JOINING KZSU

There are thousands of things to do around KZSU, from DJing to engineering to just hanging around and listening to music. We welcome all volunteers - want to join?

SUPPORTING KZSU

KZSU runs on volunteer power and love, but we can always use a bit of cash. We greatly appreciate donations (which are tax-deductible, by the way). And if you're a business, consider supporting KZSU and promoting your business at the same time through underwriting.

KZSU DEPARTMENTS

A few of KZSU's many departments have their own departmental webpages (for contact information for the rest, see the contact page).

+ music
+ sports
+ news
+ public affairs
+ underwriting

OPERATIONAL DETAILS

KZSU is owned by the Trustees of Stanford University and is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the President. We got our FM license in 1964, and upgraded from 10 to 500 watts in 1978. Before 1964, KZSU broadcast as an AM carrier current station (through the University's power supply) on 880 kHz, starting in 1947 as a part of the Department of Communication. The AM carrier gradually died in the early 1980s. If you're curious about our current setup, we have plenty of technical information for you....

KZSU is a non-commercial station (meaning we don't play commercials, naturally) broadcasting at 90.1 megahertz on the FM band. Operations are funded mainly by Stanford student fees, plus underwriting and listener donations.

KZSU's staff is all volunteer, made up of assorted locals as well as Stanford students and staff. There are many ways to contact us, and also many ways to join us, if that's what you want to do.

On a good day, our 500-watt signal reaches from Oakland and parts of San Francisco in the north, to Fremont and points beyond in the east, and down to around Gilroy in the south. It's just about the whole Bay Area -- most of the coverage of commercial stations which broadcast at 50,000 watts and more. KZSU broadcasts in full stereo, and without much of the compression favored by most Bay Area commercial stations.

We've been having a bit of an interference problem with a few small stations in the south bay, mostly a repeater for a Christian station broadcasting out of Idaho, and a pirate station that plays, ahem, pretty bad music. Please let us know if you've experienced this interference - any information you can give us will help.

Besides DJs' music shows, KZSU has a live music show, Wednesday Night Live, public affairs programming (including public service announcements), live broadcasts of important Stanford events, the weekly Palo Alto City Council (Monday nights), and other specials. During the regular school year, there are live broadcasts of Stanford sporting events.