Union Programs

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