The only thing lacking during ” The Heather and Sara Show” are callers.

What they want is proof that someone on the outside is listening to the radio.

This concerns Heather O?Sullivan and Sara Showalter as they conduct their radio show at Sacramento State?s student run station, The APEX (KSSU) at 1580AM, on Tuesdays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

They will beg for callers and even offer free goodies. For this show, the incentive is free passes to a new dance club here in Sacramento.

“Caller number one wins,” Heather said.

“We never get any calls”, Heather said.

“Once, we actually got two calls in one show,” Sara said with emphasis.

The APEX is a three-watt station run by and for Sac State students, especially those students in the dorms. The Heather and Sara Show, can only be heard on campus, and on good days, up to a mile away. However, that does not stop these two spunky DJ?s from having some fun.

Heather and Sara are roommates. They met a year ago in the dorms. Both are undeclared majors who were introduced to the DJ scene by friends seeking to volunteer at the station this semester.

This semester is when their show debuted. According to Heather, the girls passed auditions, were trained on the equipment, given the rules and away they went.

They have it all planned out, sort of. Heather takes the first hour and concentrates mostly on her favorite genres, hip-hop, dance and rap. Sara takes the second hour and plays reggae, jazz and alternative.

There does not seem to be a science to the play list. According to Heather, each DJ must play four songs an hour from the “hot list”, which is a list sent out from the College Music Journal. As long as that requirement is met, the DJs can play whatever they want as long as it is within FCC regulations.

“I have an idea of what I want to play, but then I come in and see the “hot list” and think I want to work it all in. It?s kinda like the lottery,” Heather said staring at the 5-foot by 4-foot shelf of specially marked CDs.

Sara has a similar approach. She does bring some CDs from home and will routinely call to Heather, “Hey, can you grab me something,” pointing to the CD wall. Other times it is just a craving like tonight when she yanked out a cued CD seconds before the end of the previous song and put Enigma in its place.

Both girls enjoy being DJs. They like interacting with each other as a duo rather than having individual shows, according to Heather. They get together and talk and play songs they love. “This opens up our musical horizons,” Sara said, perched on a stool with her bare feet dangling.

“You meet so many DJs. You think you know everything about music and then there are these others DJs playing all this stuff. It?s like a huge music conference,” Heather said leaning on the table beside Sara.

Under a sign that reads, “How to correctly fill out a play list,” Sara announces that it is time for BINGO. Every show they select a random CD from the wall. Their version of Bingo starts by picking a letter for the genre, then a number to pick the shelf, followed by a number for a CD, then a number for a song. The winner this week was the band Los Zafiros with a song called “He Venido A Decirte,” think of a Spanish version of a 50?s guy group and you?re there.

While the music plays random discussions occur. On this evening, the election is a popular topic, followed by tattoos and piercing, they have none of the first and some of the second. Favorite hunks came up too. Sara is devoted to Dave Matthews and announced she would happily entertain a marriage proposal from him.

Heather is all about Nicholas Cage. “He?s so hot,” she said.

Amid talking about what to eat for dinner (Chinese) and the merits of radio stations from the 80?s, Sara and Heather wind down their show.

Both have other obligations. Sara is taking 18 units, participates in the sorority, Alpha Phi Omega, and works with the Service for Students with Disabilities as a note taker. Heather is taking 17 units and works at the Grateful Bread, a bakery in Loehman?s Plaza.

“This [the station] is a vast area of coolness. It?s a little haven. When I step outside I remember all the things I need to get done,” said Sara.

At 7 p.m., Sara and Heather said thanks to their listeners and made way for the next DJ. The dance passes are still unclaimed. They did receive two calls, one was looking for another DJ and the other was from a DJ in the station, a tease.

Sac State students should give a listen to our campus station and if you hear Heather and Sara, please, give them a call. They will love it and so will you. Who knows maybe you will win some cool stuff, and certainly you will get to talk to two very cool DJs.