frequency 91.5 mhz first air date 1950 1950 as kocn am 1961 as wobc fm format college radio erp 1000 watts haat 41 meters class a non commercial owner oberlin college webcast listen live website www.wobc.org wobc fm is a student run freeform community fm radio station at oberlin college located in oberlin ohio . wobc broadcasts 24 hours a day at 91.5 fm in lorain county ohio . the station also runs an internet simulcast via streaming mp3 . wobc broadcasts more than 150 programs weekly each conceived by volunteer hosts and djs . wobc airs an eclectic mix of music and public affairs programming including new and old pop music punk folk classical blues r & b metal hip hop jazz electronic radio dramas talk shows and news including the independently syndicated news program democracy now . history edit a radio station at oberlin college was first established in 1949 as kocn the oberlin college student network which made its first broadcast november 5 1950 at 590 am . the first broadcast originated from a building located at 32 east college street that was later demolished to allow the construction of the oberlin inn . 1 when construction of the inn began in the mid 1950s the radio station moved to the garage behind grey gables a building on west college street that was later demolished to construct the mudd center . 2 the station s call letters changed from kocn to wobc in the early 1950s to comply with new call letter standards . during this early period studio equipment and broadcast electronics were built by oberlin college students save the purchase of used turntables and microphones . the am signal was broadcast directly to dormitories over a network of wire and transmission boxes attached to electrical poles in town . in 1953 the station acquired a teletype machine as a result of a sponsorship deal with lucky strike which provided news updates . during the first two decades of the station s operation programming consisted largely of classical music news jazz and popular music . the station is notable in recent years for efforts to reach out beyond the oberlin college student body that makes up the majority of volunteer djs and listener to the wider lorain county community . wobc began broadcasting at 88.7 fm in 1961 . the studio remained at the garage behind grey gables until 1964 when the station moved to its current location in wilder hall . it now broadcasts on 91.5 fm and through webcast . references edit scott james . wobc the birth of a station . http oberlincollegearchivesstudents.tumblr.com . oberlin college archives . retrieved 6 august 2014 . external link in website help salsich anne cuyler . student life wobc radio station records 1942 1949 2000 2002 2011 . http www.oberlinlibstaff.com . oberlin college archives . retrieved 6 august 2014 . external link in website help external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wobc radio locator information on wobc query nielsen audio s fm station database for wobc web articles from a 1965 69 wobcer v t e oberlin college schools college of arts and sciences oberlin college conservatory of music landmarks allen memorial art museum lewis center for environmental studies apollo theater oberlin college library tappan square weltzheimer johnson house timara laboratories people presidents asa mahan charles grandison finney james fairchild william gay ballantine john henry barrows henry churchill king ernest hatch wilkins william stevenson robert k. carr robert w. fuller emil danenberg s. frederick starr nancy dye marvin krislov others notable alumni notable faculty student life football oberlin student cooperative association the oberlin review wobc fm v t e ohio college radio stations by fm frequency 88.1 88.1 88.3 88.3 88.3 88.3 88.7 88.9 88.9 89.3 89.7 89.7 90.9 90.9 91.1 91.1 91.1 91.5 91.9 94.9 95.7 96.1 97.5 97.5 98.5 98.7 defunct 99.5 101.1 106.9 by callsign wbgu wbwc wbwh lp wcmo wcsb wcws fm wdub whei wjcu wkco wksu wlci lp wlfc wmrt wncg 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