Community members interested in volunteering at KZSC should be aware that their participation requires a lot of time and effort.  If you don’t want to wait or to follow the process below, we suggest that you check out two of Santa Cruz’s other awesome radio stations, KUSP and Free Radio Santa Cruz, as their requirements to become a DJ are less time-consuming.

First, community members must apply to become a volunteer at KZSC by completing an application and submitting it, along with two letters of reference, to the Volunteer Coordinator.  The application will then be reviewed by the KZSC Broadcast Advisor and Volunteer Coordinator.

If the application is approved, the community member would then volunteer 20 hours at the station as described elsewhere and then apply to take the DJ preparation course Intro to Radio. A background check would be run at that time.

If space allows and the background check is successfully completed, the community member would spend one quarter in the Intro to Radio course. Upon passing the class, the community member would become staff and be eligible to apply for a programming timeslot, though they should be advised that students have priority over community members in the allocation of timeslots.

An application to become a volunteer can be obtained by emailing the Volunteer Coordinator at [email protected].