Andy Kline

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  - Andy Kline is program director at KXLL-FM Radio in Juneau and music critic for the Hooligan.He can be reached at andy@ktoo.org.

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  Special thanks to Andy Kline, program director at KXLL-FM Radio, who hosted the trivia portion of the evening, and to our fabulous auctioneer Ben Brown, local lawyer and the vice-chairman of the Alaska State Council on the Arts.

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  But in its first year, the station has managed to grab a sizable teen audience, said Andy Kline, KXLL's programming manager.
  
  "I always thought I'd aim a little bit higher - the 20-something crowd," Kline said.
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  "I hear from these guys," Kline said."They love to hear their stuff on the radio."
  
  KXLL has evolved a bit since its launch, Kline said.Originally the emphasis was more Top 40, but listener response has subtly shifted the station toward more alternative, hip-hop and college rock.
  
  Kline also has been playing mashups, which are two or more songs from different genres blended together to form a unique composition, put together by professionals and locals.AstronoMAR has produced a couple that have impressed Kline.
  
  "I'd put AstronoMAR on a national level," he said."He's really a talented guy."
  
  For KXLL's second year, Kline mentioned improving the depth of the station's library as one of his key goals.He added that he'd like to host more events like last year's popular '80s prom.
  
  "The first year, the focus was on getting it so it's working," Kline said."My goal now is to really try to get to the identity of the station."
  
  Listeners who visit the station Friday will have the opportunity to see Kline in action as he puts on his live show "An Excellent Afternoon."Some visitors may be lucky enough to join the broadcast and have their friends hear them on the radio, Kline said.

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  Andy Kline, now the program director at KXLL/100.7 FM, hosted "Midnite Capers" on KTOO at midnight Saturdays from 1991 to 2003.In that span, he estimates receiving "3,247 erroneous calls from drunks trying to get a cab."To add to the caller's addled state, the KTOO call letters sounded very much like the old cab company - Taku.
  
  "Many, many nights, the calls from drunks trying to get a cab well outnumbered those trying to make requests," Kline said.

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  KXLL-FM program director Andy Kline organized the event, called Cinco de Juneau, in part to showcase local talent but also to fulfill what he sees as one of the missions of the station.
  
  "It kind of seems like something we should be doing," he said.
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  "They're all really cool local bands people may not have heard much," Kline said of the three.
  
  Deering and Down are known to most Juneau audiences, having been based here before their move to Memphis. Band members Lahna Deering and Rev. Neil Down have just finished recording their latest CD, a collection that Kline says is a bit of a creative departure for the pair with music that leans more toward a more non-traditional roots and blues sound.
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  "This will be a world premiere of some of their new stuff, Kline said.
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  Though the pair has performed at the Alaskan and the Canvas, and accompanied a showing of "Nosferatu" with their original tunes, Kline said they tend to pass under the radar of many local listeners in spite of the huge talent they possess.
  
  "It's amazing that they're here in juneau," he said. "Its just a fluky thing."
  
  Unrest, the band Cross was part of in the 1990s, was listed as one of the most influential alternative bands in the country in an Amazon poll, and played big venues like Lollapolooza in 1993.
  
  "She's been a really influential person in alternative music and here she is a yoga instructor in Juneau," Kline said.
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  "It's only the second time Myth Barber has played," Kline said. The first was at this year's Folk Festival.
  
  Ball and Chain, a high school band, also played at Folk Festival, and, like Myth Barber, really impressed Kline with their sound.
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  Kline said he hopes that the music will flow pretty seamlessly from one act to the next. All five bands are small - Ball and Chain is the largest, with four members - allowing for short set-up times.
  
  As for the Mexican-based name, Kline said the number five just happened to provide a good umbrella, and Cinco de Juneau was a catchy way to sum it up. There's' no real Mexican connection.
  
  "It's just a music fest," he said.

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  By Andy Kline | Album Reviews
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  - Andy Kline is the program director over at Excellent Radio, KXLL-FM, 100.7. You can listen to him there, but he might be in Barcelona by the time you are reading this.

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  Booty shaking beats and goodness with DJ Andy Kline.Details: 586-2159.
  
  Wet Wednesdays Live Music, 9 p.m., Squires Rest.Details: 789-7829.

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  Andy Kline, our new Co-Program Director, officially started full time in his position this week. Welcome Andy!

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  Side splitter: Craig Gass, a New York-based comedian, performs celebrity impressions with KXLL Excellent Radio Music Director Andy Kline on Thursday at the station.

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  Behind the music: Andy Kline, a 16-year Juneau resident, is the program director behind KXLL-FM/100.7, "Excellent Radio," one-third of the KTOO triumvirate.
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  That's a dilemma for the modern radio programmer, someone like 16-year Juneau resident and KXLL-FM/100.7 program director Andy Kline.
  
