing and Features Editors for the New University newspaper last year. She also served as an Assistant Training director at KUCI. She is now the new Training Director. Her current show Matching Separates airs Thursdays 8-10p.m. To start, tell us a little about your current show. My show […]

by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Tell me about your show, Shut Yo’ Metal Mouth, and how it came to be. The name for the show came out of a really lame catchphrase I had in high school. I modified it to fit the music I wanted to showcase on the show: death, black, and folk metal. My […]

by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett How did your show, Vintage Orange, come about? EB: I’ve had a lot of great conversations during the course of my local history research and I always thought it was a shame that there weren’t more people in the room with me listening to these great stories from the past. I want […]

by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett BDB: While I of course know how you found your way to KUCI, in your own words tell our readers and listeners how you found your way here. It’s been what, two years almost? NN: After I met you, eight years ago or so, I began listening to the show. Then I […]

by: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Tell me about Space Cowgirl. What was the inspiration for your show? Space Cowgirl is the crazy, melodramatic, retro-futuristic space party that exists in my mind. Originally, I was thinking Jet Set Radio Future meets Cowboy Bebop meets Alien meets something pink and tropical. Definitely a lot of influence from video games […]