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Union Programs Staff

Tom Johnson
KJHK 90.7 FM General Manager and Program Advisor
Union Programs

Job Description

  • Assumes ultimate responsibility for KJHK's daily operations.
  • Provides advising, educational experiences, and leadership opportunities for all students involved with KJHK.
  • Serves larger campus goals through station involvement and collaboration.
  • Serves as the station's liason to the Lawrence community.
  • Plans and directs KJHK's future growth.
Education
  • Bachelor of Music Performance
    University of Kansas, 2005
Employment History
  • Music Composer and Arranger, 2000-Present
  • Media Services Coordinator
    KU Memorial Unions
    University of Kansas, 2005-2006
  • Audio Engineer and Graphic Artist
    Velvet Recording Studio
    Boulder, Colorado, 2003-2004
  • Touring Audio Engineer for Dan Bern
    Messenger Records
    New York, New York, 2003
  • Audio Engineer and Graphic Artist
    Z'gwon,th Recording Studios
    Lawrence, Kansas, 1999-2002
Honors and Awards
  • Music production and engineering credits on over eighty albums.
  • Ghostwriter/Arranger for Grammy-Winning Artist.
  • Composition/Arranging credits on sixteen albums.
  • ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Competition; Finalist, 2005.
Hobbies/Personal
  • Favorite movies include: Doctor Strangelove, Little Miss Sunshine, The Freshman, and Sleeper.
  • Favorite books include: Breakfast of Champions, Shibumi, and any Calvin and Hobbes book.
  • Favorite bands include: The Slackers, The Louvin Brothers, Dan Bern and the IJBC, Lucky Dube, and the Mink Lungs.
  • Favorite pastimes include: Playing and recording music, seeing great live bands, going to the dogpark, cooking, home improvement when no injuries occur, and reading.
Quote
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench; a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."
~Hunter S. Thompson