  KXLL, "Excellent Radio," is the third of the KTOO triumvirate.It's trying to target the 18-to-30-year-old demographic.So far, the strategy has been a randomized 5,000-plus song stream that jumps from Top 40 to rock to hip-hop to 1960s classic to punk.It's not unlikely to hear The Shins followed by Jefferson Airplane followed by The Verve.
  
  "I've always been one of those dork guys who gave girlfriends mix tapes," Kline said.
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  "We're trying to get people to turn off their iPods for a while and turn on the radio, which at this point is almost breaking a habit," Kline said.
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  "Music is art, and you can't sit two people in front of a Matisse and say, 'OK, scientifically describe why you like this Matisse,'" Kline said.
  
  "I want to run a Top 40 station that young people can listen to and feel like it's the type of music that makes them feel connected to what's going on," he said."But I also want them to have some understanding of the roots and breadth of popular music."
  
  Four thousand songs - bought from the independent Colorado-based programmer Jones Radio Networks and shipped on a single, palm-sized, 100-gigabyte hard drive - make up the core of the KXLL library.
  
  Jones sends the station two more CDs a week with the latest country, adult contemporary, rock and urban singles, and Kline picks the songs he wants to add.
  
  Beyond that, he's added about 500 more songs - CD and vinyl - from the KTOO library.
  
  This weekend he burned the second track, "+81," from Deerhoof's brand-new "Friend Opportunity" release.Days earlier, he added "A Town Called Malice," by the Jam and at least 10 Stevie Wonder songs.
  
  "We had three Stevie Wonder songs, and one of them was 'Part-Time Lover,'" Kline said."I had to get more Stevie Wonder.There's stuff that needs to be in there.That's going to be a multiple-year project."
  
  The songs in the library are assigned a genre: "Rock New," "Pop New," "DJ Electronica" and "Punk," for instance, or "Hot List," for the 50 to 100 new songs that Kline chooses to feature.
  
  Kline uses his scheduling database to map the structure of each hour of programming.
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  "If soul is playing, I can tell you it's 10 minutes before the end of an hour," Kline said."If punk is playing, I can say it's 25 past."
  
  That basic structure will likely change in the future, depending on the time of the day.There could be more rock and soul in the evening, for instance.
  
  Kline fine-tuned the fundamental structure during the two-week experimental broadcast between KTOO's purchase of the STAR and MAGIC transmitters (Dec. 27) and the actual grand-launch (Jan. 13).
  
  He discovered that the "Dance/Hip-Hop" category, mostly feel-good music from the 1970s and 1980s, wasn't meshing well.One K.C. and the Sunshine Band song would lend an entire hour a goofy, novelty feel.A similar phenomenon was happening within the rock category.
  
  "A lot of the stuff that was coming out in the late 1990s is Metallica-influenced, really heavy guitar stuff," Kline said.
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  Kline listens obsessively, waking up at 5:30 a.m. some days and tuning in on the clock radio.Ultimately, he had to learn to accept that the mixes and the segues wouldn't be perfect, but the songs would be ones he liked.
  
  Kline grew up in Boston listening to WBCN, a Top 40 station credited with discovering Aerosmith, The J. Geils Band and The Cars, among others.In high school, he moved with his family to Fort Myers, Fla., where he once shadowed a DJ at Super Q 96.
  
  "It was this awful station, but watching a DJ, I was totally enthralled," Kline said.
  
  The University of Florida's college station was a mediocre Top 40 outlet.But Kline and a few friends set up a pirate radio station, Buzz 93, in the basement of their dorm.It reached to the fifth floor.
  
  Kline eventually moved to Juneau in 1991 to be the "Morning Edition" anchor for KTOO.He did that for less than a year before he was working with the state.
  
  He spent 12 years in various state capacities: with the Department of Fish and Game, the governor's office, the Department of Administration and as the webmaster for the state's Web site.For the last three years, he's worked for CGI, a software company that has contracts with the state.
  
  That entire 12 years, he hosted a KTOO volunteer show, "Midnight Capers," at midnight on Saturdays.
  
  "My dream station would be a college rock station, but I don't think it's realistic to think we're going to have a college rock station that's going to be a great service to Juneau," Kline said."There's no Top 40 station, and I think a Top 40 station that mixes it up a little bit is valid.
  
  "(This is) a dream job, because they've provided me with absolute freedom to do what I think is going to work based on a lot of experience I've had with doing volunteer radio shows and just musical taste," he said.
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  "People say, 'Aren't you a little worried?'" Kline said.
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  "Of the calls I get, AstronoMAR is the one that people have asked about," Kline said."John Cougar Mellencamp and Usher.
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  While there are no immediate plans to hire volunteers to host programs, Kline is looking for people to help with production, voice-tracking and managing and building the library.
  
  "My idea behind the mix is that for a wide range of people it gives everyone this touchstone they can hold on to," Kline said.

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