Tune in to Comcast cable radio station 100.7 or log onto a broadcast via web stream at ksfs.sfsu.edu, and you may have a new audio experience from the past few semesters.

KSFS, SF State’s radio station, has been undergoing numerous changes recently -- including advisory staff changes. Rick Houlberg, the radio adviser for the past 25 years, entered a Faculty in Retirement Program last fall. “FIRPing,” as Houlberg calls it, means that he will teach every other semester, for a period five years.

Jeff Jacoby, who is taking Houlberg’s place as the radio station’s adviser, said he has an agenda for the radio station that he hopes will get KSFS in more students’ ears.

“As a brand new professor of KSFS -- just one semester under my belt -- it is really exciting. I can see big things happening,” said Jacoby.

Jacoby and the managers of KSFS have cleaned out the studios, added new equipment, and come up with a new slogan: Free for all. They have also added more music into the music library for the radio enthusiasts of the Broadcasting and Electronic Communications Arts program. With the help of the department, they will continue to push forward with the program’s developments, said Jacoby.

“The department’s 1,000 percent behind the station. It’s the voice of San Francisco State and we’d be crazy not to take advantage of what that might mean to the department and the students,” said Jacoby.

Mikey Pauker, the station’s manger, said he is excited about being able to plug-in electronically. Now the station can host full-live bands in the studios. In past semesters, radio DJ’s could only accommodate acoustic sets.

“The production studio B has been rigged up. We reconfigured the patching boards. We also can play from the main production studios and be directed to the on-air studio,” said Pauker.

Jacoby said the problem the kids at KSFS are facing now is that they want to change - a lot of it.

“There is funding, but it’s not enough – it’s never enough. The best thing is to prioritize. This is not a corporation; this is a student-run radio station,” said Jacoby.

The department makes a little bit of money by hosting formal parties, selling t-shirts and doing Public Service Announcements and promotional announcements. Jacoby said the money goes into a budget that can be used to fix a microphone or buy an occasional pizza.

“I think it may be better that we don’t have everything we want because students step up and they say, ‘Jeff we need it now,’ and they agitate,” said Jacoby.

As KSFS continues to change, Jacoby said, he and others who work behind the scene are expecting the station to become an important and recognized part of the campus.

"I want everyone to know about the radio station. I want to see every club on campus have a show on the air, and I want everybody involved. I think it's a doable venture," said Jacoby.

KSFS is broadcast over the Internet via web stream at ksfs.sfsu.edu and can be heard on Comcast cable radio at 100.7. The request line is always open to any interested party. The request phone number is (415) 338-1532.