Lou started at the station in 1988 with the creation of Loudspeaker and was the host from 1990 through 1996. He helped define Loudspeaker’s early ethos. Currently Lou can be found co-hosting Loudspeaker with TJ and hosting various club nights like “In Your Neighborhood with Lou Niles!” and “A Shattered Room.”
In the ’90s Lou was found producing and programming specialty radio shows, marketing, managing and coordinating over 40 U.S. tours, as well as doing A&R and signing bands. He moved back to Oceanside with his wife and started Love Machine Films in 2003 and has been back on Loudspeaker since 2014. Lou has far too many favorite bands to list just a few but some include:
A few from the past:
- Three Mile Pilot
- Heavy Vegetable
- Pitchfork
- Convoy
- Incredible Moses Leroy
A few New Emerging Artists:
- Obed Padilla
- The Neighborhood Kids
- Davis
- Ten Bulls
