DJ Bios

Adam Neil

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Major:   Electronic media

Hometown:   Olney IL

# Years at Hit-Mix:   First year

Shift Time(s):   Monday 10am-11am and 10pm-Midnight

Favorite Hit-Mix   Memory:

Words to Live by (Favorite quote):  Be a good person and good things will happen to you.

Hobbies/In my free time I like to:   Read, Drum, Be Active

Favorite Artist/Song:    Blink 182- Feeling This

Random Fact:    I love Monkeys!

Andrew Hicks

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Major:    Communication Studies

Hometown:    Champaign, IL

# Years at Hit-Mix:    3 ½

Shift Time(s):    Wednesday Morning Show, Saturday Noon-10p

Favorite Hit-Mix Memory:   One time, I had to work three football games back-to-back and since running a game involves a lot waiting, I brought my Gameboy. I beat Pokémon Gold in one sitting.

Words to Live by (Favorite quote):   “Too weird to live; too rare to die.” – Dr. Hunter S. Thompson –

Hobbies/In my free time I like to…:   Amateur radio, CB and shortwave scanning, stand-up comedy, old time radio shows (my favorite is Dragnet), and retro video gaming.

Favorite Artist/Song:    The Beatles, Rush, Aerosmith, Daft Punk, and Deadmau5

Random Fact:    Ohio is home to 24 astronauts. I wish I had been born in Ohio.

Ash Elkins

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Major:    Journalism, Music-Vocal Performance Minor

Hometown:    Aurora, IL

# Years at Hit-Mix:    2 years

Shift Time(s):    Promotions Director, Morning Mix on Tuesday

Favorite Hit-Mix Memory:   Roemer stealing my keys and hiding them in easy to spot but hard to reach places.

Words to Live by (Favorite quote):   “There’s no dollar sign on a peace of mind, this I’ve come to know.” –Zac Brown Band, Chicken Fried –

Hobbies/In my free time I like to…:  Singing, reading, acting, and dancing!

Favorite Artist/Song:    TRAIN! 

Random Fact:    I’ve performed in over 200 plays/musicals since I was 5 years old.

Brad Kupiec

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Major:    Journalism with Broadcast Concentration

Hometown:    Lockport, IL

# Years at Hit-Mix:    Less than 1

Shift Time(s):   Thursday 10-Midnight, Friday 5-7pm

Favorite Hit-Mix Memory:   DJ-ing Relay for Life last April

Words to Live by (Favorite quote):   “It ain’t about how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done.” – Rocky Balboa –

Hobbies/In my free time I like to…:   Sleep, eat, and generally be generic.

Favorite Artist/Song:    Aaron Lewis – Country Boy

Random Fact:    I had two near death experiences within six months of each other when I was 14.

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