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25 Signs You Were A College Radio DJ

Because other college clubs just weren't alternative enough for you.

1. This is what you looked like when you started DJing freshman year...

2. ...And this was you senior year.

3. There was nothing cooler than being behind the board.

4. This is how you felt about mainstream, commercial radio stations.

5. You've slept on the gross couch in the station.

6. You remember thinking your station was part-graveyard for ancient equipment.

7. Basically, you found acceptance in your music snobbery.

8. You knew the best PSAs by heart.

9. You loved the one sticker-plastered metal cabinet in the station.

10. You could name the one creepy guy who called in every week.

11. You didn't know a single person involved with Greek life.

12. And you certainly never went inside one of these.

13. John Peel was your god.

14. Sports made more sense on the radio.

15. You met some of your best friends here!

16. And if there was any danger of your station losing its signal, you fought like hell to keep it.

17. You actually know what CMJ stands for.

18. You've considered getting physically violent when people don't respect this rule.

19. You were constantly astonished by the stories of the people who stopped by your station in its "golden days."

20. You knew how to answer the "How many people listen to you?" question at the drop of a hat.

21. You often wondered where students hung out between classes if they didn't have a station to go to.

22. You were intimately familiar with all this equipment.

23. You probably dated other DJs.

24. You preferred walls cluttered with record art.

25. If you had a DJ name, it was probably really embarrassing.