While some may know about the student-run radio station located downstairs in the basement of the Oakland Center, few know about the alumni who still host shows.

Robo-Robb, or Robb Lauzon, hosts his namesake show, “Robo-Robb Radio,” on WXOU with his co-host Scott “SAC” Chapman almost every Saturday from 6-8 p.m.

Lauzon is a 2009 Oakland University graduate who started his show while earning his degree in communication.

The show, which features musicians, artists, actors, actresses, political figures and public figures, tries to focus on the guest’s cultural background.

“I try to dig more in-depth in what makes a human a human,” Lauzon said. “It’s more interesting that way.”

His show is a blend of arts with interviews and also features songs from local musicians.

Over the past few years, the show has started to focus more on interviews, ignoring a lot of the “drama” that is featured on many radio shows today.

True to the stations freeform roots, Lauzon ignores what many commercial radio stations do.

“I’m chivalrous,” Lauzon said. “I don’t do a lot of things. There’s no garbage, I don’t do racism, sexism or swearing. I try to keep people in check. I also don’t talk to managers. I’ve booked Grammy- and award-winning musicians without talking to managers. It may be cocky, but I’m humble.”

In his four years of working with the station, Lauzon has had the ability to interview upcoming artists like the Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Netherlands’s Nicolay. He has completed over 200 interviews.

His cohost, Chapman also hosts a separate radio show Tuesdays from 7:30-10:00 p.m. called “Reggae Revolver.” This show is the only one in the state of Michigan to feature reggae music exclusively.

“There are other shows that are more subspecific, but I’m the only one that encompasses it all,” Chapman, a 2008 philosophy graduate, said.

Chapman chose to do a specialty show about reggae because of his love of the genre.

“I first started listening when I was six years old,” Chapman said. “I got my first Bob Marley album when I was 7. Now I spend way too much money on it. I have about 1,200 reggae CD’s, 300 records and 110 gigabytes of just reggae music.”

Former WXOU general manager and 2010 communication graduate Erik Anderson said non-students began being able to host shows a few years ago due to a paucity of students interested in the campus radio station.

Because disc jockeys do their shows on a completely volunteer basis, student interest can sometimes waver.

The number of nonstudents hosting shows fluctuates according to how many time slots are open for shows each semester, and staff, faculty and alumni receive priority in slot assignments.

Anderson, who ultimately decided not to continue doing his show after graduation, said graduates who host their shows post-grad have been a newer development.

“It’s not necessarily in the rule book, but what we’ve adhered to is that as long as you were a student when you started your show, you can continue to do your show every week,” he said. “And that’s what Robb and SAC have done. They show up every week and have been continuously doing their show ever since.”

Cailin Jason, a 2010 communication grad and former WXOU assistant program director, is pursing a career in radio and still does her show because of the “hands-on experience” WXOU has to offer.

Her show, “The Missing Reel,” features music from various movie soundtracks.

“I don’t want (WXOU) to be just restricted to people who are students,” Jason said. “It’s the basis of (the station), but we’re trying to get the word out about noncommercial radio to everyone.”

Other shows put on by nonstudents include alumni Tom Schulte’s “Outside Radio Hours,” and Oakland Center custodian Pat Martz hosts the “Bangin’ on a Trashcan” show, which he started with Anderson’s help.