In 1957 the network consolidated its scattered studios in the basement of the Student Activities Building - where they still broadcast today. It's really unique. Our mission is to reach as many different cultures and play as many different types of music as possible. There's not another station in the world that you'll hear classical music one minute and dirty gangsta rap the next. Being a WCBN DJ is not as easy as showing up and demanding your own show.
Every aspiring DJ has to go through a standard process.
Those interested meet with someone at WCBN who demonstrates how to use some of the station's beginning equipment. If the tape is approved, prospective DJs are trained to use the actual FM studio. They sit in with DJs who have their own shows to see what it's all about, and are able to sub for absent DJs. The next step is their own show - but usually in an undesirable time slot, like in the middle of the night. As DJs compile experience at the station their time slots improve - slowly but surely.