At 3 p.m., Ethan Arave had already been on the air for five hours and his last show had barely begun.
Former KUOI music director Ethan Arave takes a call from a fellow ex-KUOI DJ during his last radio show Jun 21. Over the course of 24 hours Arave played a mix of music from pop to rap, to rock to classical piano. joseph engle | summer arg
As the outgoing music director at KUOI 89.3 FM Moscow, Arave decided to make his last radio slot a doozy–a 24 hour stretch of his favorite tracks from the KUOI music library.
“It’s a test of endurance,” Arave said. “It’s a very singular thing. If at any other college station, if you had a hair to do something like this, it would be very difficult.”
Calling his show “24 Hour Rave,” a play on words with his own last name, Arave’s final show ran the musical gamut.
“The day started with jazz, its gotten kind of poppy in the middle of the day. By the end of the night, it will be all noise and nonsense and harsh, terrible sounds.”
Arave is heading back to Boise, but he said that he enjoyed his time here and wanted to finish on a dramatic note.
“It’s my proclamation to how much I love this station. It’s very much whatever you make of it.”
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10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
–Jazz and swing
12 p.m. to 6p.m.
–Pop, rock and folk
6 p.m.
Arave’s pop-rock marathon was followed by an on-air interview by KUOI station manager Nae Hakala with local musician Gregory Rollins.
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
–A little bit of everything
9 p.m.
Fellow DJ Kentaro Murai took over the show for an hour and played a set of his own.
10p.m.
FCC language barrier falls
–Rock/rap set
Sometime later
–Japanese Psyche
2-4 a.m.
Radio station is empty, but Arave keeps playing.
–Avant/experiental music.
4 a.m.
Sleep – Dopesmoker (An hour and six minute long opus of slow rolling thunder and fury, turned all the way up, at 4 a.m.)
5:06 a.m.
–Electronic/ dance music
6;30 a.m.
–Punk/rock
9:00a.m
–Classical piano
Arave ended with the song “How Long” by John Fahey.