WRUB, the student-run campus radio station, has been hitting the airwaves and giving students opportunities since 1978.
Located down a hidden corridor in the Millard Fillmore Academic complex and split between an office and a studio sits WRUB.
The station is an excellent resource available to students to help build resumes or just take a try at an interesting career field.
"If you're listening to a song now, we were playing it three months ago," said Chris Zicari, WRUB general manager. "The station is ahead of the curve and plays a lot of music that is up and coming or underground."
WRUB appeals to students with all different musical tastes by playing a mix of everything and anything, according to Alex Stewart, a sophomore pharmacy major and avid listener.
"I like listening to WRUB a lot," Stewart said. "They play a good mix of music. We usually keep it on in the background of my room."
According to Randy Williams, program director of WRUB, many students tune into the radio station whether they know it or not.
"We are aired on all of the movie channels in the break between the movies, and on campus channel seven, 24/7. We can also be found on your radio at 89.7, or we are always streaming live from our Web site," Williams said.
If the variety of music and ample availability isn't enough to draw attention to the campus radio station, the great opportunities it provides for students should be.
One of the services offered through Sub-Board I, Inc., WRUB is entirely student run. There are many student positions available at the station and jobs at WRUB aren't limited to any specific major. According to Williams, there are opportunities for students in many fields.
"Students can volunteer to DJ, be the music director or be the promo director," Zicari said.
Students looking to get involved with the station can either contact the training director or speak to someone at a promotional event. They will be put through a training program and take a test based on what they have learned.
"I didn't know that just anyone could get involved with the radio station," said Michael Remmes, a senior international business major. "I just assumed you had to be a communication major or something like that. It's pretty cool that anyone can work there."
While the operational staff is paid, all of the DJs are volunteers. According to Williams, in addition to the experience that volunteers could put on a resume, one day there could potentially be more benefits to getting involved with the radio station.
"We are trying to work out an internship program," Williams said. "We're attempting to start a program for credits through either the communication or theater departments."
Live WRUB broadcast is available at www.subbboard.com/wrub as well as a full weekly schedule. The schedule includes shows such as "Avery on the Air" (Mondays at 10 p.m.).
To add to this schedule, students can set up an event with DJ services on the station's Web site.
Students who are interested in working for WRUB can contact the station-training director at WRUBtraining@gmail.com.
