Basics: Do a PSA (see the booklet or the minidisk), a station ID (tell the folks what they’re listening to: “wrbc 91.5 fm Bates College Radio, Lewiston Maine”), and a promo (tell people about events coming up) at least once an hour.

Show up to your show.

Not showing up for your show is bad, so is showing up late. We will warn you if you when you make mistakes, but every time you skip a show it counts against you the next time you apply for a show. You may be unable to have a show in the future, or if you’re lucky you’ll get a bad timeslot and a good taunting by your peers. If you miss your show repeatedly, we will take it away. It is your job to get a sub, so email the talk list (wrbc-public@bates.edu), and if that doesn’t work, call another DJ or the board members and beg or bargain. To get on the WRBC talk list (which is a good idea anyway) email the tech director or email the talk list and ask to be added.

Don't swear.

Swearing is no good. DJs may NEVER SWEAR on the radio. You can’t read a poem with swear words in it (or lyrics). No. Bad DJ. Safe harbor hours start at 10pm and go until 6am, which is the only time you can play your dirty music (during the day you can bleep out swears). You are also completely responsible for your guests and callers. If grandma calls and swears you have to hang up on her immediately, and don’t let her call back, even if she promises not to swear, and to make you cookies. If we hear you swear you will receive a warning and you may lose your show. If you need to know what a swear is visit this site, but if you have to ask, you shouldn’t say it.

Don't slander.

You can’t slander anyone unless they are a public figure, or if he or she is in the station or on the phone to defend themselves. This makes comments like “Joseph Maurey is a fat, fat man” against the rules, while “George W. Bush looks a lot like a monkey” is perfectly OK. Seriously though, he does look like a monkey.

No smoking / drinking.

Hey Pothead! Don’t bring it to the station. Hey Drunkard! Don’t bring it to the station. Intoxication while at the station will IMMEDIATELY result in losing your show. NEVER bring any drugs or alcohol into the station. Don’t even try to get away with it. It isn’t worth the wrath of fire and brimstone that we will inflict on you. Anyone intoxicated during a show could have us lose our entire broadcast rights. So seriously, don’t mess with us or this evil penguin.

Please don't steal CD's.

Don’t steal. This is another immediate show loss. WRBC cannot buy CDs, we get them sent from record labels. If you steal our Céline Dion CD, we can’t replace it. Ever. This weeding out results in crappy CDs at the station, and that poor man that requests Céline Dion every afternoon will be pissed. Feel free to burn us copies of your CDs and leave them with a note for the music directors, we can file them and put them on the shelves for others to use.

Leave the crowd at home.

Only 4 people in the station. Your friends are all hoodlums and we don’t want them breaking and/or stealing things. If you MUST have more people (i.e. you are interviewing a band) okay it with the station manager first.

Clean up after yourself.

If you use it, put it away in the right place. File the CDs you used, and don’t leave a mess for others. This is very important for CDs so others can find them. Other messes (i.e. soda cans, newspapers, children) should also be put away or brought with you when you leave.

Have fun, get involved.

If you can, come to a few general meetings to see Wally Wooh, get a lap dance*, and have a say in how we spend our money. Attend a meeting, put your John Hancock on a piece of paper, and get a leg up on your next application to help get a better time slot. Plus, participate in fun WRBC events, like the activity fair, accepted students day, the parade, poster making, etc.
*lap dance not guaranteed.