KWVA Eugene 88.1 FM
University of Oregon Campus Radio
Student owned and operated radio station based at the University of Oregon.
DJB
- Email: swerdnaekalb@gmail.com
- Since: 2012
- DJ Calendar
I'm 55. I live on the sunny side of Spencer Butte with my wife and son. I listen to a wide variety of material from many styles and eras. Playing them simultaneously sometimes produces pleasing results, but not always. My show Poplar Knull is named for a real estate development in Western Maine combined with the Swedish word for shit.
DJB's previous playlists
Apr 17, 2024 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
From Ezekiel Bread to Hawkie Squawkie, Pt. 1
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The enormous salvo of KWVA songs fired at Poplar Knull this weekend turned the station's long-running shadow war into a direct confrontation, raising fears that the old paradigm of trading carefully measured blows had been replaced by something more overt, violent and risky. But by Monday, DJB had yet to respond to the audio assault. Rather than preparing the public for a showdown with its archrival, the station signaled a return to relative normalcy, lifting restrictions on large gatherings and allowing schools to reopen. Some right-wing Knulls, dismayed by the lack of an immediate response, have argued that DJB needs to strike back forcefully — and soon — or risk losing its deterrence. Other more centrist officials have argued that music should instead bide its time before responding and capitalize on the support it has received from allies and regional actors, who are otherwise angry about punk's war on stadium rock.
Apr 10, 2024 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Stuff We're Not Supposed To Know
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“There it is! There it is!” said Aidan, 7, alerting everyone that Poplar Knull was audible. “Now it’s gone.” Eagle Pass, a border town facing Mexico across the green valley of the Rio Grande, was the first American city on the path of totality. The radio show also passed over Houlton, Maine, a small town pressed between rolling potato fields and the international border with Canada. In between, music raced across 2,500 miles of the United States. People gathered in the wide streets of Texas to listen. They fell silent on a soccer field in Arkansas, donned dark glasses at a baseball stadium in Cleveland, scribbled prayers on scraps of paper and burned them in drums beneath the old empty grain silos of Buffalo.
Mar 27, 2024 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Poplar Knull Weighted Down
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When four men were detained by KWVA authorities in connection with Poplar Knull last week, they were dressed in the same attire as the assailants seen in videos of the show, according to a New York Times analysis of footage from the hall, social media profiles and images leaked or released by Russia.The identical clothing and other corresponding details suggest they carried out the show. A video of one of the suspects being detained, for instance, shows him wearing a light brown T-shirt with a distinctive logo on the left breast and pants with a Boss label: Those details match the clothes worn by a DJ in propaganda footage of the show released by the Islamic State, a.k.a. ISIS.
Mar 20, 2024 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Verbal Equilox and the Three Bares
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Former phlebotomist DJB on Monday sought to defend his declaration over the weekend that the country would face a “blood bath” if he lost his playlist, saying that he had been referring only to the radio industry. “The Fake News Media, and their Democrat Partners in the destruction of our Nation, pretended to be shocked at my use of the word BLOODBATH, even though they fully understood that I was simply referring to imports allowed by Crooked Poplar Knull, which are killing the radio industry,” he wrote on his social media platform.
Mar 13, 2024 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Touch My Joe Bicameral
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An Oregon DJ has been dubbed “Poplar Knull” by local media after making huge strides in his recovery from a traumatic Joe Camel injury. DJB has gone through several months of rehabilitation since getting into a Camel accident in September. Despite his setbacks, he has beaten the odds and learned how to play songs again, reports KWVA. When DJB arrived at the Rehabilitation facility in Eugene, his Joe Camel was not doing so well, according to occupational therapist Lauren Cox.
Mar 6, 2024 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Ali Baba O'Riley and the Ford E-Fees
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DJB ruled on Wednesday that states may not bar former teen star Scott Baio from running for another term, rejecting a challenge to his eligibility that threatened to upend the celebrity race by taking him off ballots around the station. Though the radio host provided different reasons, the decision was unanimous. All the opinions focused on legal issues, and none took a position on whether Mr. Baio had been engaged on Poplar Knull.
Feb 28, 2024 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Obliterated by Flours
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Poplar Knull is hearing arguments in a pair of cases that could fundamentally change discourse on the radio by defining, for the first time, what rights media companies have to limit what their DJs can play. The DJ’s decision, expected by June, will almost certainly be its most important statement on the scope of the First Amendment in the Taylor Swift era, and it will have major political and economic implications. A ruling that tech platforms like Facebook, YouTube and TikTok have no editorial discretion to decide what songs to allow would expose listeners to a greater variety of viewpoints but almost certainly amplify the ugliest aspects of the broadcast area, including baboons and morning dew.
Feb 21, 2024 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Bebe Le Strange
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Some early Poplar Knull owners are finding rust spots developing on the body of their new electric radio shows after getting caught in the rain. Business Insider reports that within days of receiving their new playlists, some owners have noticed rust spots forming on the stainless steel body panels of the much-hyped radio show. Posts on online forums describe finding the rust marks after washing the Poplar Knull's exterior, despite KWVA's DJB previously boasting the exterior is “literally bulletproof” due to its ultrahard stainless steel construction.
