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.
RequestsPhone: 515-294-9292 |
Business Office1199 Friley Hall |
General Contact InformationBand press releases / promotion:music@kure885.org Requests for on-air band appearances: liveprogramming@kure885.org Request for talk programming: news@kure885.org Public Service Announcements: marketing@kure885.org Other Inquiries: info@kure885.org |
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!
Cody Smith
Treasurer
When you joined KURE: Fall 2021
Favorite band: Animal Collective
Favorite KURE event: KURE Fest
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: $50
Favorite Ice Cream: Butter Pecan
Dream job: To own a record store!
What's your best joke?: My girlfriend asked me to stop playing Wonderwall on the guitar... I said maybe.
Describe your love life in one word: Tragic
Your favorite part about KURE: Getting to know all the board members and DJs!
Tony Hjelle
Assistant General Manager of Broadcast
ahjelle@iastate.eduWhen you joined KURE: Fall 2020
Favorite band: Rush
Favorite KURE event: Kaleidoquiz!
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: No more than $20.
Favorite Ice Cream: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Dream job: Scuba Diving Pizza Delivery Man
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!
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.
Kate Eads
Production Intern
When you joined KURE: Spring 2022
Favorite band: Black Country, New Road
Favorite KURE event: KQ
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: 40 bucks for green pants.
Favorite Ice Cream: S'mores
Dream job: Audio Engineer
What's your best joke?: My best joke hasn't been said yet.
Describe your love life in one word: Lovely
Your favorite part about KURE: How invested the staff is
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
Carly Nichols
Marketing Director
When you joined KURE: Spring 2022
Favorite band: TV Girl
Favorite KURE event: KQ
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: $60 if they are unique
Favorite Ice Cream: Mint Chip
Dream job: Biochemistry researcher on my own topic
What's your best joke?: Can't say, it needs too much context.
Describe your love life in one word: Nonexistent
Your favorite part about KURE: Getting to share a love of music with a bunch of very different people
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!
Jacob Schoonenberg
Programming Director
When you joined KURE: Fall 2021
Favorite band: DIIV
Favorite KURE event: Hanging out at Tony's place or other social get-togethers
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: $60 for the most pristine pants ever, no higher.
Favorite Ice Cream: Mint Chocolate Chip
Dream job: JPL Engineer
What's your best joke?: Imagine Dragons is the best band ever.
Describe your love life in one word: Bed
Your favorite part about KURE: Getting to meet other people who are as into music as I am and forming greater connections stemming from the love for music. Some of my best friends come from the station
Payton McCarthy
Graphic Design Intern
graphicdesign@kure885.orgWhen you joined KURE: Spring 2022
Favorite album: Suburban Home - From The Very Top of the World
Favorite KURE event: KQ
How much would you be willing to 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
Your favorite part about KURE: Everyone is very cool
Graham Bridges
Public Relations Director
When you joined KURE: Spring 2022
Favorite band: Madvillain
Favorite KURE event: KQ
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: $70
Favorite Ice Cream: Cake Batter
Dream job: Professional Industry Music Producer
What's your best joke?: I'm not one for jokes.
Describe your love life in one word: Ambiguous
Your favorite part about KURE: My favorite part about KURE is the acceptance the people offer, as absolutely nobody is scared to be themselves when they help program an “alternative” radio station.
Ethan Baccam
KQ Director 2
When you joined KURE: Fall 2021
Favorite band: AJR
Favorite KURE event: Kaleidoquiz!
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: $30
Favorite Ice Cream: Cookie Dough
Dream job: UX Researcher/Designer
What's your best joke?: That's what she said!
Describe your love life in one word: Pineapples
Your favorite part about KURE: The community that's been built around it!
Samuel Potter
KQ Intern
When you joined KURE: Fall 2021
Favorite band: Largely genre-dependent, but for completeness I name Lettuce.
Favorite KURE event: KQ
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: I don't buy pants. But $35. $50 if I'm really feeling them.
Favorite Ice Cream: Vanilla, or if we're in Bayeux, the mind-imploding lavender from that one shop
Dream job: It used to be a math professor. Now I think it's high-paying remote work tangentially related to computer hardware?
What's your best joke?: It's truly marvelous, but this margin is too narrow to contain it.
Describe your love life in one word: Unexplored
Your favorite part about KURE: People willing to put their personalities out there.
Cael Sleezer
Sports Co-Director
When you joined KURE: Fall 2020
Favorite band: AC/DC
Favorite KURE event: KaleidoQuiz
How much would you be willing to pay for a pair of pants?: $40
Favorite Ice Cream: Mint Chocolate Chip
Dream job: Radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs
What's your best joke?: When I miss throwing something in the trash can I say, "that's why I swam in the winters in high school."
Describe your love life in one word: Nonexistent
Your favorite part about KURE: The way everyone comes together to solve problems and get things done even though everyone is doing wildly different things.