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Thanks for Donating!
Our 2013 Fundraiser was a great success!
If you were deep-sea diving in the Marianas Trench last week and missed out on the fundraising fun, it's not too late to pitch in. Just click on the snazzy red Donate! ribbon at the upper right corner of this page and donate today at the University of Michigan's secure web server.
Our volunteers had a blast greeting listeners and helping them through the pledge process. Your support allows WCBN to continue to enrich the cultural life of our city.
Thank you!
Just Listen!
IngenuityPictures has produced a short documentary about WCBN to mark our 40th year of FM broadcasting. Our DJs and volunteers explain the history and current state of the radio station, and why this radio station is important to the culture of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Do you enjoy learning about new music? Want to explore our amazing record library? We are always on the lookout for new student DJs! We have tens of thousands of vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes you can dig through. And dig. Join us!
Introductory training sessions are held every Sunday at 4pm in our lobby. Go to the Thompson St. entrance of the SAB (corner of Jefferson) and call 763-3500. Say you're here for training, and we'll buzz you in. Or email training AT wcbn DOT org!
Left of the Dial
There is a great story about WCBN in Michigan Today magazine.
Left of the Dial
BY JAMES TOBIN
January 16, 2013
40 Years of Alternative Programming at U-M's WCBN
No monkey business was tolerated in the prehistoric era of student radio at U-M.
http://michigantoday.umich.edu/story.php?id=8521#.UPgnjqJqQhg
Jayne Cortez RIP
And if we don't fight
if we don't resist
if we don't organize and unify and
get the power to control our own lives
Then we will wear
the exaggerated look of captivity
the stylized look of submission
the bizarre look of suicide
the dehumanized look of fear
and the decomposed look of repression
forever and ever and ever
And there it is.
© Jayne Cortez
Zappa Family Trust Regains Control of Frank Zappa’s Catalog
The Zappa Family Trust has regained the entire music catalog of Frank Zappa. In honor of this achievement, the trust has partnered with Universal Music Enterprises to release 60 recordings – in physical and digital editions – beginning July 2012. Every month, 12 recordings will be released, through the end of the year. Many of these recordings, which originally appeared on Zappa’s independent label Barking Pumpkin Records, have been re-mastered.
The track listing for the first release of albums is as follows: 1. Freak Out! (1966) 2. Absolutely Free (1967) 3. Lumpy Gravy (1968) 4. We’re Only In It For The Money (1968) 5. Cruising With Ruben & The Jets (1968) 6. Uncle Meat (1969) 7. Hot Rats (1969) 8. Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970) 9. Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970) 10. Chunga’s Revenge (1970) 11. Fillmore East, June 1971 (1971) 12. Just Another Band From L.A. (1972)