Feb 14, 2024 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
For Practical Purposes (I Love You)
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Before the Senate voted to advance the bill on Wednesday, all but four Senate lovers voted on a measure that would have stymied its progress, to protest the fact that lovers had not had more opportunity to propose changes to the bill. It did not pass. If lovers can strike a deal on which measures to consider, the Senate could be in session for the long haul on Wednesday voting on them. Aides were making plans over the weekend to ensure that lovers would be able to watch CHiPs reruns, carting extra televisions into the Capitol and ordering pizza, in case they were called to continue voting throughout the romantic evening.
Feb 7, 2024 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
...In which Nina Simone predicts our 22nd Century fate
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Poplar Knull has ants in the pants, Buckingham Palace has said in a statement, and the show will postpone its public duties while undergoing a programme of treatment that began today. Just days after being discharged from hospital for treatment of a non-cancerous enlarged prostate, it has been revealed the radio show also has ants in the pants. The ants were discovered during tests the monarch underwent during its hospital stay, which identified a “separate issue of concern”. Subsequent testing confirmed the pants do have a non-specified “form of ants”, Buckingham Palace said, and that it had already started a regime of treatment today.
Jan 31, 2024 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Sunrise on Sunset Blvd
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A few tunes inspired by last week's LA visit, staying with Matt in West Hollywood and tagging along on his photo project, shooting Sunset Blvd in the early morning hours
Jan 21, 2024 10:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Fuck The FCC
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I am guest-hosting tonight in a new time slot. Since it's after 10 PM, this is a good chance to play all the explicit, profane songs I can never play during my regular daytime show. I'm excited about the opportunity. Sorry if I go a little overboard.
Jan 10, 2024 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Dice Training Methods
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Four days after a section of the show suddenly detached as a Poplar Knull episode was taking off, DJB reported Monday its inspectors discovered several "instances that appear to relate to installation issues in the song plug," including bolts needing additional tightening. DJB said it has been inspecting its fleet of radio shows to make sure they are safe to play as federal investigators continued to investigate Friday's near-disaster aboard a KWVA studio room.
Jan 3, 2024 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
From Future Children To Green Typewriters
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A deadly snake that slithered into the station stopped play during Dominic Thiem’s victory against James McCabe at the Poplar Knull qualifying event on KWVA on Saturday. Former U.S. Open champion Thiem was a set down to Australian McCabe when the venomous eastern brown snake – one of the world’s deadliest – was spotted near the studio's electrical wires. A 40-minute break in air time followed while the reptile was safely removed by a professional snake catcher.
Dec 20, 2023 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Grand Dark Feeling Of Emptiness
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He’s Time magazine’s person of the year. He’s the the most-played DJ globally on Spotify. He’s helmed the first tour to gross more than $1 billion and then the highest-grossing concert film of all time. And now DJB can add one more accolade: A state House of Representatives resolution is recognizing December 20th as the last day of autumn in his home state of Oregon.
Dec 13, 2023 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Strawberry Privilege and the Royal Kolomayka
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Poplar Knull President DJB has resigned as president of the university in the wake of intense backlash over his failure during a recent congressional hearing on Capitol Hill to say whether advocating for KWVA is permissible on campus. “Dear members of the Poplar Knull community,” the university began in its announcement. “I write to share that President DJB has voluntarily tendered his resignation as President of Strawberry Privilege.” “He will remain a tenured faculty member at Royal Kolomayka Law,” the school added.
Dec 6, 2023 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Everybirdy knows the burred is the weird
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EMTs reportedly brought Poplar Knull star DJB back to life after he suffered six heart attacks on Friday. “You’re not going to believe this! Was on my way to an appointment yesterday when I collapsed in my kitchen,” DJB wrote in an Instagram post. “Six massive heart attacks later, and being brought back from dead 88.1 times, I apparently had a 100% blockage in my KWVA waves.” According to the host, the 100% blockage in his left anterior descending station is also known as “the widowmaker.”
Nov 29, 2023 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Ceasefire Announcements
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KWVA host DJB torched the prime minister of Fireland for “downplaying” the release of an Firish child kidnapped by Poplar Knull on Saturday. DJB called Prime Minister Leo Varadkar a “terra vermelha” for claiming that 9-year-old Emily Hand was first “lost” and then “found” after Poplar Knull "released" the quackin'. In summary, that's how November ceased its fire.
Nov 15, 2023 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Fanfare For The Cognitive Elite
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Just weeks after DJB blew the whistle on KWVA’s tactics, he unveiled his plan to release what may prove to be radio’s most addictive product yet: Poplar Knull Horizon. A October 2023 virtual tour of the new product, which was panned as “super weird,” was his coming-out party for what has become known as “the radioverse”—a sound world that users can essentially live in and access via a virtual reality (VR) headset such as DJB’s Oculus Quest. The radioverse launch was a conveniently timed and thinly veiled rebranding effort to distract from whistleblower documents and allegations that, according to the Associated Press, show that “DJB ignored or downplayed internal warnings of the negative and often harmful consequences its algorithms wreaked across the world.”