88.5 KURE is a student-produced and student-managed radio station, broadcast at 88.5MHz to Iowa State University, the Ames community, and online. We provide our community with a wide range of musical genres alongside live broadcasts of Cyclone sporting events, news programs, talk shows, and in-studio musical performances. KURE offers killer opportunities for experience in radio broadcasting and business operation to its all-volunteer student staff.
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Business Office1199 Friley Hall |
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Jack Studier
General Manager
gm@kure885.orgWhen you joined KURE: October 2019
Favorite Album: Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy
Favorite KURE event: Kaleidoquiz
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: $60
Favorite Ice Cream: Chocolate and peanut butter
Dream job: City Planner
What's your best joke?: Too many authors to cite? No problem et al!
Describe your love life in one word: Improving
Your favorite part about KURE: The community!
Tony Hjelle
Assistant General Manager of Broadcast
agm@kure885.orgWhen you joined KURE: Fall 2020
Favorite album: Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Favorite KURE event: Kaleidoquiz!
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: Generally, no more than $25. If the pants TRULY justified the price then perhaps more.
Favorite Ice Cream: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Dream job: Run a recording studio
What's your best joke?: A daring man proclaimed "Here goes nothing!" And then nothing happened.
Describe your love life in one word: Groovy.
Your favorite part about KURE: The community of KURE is amazing and incredibly welcoming!
Zach Ungerleider
KQ Co-Director
kq@kure885.orgWhen you joined KURE: Fall 2019
Favorite Band: Mystery Skulls
Favorite KURE event: Kaleidoquiz!
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: uhh maybe ten
Favorite Ice Cream: mint chocolate chip
Dream job: minigolf course tester
What's your best joke?: Why did the chicken go to the seance? To get to the other side.
Describe your love life in one word: zoinks
Your favorite part about KURE: How cool everyone is!
Will Fettkether
QK/KQ Director
wfettkether@kure885.orgWhen you joined KURE: Fall 2020
Favorite album: The National Parks - Until I Live
Favorite KURE event: Kaleidoquiz!!
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: $50 for some nice American Eagles
Favorite Ice Cream: Mint Chocolate Chip
Dream job: To live in a van and drive around the world helping people
What's your best joke?: I had one about a giant pig but it's just a huge bore
Describe your love life in one word: Meh
Your favorite part about KURE: The people! KURE has a great community
Natalie Dombrowski
Programming Director
ndombrowski@kure885.orgWhen you joined KURE: Fall 2018
Favorite band: I'd be lying if I said my favorite band was anyone but The Beatles or Twin Peaks.
Favorite KURE event: Terrace Tuesdays are like chicken soup for the music-loving soul
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: A pair of jeans? $10. A pair of high waisted/fun colored/patterned pants? $60.
Favorite Ice Cream: Chocolate chip cookie dough
Dream job: Some sort of mountain conservationist.
What's your best joke?: Dr. Dog? I hardly know her dog!
Describe your love life in one word: Vibin'.
Your favorite part about KURE: I love the fact that KURE is completely student-run (and run by a bunch of goofs at that)!
Harry Burnick
Chief Engineer
engineer@kure885.orgWhen you joined KURE: October 2021
Favorite Album: Highways, Heartaches and Time Well Wasted - Lisa LeBlanc
Favorite KURE event: Kaleidoquiz
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: $60
Favorite Ice Cream: Cookie Dough
Dream job: Energy Systems Operator
What's your best joke?: How does a penguin build its house? Igloos it together!
Describe your love life in one word: Theoretical
Your favorite part about KURE: The people
Andrew Mills
Treasurer
treasurer@kure885.orgWhen you joined KURE: Spring 2019
Favorite band: The Velvet Underground
Favorite KURE event: Kaleidoquiz
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: If there were pants that were worth $500, I would pay for it. I have yet to find a pair of pants worth $500 dollars, but I am on the lookout.
Favorite Ice Cream: Moose Tracks
Dream job: To jockey discs.
What's your best joke?: What do you hear when you drop a piano down a mine shaft? A-flat minor
Describe your love life in one word: Juiced.
Your favorite part about KURE: Lots of cool music and even cooler people!
Devin Palmer
Graphic Designer
graphicdesign@kure885.orgWhen you joined KURE: Spring 2019
Favorite band: Wilderado, Vampire Weekend, Grouplove, I can't choose just one 🙂
Favorite KURE event: KQ!
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: $15 is my absolute max. Thrift pants only!
Favorite Ice Cream: Coffee
Dream job: Art Director
What's your best joke?: What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
Describe your love life in one word: Underwhelming
Your favorite part about KURE: I love that KURE is a totally student run station!
Payton McCarthy
Graphic Design Intern
graphicdesign@kure885.orgWhen you joined KURE?: February 2022
Favorite album: Suburban Home - From The Very Top of the World
Favorite KURE event: KQ
How much would you pay for a pair of pants? $30 max
Favorite ice cream: Cookie Dough
Dream job: Movie Director
What's your best joke?: Knock knock
Describe your love life in one word: Lame
Favorite part of KURE: Everyone is very cool
Sam Lavin
Production Director
slavin@kure885.orgWhen you joined KURE: February 2020
Favorite album: Inside
Favorite KURE event: Kaleidoquiz
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: $40
Favorite Ice Cream: Vanilla
Dream job: Audio Engineer
What's your best joke?: Amogus 😳🥶
Describe your love life in one word: Unfortunate
Your favorite part about KURE: Being in a community of like-minded people who all enjoy music.
Ethan Swan
Music Director
music@kure885.orgWhen you joined KURE: Spring 2021
Favorite album: Ween - The Mollusk
Favorite KURE event: KQ!
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: It depends on the pants: $15 for sweats, $50 for jeans, and nothing more for anything else
Favorite Ice Cream: Strawberry cheesecake
Dream job: National Park Ranger/Luchador
What's your best joke?: A monk walks up to a hot dog stand and says "make me one with everything"
Describe your love life in one word: Bozo
Your favorite part about KURE: The people are incredibly welcoming and cool, and there's no shortage of great tunes!