[1][2][3] The show is usually very light on talk as both DJs Professor Groove and DJ Static play a symbiotic mix of Funk, Soul, R&B and Rap, both old and new.
Since 2001, Apple has featured WEFUNK in its iTunes radio directory,[5] introducing the show to a large worldwide audience.
Members include Butta Beats (rapper/beatboxing), Tony Ezzy (singer), Rawgged MC (rapper/beatboxing), and Rawsoul (DJ).
Johnathan James started the WEFUNK Playlist Project,[9] which sifted through the shows to identify many of songs featured.
Consistent with their roots in community radio, WEFUNK has maintained a DIY, ad-free ethic from the start, a position they've managed to sustain throughout over a decade of growing listenership thanks to hosting contributed by longtime listeners.
[7] Some credit the Australian program The Vinyl Lounge as the longest running internet radio show); they launched on NetFM.net in November 1998, about three months earlier than WEFUNK.
The extent of WEFUNK's catalog, combined with easy access to download episodes to digital audio players, led to attention in the press as podcasting gained popularity.
[17] Esquire magazine noted WEFUNK for "grooves so gloriously nasty, they make James Brown look like Pat Boone".