Katherine DeMetre
  • Communication
  • Class of 2015
  • Westlake Village, CA

Katherine "Louie" DeMetre Helps Launch iCLU Radio Station

2012 Apr 23

Katherine "Louie" DeMetre of Westlake Village helped launch California Lutheran University's new student-run radio station.

DeMetre, a freshman who is majoring in business, is the program director.

At a time when other universities are closing student stations for financial reasons, Internet station iCLU has begun streaming from a studio located in the year-old center housing KCLU National Public Radio on campus.

Created by students for students, iCLU is webcasting a mix of music, live shows and pre-recorded content produced by student staff and volunteers 24/7 at www.icluradio.com. Live shows are currently streamed from 7 to 8 p.m. weekdays.

With the slogan "Your Life on Air," the station's goal is to provide educational and entertaining content that is an alternative to commercial radio. iCLU is a training ground for future broadcasters as well as a venue to showcase student talent.

Students are covering campus events and conducting interviews. The station has an eclectic collection of music shows. "Blast Off" is a Top 10 countdown show covering a wide range of genres. "Kyle's Do It Live" and "DJ French Wolf's Electro Show" feature dance and techno music, and "Kassidy's Radioactive Rock" plays current hits with a sprinkling of classics. Other programs include "Chad's Country Show" and the all-encompassing "DJ Louie's Trail Mix."

The Associated Students of CLU Government provided $10,000 in startup funding and students in an Advertising Campaigns class are spreading the word on campus.

CLU students previously operated a radio station from 1977 to 1994, when it was replaced by KCLU. KRCL transmitted music requested by students, campus news and poetry readings into the dormitories through the local cable system.

CLU is a selective university located in Thousand Oaks, with Adult Degree Evening Program and graduate centers in Oxnard and Woodland Hills. With an enrollment of 4,100 students, CLU offers 37 undergraduate majors and graduate programs within the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Management and Graduate School of Education. Members of the CLU student body come from across the nation and around the world and represent a diversity of faiths and cultures.