WCSB

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WCSB

City	Cleveland, Ohio
Broadcast area	Greater Cleveland
Branding	WCSB 89.3
Slogan	Cleveland's FM Alternative
Frequency	89.3 MHz
First air date	May, 1976
Format	College/variety
ERP	630 watts
HAAT	62 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	65553
Transmitter coordinates	41°30′12.00″N 81°40′30.00″W / 41.5033333°N 81.6750000°W / 41.5033333; -81.6750000
Callsign meaning	W "Cleveland State Broadcasting"
Owner	Cleveland State University (Cleveland State University)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wcsb.org

WCSB (89.3 FM) – branded WCSB 89.3 – is a non-commercial educational college/variety radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio. Owned by Cleveland State University, the station serves Greater Cleveland and is student-run. The WCSB studios are located at Cole Center on the campus of Cleveland State in Downtown Cleveland, while the station transmitter resides atop Rhodes Tower.

History

WCSB began broadcasting in May, 1976.^[1]

Station Events

WCSB holds an annual party every year on the Saturday following Halloween. The Halloween Masquerade Ball began in 2009 as a 'thank you' to the station's listeners and their undying support. This event has always been held at the Cleveland Public Theater in the Gordon Square district of Cleveland.

Current programming

WCSB airs a wide variety of music, including blues, noise and experimental, electronic jazz as well as traditional jazz, Eastern Bloc punk, outlaw country, heavy metal and grindcore, hip hop, turntablism and acid rap. The station also airs news and information oriented toward many of the ethnic groups represented in Greater Cleveland: Latin, Hispanic, German, Hungarian, Polish, Irish, Macedonian, Arabic, and Slovenian. Weekly public affairs programs focus on a range of topics, from social justice to space exploration.^[2]

References

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WCSB

Radio-Locator information on WCSB

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WCSB

Radio stations in the Cleveland, Ohio market

By FM frequency	87.7 88.3 88.3 88.7 89.3 90.3 91.1 91.5 92.3 93.1 95.5 96.5 98.5 99.5 100.7 102.1 103.3 104.1 104.9 105.7 106.5 107.3 107.9

By AM frequency	850 930 1000 1040 1100¹ 1220 1260 1300 1320 1330 1380 1420 1460 1490 1540

By callsign	WABQ WAKS WBWC WCCD WCCR WCLV WCPN WCRF-FM WCSB WDLW WDOK WENZ WEOL WERE WFHM-FM WGAR-FM WHK WHKW WHLK WHWN WINT WJCU WJMO WJTB WKHR WKNR WKRK-FM WLFM-LP WMJI WMMS WNCX WNWV WOBL WQAL WRUW-FM WTAM¹ WWGK WZAK

Defunct stations	WATJ

Ohio radio markets Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Lima Marietta Toledo Youngstown–Warren Other Ohio radio regions Ashtabula Ironton Mid-Ohio Sandusky Southern Ohio Wheeling/Steubenville See also List of radio stations in Ohio Radio stations in Southwestern Ontario ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.

Ohio college radio stations

By callsign	WBGU, WFAL Falcon Radio (Bowling Green State University) WBWC (Baldwin Wallace University) WBWH-LP (Bluffton University) WCMO, WMRT (Marietta College) WCSB (Cleveland State University) WCWS-FM (College of Wooster) WDUB (Denison University) WHEI (Heidelberg University) WJCU (John Carroll University) WKCO (Kenyon College) WKSU-FM, Black Squirrel Radio (Kent State University) WLCI-LP (Hocking College) WLFC (University of Findlay) WNCG-LP (North Central State College) WNZR (Mount Vernon Nazarene University) WOBC-FM (Oberlin College) WOBN (Otterbein College) WONB (Ohio Northern University) WOSA, WOSU-FM (Ohio State University) WRDL (Ashland University) WRMU-FM (Mount Union College) WRUW-FM (Case Western Reserve University) WUDR (University of Dayton) WWSU (Wright State University) WXUT (University of Toledo) WZIP (University of Akron)

Defunct	WSLN (Ohio Weslyan University)

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Ohio

Cleveland State University

Academics	Colleges/Schools Cleveland–Marshall College of Law College of Education and Human Services College of Graduate Studies College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences College of Science and Health Professions Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs Monte Ahuja College of Business School of Nursing Washkewicz College of Engineering Campuses Main campus (Cleveland) Northeast Ohio Medical University (Rootstown) East campus (Solon) West campus (Westlake)

Athletics	Teams Men's basketball Men's soccer Men's swimming & diving Wrestling Women's basketball Women's soccer Women's swimming & diving Fencing Facilities Wolstein Center Krenzler Field Robert F. Busbey Natatorium Woodling Gym Viking Field Malaga Tennis Center

History	Presidents Notable alumni Notable faculty and staff

Student life	Organizations The Cauldron Vindicator WCSB Whiskey Island Magazine The Gavel Other Expansion

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