Launching a radio station from his Hubert Street loft was the easy part for musician and producer Leigh Crizoe. He already owned the microphones, mixing boards and seemingly endless coils of cable that it takes to move a signal across the room. It was only a matter of connecting the cables to a computer and paying for a hookup to an Internet radio provider, and Crizoe was moving a signal across the World Wide Web. He made the connection last month, launching Tribeca Radio at www.tribecaradio.net.

		It was only then that he was confronted with the hard part—filling all the dead air. "You're listening to Leigh 'C' on Tribeca Radio net, and feeling good with J.R. Funk," Crizoe announced into the mic the other day, prerecording a lead-in for the 1998 record "Feel Good Party Time." "Yes, this record has not been played in many years." With 24 hours a day, seven days a week of programming to fill, Crizoe draws on a play list that ranges from Billie Holiday to the Beach Boys, and odd popular music points in between. But he hopes that soon the station will provide more than an audio stream of pleasant background music on your PC. He wants Tribeca Radio to be the voice of the neighborhood. "I could put an ad out on Craigslist and get interest from all over the city, but I know there are a lot of talented people here in Tribeca," he said. Crizoe is an accomplished musician and producer (he was the man behind the "Nobody Beats the Wiz" and "You Got the Look" Jordache Jeans jingles). He could fill the hours with his own voice and music, but prefers to hear from the community. He wants neighbors to volunteer to provide on-air news updates, political commentary, or segments on self-improvement and health. He envisions having show hosts and guests ranging from Tribeca artists and business owners to stay-at-home moms, and welcomes original music from local musicians. He hopes students from local schools can get involved behind the scenes, or behind the microphone, as a learning experience.

Those interested in volunteering or learning more can contact Crizoe through his Web site. "I'm looking for neighborhood people to make this a neighborhood station," he said.

In the meantime, Tribeca Radio is virtually a one-man operation, although Crizoe does draw on the talents of his live-in partner, Rhio, a singer and author who hosts a show about her raw-food lifestyle. "It's fun when you can think of something to say," Rhio said of the weekly broadcast. "If you come to a dead-end road, it's not so fun."

Recently the couple welcomed a nutritionist, Brenda Jaeck, into the closet-sized studio.

"So this is on the net? And it's a radio station? How cool," Jaeck said.

The rumble of a truck on the cobblestones of Hubert Street briefly echoed in the studio, and a house cat silently padded through during segment three, but the broadcast was an otherwise seamless hour of well-produced radio.

"And I would like to thank our producer, Leigh Crizoe, who is doubling as the engineer today," Rhio said, wrapping up. There was a pause, then laughter. "Say something, Leigh," she said.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Crizoe finally blurted, using his sunny radio voice. "You caught me by surprise there. I had to bring up the mic."

The music rolled for a few seconds more, Crizoe brought down the microphones, and another 44 minutes of Tribeca Radio was nearly in the can.

Rhio removed her headphones.

"You're a natural," she said to her guest. "Would you like your own show?"