General Information
WPRB is a community-supported, non-profit 501(c)3, commercially-licensed freeform radio station. Although we have studio space on Princeton University’s campus, we are independent legally, financially, and outward-looking, seeking to focus on the community of music listeners that we serve. Our 14,000 watt transmitter is located in Princeton, New Jersey, but our signal reaches Wilmington, DE, Philadelphia, PA, northern NJ and beyond. Online, listen.wprb.com carries our programming to listeners all around the globe. WPRB is student-managed, but our DJs are students and community members of a variety of ages, races, genders, and interests.
Our Programming
WPRB is committed to highlighting cutting edge, uncommon, and boundary pushing aesthetics. We specialize in the weird, the unlistenable, the engaging, the quirky, the offbeat, and, sometimes, the lovely. We are freeform, meaning each DJ has free reign to play whatever they want on air–there is no rotation schedule or Top 40 quotas for us. We pride ourselves on a variety of programming–what you hear show-to-show and week-to-week represents every far-flung corner of the auditory universe. An average day at the station features cutting edge bands from local and international scenes, “challenging” music like industrial, noise, and musique concrète, micro-genre and label deep dives, interviews and live sets, and everything in between.
Our Staff
WPRB is a volunteer-run radio station, managed by students of Princeton University, with support from a Board of Trustees and an educational advisor. All DJs are volunteers, hailing from all over the New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania region.