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The DJ who signed WRVU off the public airwaves describes the end

I didn't know that I would be the last DJ on WRVU as we knew it.

College Music Journal had reported Monday, June 6, that our call letters had mysteriously changed to WFCL. No one at Vanderbilt Student Communications had told the station staff or us DJs about it. We'd been innocently misidentifying the station in legal IDs for nearly a week. Speculation was proliferating about a sale, either a done deal or an imminent prospect, and VSC had done nothing to squelch it. Program director Scott Cardone had advised DJs to "run every show as if it were your last."

Our Tuesday schedule featured a block of automation from 1 to 4 p.m. (In 2009, the number of "community volunteers" — that is, DJs who were not students, faculty or staff members, or alumni of Vanderbilt — had been limited to 25 by VSC action, and the summer schedule was thus riddled with gaps.) I thought it would be a shame to have the robot DJ (nicknamed "HAL" by staffers) on the air at such a delicate time. I took a vacation day from work and packed up a bag of CDs — not the R&B, jump blues and jazz that I played on my regular show Nashville Jumps , but an assortment of aggressive rock and punk that I thought reflected the core of WRVU at its best. It appeared I'd only be able to work until 2:30, though — VSC's electronic media adviser Jim Hayes told me that station engineer Carl Pedersen was scheduled to take over the studio for some maintenance then.

I sat through much of Ashley Crownover's show Set Records to Stun but missed the visit of WSMV News to the control room. There is footage of Ashley as DJ on the WSMV website — she looks flattened and forlorn, mirroring The Jam song she played toward the end of her show, "The Bitterest Pill." She told me that there was talk of an announcement, a press release, a press conference —something — later that afternoon.

I took over at 1 and began a fill-in edition of Rock and Roll Rent Control , my off-and-on secondary program. Early on I mentioned the maintenance scheduled for 2:30, naively telling the audience, "If you hear me suddenly go away, it's not anything nefarious going on — I don't think." I played a set sprinkled with songs given special meaning by the situation, some only in my mind — "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio" by the Ramones, "Left of the Dial" by the Replacements, "No Fun" by the Stooges, "Mind Your Own Business" by Delta 5. I kept reciting both sets of call letters and promising an explanation of the switch before long.

Untombed Webzine » ROXX PRODUCTIONS signs JUMP SHIP QUICK

Roxx Records goes Punk? That’s right, Roxx Records is proud to announce their first signing of 2011 in the way of the punk outfit, Jump Ship Quick !

Jump Ship Quick is a brand new outfit featuring former members of Focused and Ultimatum ! Jump Ship Quick are ready to take the punk world by storm this year unleashing their debut CD upon the world this spring. Fans of bands like NOFX and The Crucified are going to love their approach to the old school vibe reviving that classic punk sound and attitude and mixing in a little modern day twist that is going to leave their fans wanting more! And Jump Ship Quick are sure not afraid to speak their minds and tell it like it is as you will hear in some of their very politically charged lyrics!

Jump Ship Quick consists of Harry (Vox and Rhythm Guitar), Jeff (Lead Guitar), Greg (Bass) and ‘J’ (Drums). Jump Ship Quick actually began about 6 years ago when Jeff and J began putting together a few songs just for fun. They had no singer or bass player at the time and they just wanted to lay down some ideas. As time went on the songs would begin to evolve to what would soon become the signature sound of Jump Ship Quick .

Before Jump Ship Quick , there were numerous bands for all of the members most notably Jeff, who was one of the original members of Focused and one of his songs he wrote the music for, “ Walk Beside Me . During college Jeff and ‘J’ came together to form a Ska core band and have been playing together ever since. Harry has been in several rock and punk bands that have been featured on various compilations and full length CD’s receiving recognition and praise by critics throughout the Vancouver area.