Student Owned and Operated Radio from Chico State Since 1951

Staff Bios


Administrative Directors
Quinn Mattingly
DJ Nilla

General Manager

Communication Design: Media Arts | Senior
Quinn can frequently be seen walking around campus chanting her own name– “Quinn! Quinn! Quinn!” It’s not because she’s self-absorbed, it’s just a really easy thing to chant. Her favorite days are those ending in the letter “y” and is happy to have found her niche with other quirky people at KCSC. She considers her staff her family in the fact that she can talk smack about them but you can’t. Quinn sees herself as the glue that holds the station together. Feel free to reach her via carrier pigeon or email her at gm@kcscradio.com.
Laura Daegling
DJ Loglady


Programming Director

Religious Studies | Senior
Laura’s interests consist of cats, theology, music and film. When she’s not watching horrible horror movies, she’s discussing the profound sayings of Computer Cat. Musical pluralism is her stance in which she aims to enhance.

David Rowe
DJ Diamond Dave


Assistant Programming Director

Communication Design | Junior
It is the lord of the dance and his name is David Rowe. He likes to swing around like a man-ape ensuring that everyone is having the optimum amount of fun at the station. That is his #1 job as assistant programing director. Residing in the hills of Paradise, hunts, fishes and can spit real far. His #2 job as assistant programing director is being available for you! He has a great email, so send him a letter at (insert whatever my email might be here).

Music Directors
Lauren Knight
DJ L.Noche


Music Director

Media Arts | Senior
Lauren has an immense passion for music and the arts in general. In her free time she likes watching videos of cats on the Internet, discovering new and interesting types of music, and disregarding women and acquiring currency. She admires president Woodbro Chillson, Hulk Hogan, and Han Solo. In the future, she hopes to combine her love for music and media in the different fields of audio, video, and design. JAM.

Taren Smith
DJ Shea


Assistant Music Director

Music Industry & Technology | Senior
This is Taren’s first semester as Lauren’s assistant and second semester as a KCSC DJ. Moving from her hometown of Albuquerque, NM last year was made easier once she discovered her fellow music nerds and hipsters were hanging out at the radio station. One day Taren would like to use her Bachelors Degree in Music Industry and Technology to work for an indie record label in a city where there’s sunshine. Listen to her radio show, Audible S&M, with DJ Mystic every Wednesday 7-9pm PST.

Max Nelson
DJ Common Culture


Local Music Director

Business Entrepreneur | Senior
Max Nelson enjoys all types of music; from Underground Hip Hop to Classic Rock. His passion is traveling and finding himself in new and interesting places. As a business entrepreneur he loves coordinating events. He also is Co-Owner of Local Clothing Company Common Culture. As the Local Music Director, he is always interested in hearing of new local music. Feel free to contact him about any part of the Local Music scene.

Patrick Stokes
DJ Tiny

Urban Music Director

Communication Studies | Minor Marketing | Senior
Patrick Stokes (aka Dj Tiny) flat out loves good music. Although he is from the Bay Area, he feels that hyphy stuff is not for him. He is all about real hip hop, soul, funk and jazz. He loves to play sports, especially those that require minimal physical exertion such as golf, pool and ping pong. You can check out his show, “Rhythm & Grooves” on Sundays from 10 to Midnight if you also enjoy good music.
Tyler Withrow
DJ No Requests


RPM Director

Business Marketing | Music Minor | Senior
This is Tyler’s third semester here at KCSC and his second as RPM director. Tyler grew up listening to classic rock and reggae, but recently (in the past 6 years) has gotten into electronic music and it has been love ever since. He has been DJing house music for over 3 years now, always looking for new ways to push the limit and get better. Tyler has been to rehab for his tattoo addiction seven times, but sadly keeps relapsing as more pictures keep popping up on his body.

Promotion Directors
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Carly Friedman
DJ Foreplay


Promotional Director / Graphics

Graphic Design | Senior
This is Carly’s fourth semester with KCSC, and subsequently her fourth semester hosting the sex talk show. In her free time, Carly enjoys traveling to new places, hanging out with/ making new friends, and making graphic design or cat jokes. In the future, Carly plans on driving a Dodge Stratus and being capable of doing 100 push-ups in 20 minutes.

Erica Markham
DJ DontStop


Promotional Coordinator

Communication Design: Mass Media | Senior
This is Erica’s fourth semester working with KCSC Radio, and third as the Promotional Coordinator. In addition to hosting a sex talk radio show, she is currently a senior studying Communication Design Mass Media, as well as minors in Instructional Technology Design and Broadcasting. She loves to travel, and is at her happiest spending time with family and friends. Erica does not own a cat, or spend countless hours YouTubing cat videos, but somehow was accepted by the KCSC family all the same.

Garrett Colton
DJ Colton


Social Media Director

Mass Comm. Design | Senior
This is Garrett Colton’s 3rd semester at KCSC and his first as Social Media director. Originally from the Bay Area, Garrett enjoys discovering new music mostly progressive to indie rock, although he is open to any type of music. In his spare time, Garrett likes traveling, rock climbing, golfing…and of course Tumbling. After graduating in May, he hopes to return to the Bay Area to try and get a job that involves anything from Video to audio to design.

Production Directors
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Will Sperry
DJ Fix It


Production Director

Construction Management | Senior
Will loves all kinds of music ranging from funk to dubstep. He hails from the wonderful land of Lafayette, CA. In his free time, he loves to go Rock climbing and jam on any kind of instrument. He is very outgoing and more than willing to meet anyone.

Other Directors
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Trevor Platt
DJ Trainwreck

Event Coordinator

Journalism | Senior
This is Trevor’s fourth semester with KCSC and his second as a director. His passion for music has him working towards a career in music journalism. His favorite musical genres include Indie and Underground Hip-Hop which he still greatly appreciates along with various genres of RPM. His show, PopGeeksAnonymous, is every Sunday from 4 to 6pm. You can check out his music blog here.
Patrick Headland
DJ Tequila Mockingbird


Library Director

Communication Design: Media Arts | Senior
Patrick Headland hosts his show, Yesterday Was Thursday with DJ SomethingSomething on Fridays at 7pm. He comes from a small mountain town that hardly anyone has heard of. His music taste is based on watching a video of a live performance of “There There” by Radiohead on MTV at 3 am when he was 15 and  if it wasn’t for that, he’d probably still be listening to Linkin Park and Korn. He has interests in theatre performance, watching stand up comedy and driving with no clear destination.

Genevieve Jones
DJ Mystic

Historian / 60th Anniv. Director

International Relations / Psych. | Senior
Genevieve’s most loved things in life consist of music, the fact whales sing songs and that her  father invented the toaster strudel. In the sixth grade, she broke both of her wrists from falling off of her scooter. Her teacher also called her”Scissor-hands”. In addition, she has many leather bound books and her apartment smells of rich mahogany.
Russ Spivey
DJ SomethingSomething

Webmaster

Computer Information Systems | Senior
Russ grew up in Humboldt, CA while also living in Portland, OR  for a brief period of time. He has been doing web development for a few years now, but this is his first time working at a radio station. He enjoys cycling, drinking coffee, making music and going to shows.
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