Community Radio Volunteers Hats

At KPCR, DJs are expected to volunteer at least eight hours a month beyond their shows and take part in pledge drives, typically three a year. KBOO's overnight shift listing allows live or prerecorded sets and requires board training for live operation. Those station-specific details give this collection its world: the volunteer who treats an hour of programming as a very personal public service. The research also turns up different ways to hold that hour. KOCF recruits volunteers for weekly one- or two-hour shows prerecorded at their convenience. Community radio pride can belong to a carefully prepared recording as well as a live microphone. The hats answer with FREEFORM RADIO, a claim on an hour for the weird, and the gloriously inflated fame of a nine-mile radius. That radius is the joke on one DJ's hat, rather than a claim about every station's coverage. DEAD AIR PREVENTION LEAGUE makes vigilance an imaginary membership; the tote-bag confession gives pledge-drive affection a selfish little wink. Choose a volunteer DJ badge or an outsized claim to the frequency. The local-fame joke and the hour-for-the-weird declaration each have a second colorway for the volunteer whose favorite program is also their own.