Anyone have a good college/community music radio station in their area?

[AliceWonderland]

I'm trying to research radio stations online and it's hard to get a feel for the good ones. I'm looking for stations that have an eclectic playlist and a decent-sized listener base. I've been searching in cities like Austin, Seattle, Raleigh-Durham, Minneapolis...but there are so many small college/community stations, it's hard to narrow down the list. Anyone have a favourite station??

[enigmatic]

1. Well, not to toot my own horn...

But if you're interested in an internet station that pretty much plays everything, my station does just that:

http://www.radioenigma.com

Let me know if it's the kinda thing you're looking for..

[AliceWonderland]

5. Hey! I love internet radio

I listen to Radio Paradise whenever I'm at my computer. I'm trying to get Enigma to play on iTunes, but all I get is the intro -- anything you want it to be! -- and then the stream stops. Eek.

[enigmatic]

14. Oy!

I don't have Itunes, so I'm not sure it works on it, but if you've got a pc it'll stream fine:)

[Beware the Beast Man]

19. I'd like to audition for you.

The link to my music page is in my sig line, if you're interested. :hi:

[enigmatic]

21. You got it!

Let me check it out and I'll be happy to play it pm me and we'll sort out the details..

[mark414]

2. 91.7 WMSE

right here in milwaukee, the Milwaukee School of Engineering. great eclectic mix done by mostly students.

i'm not sure what the web address is, but i know they have one, just google it.

[Syrinx]

3. WVUA used to be pretty good

I haven't listened to them recently because they have a weak signal and I'm in the outskirts.

http://www.webradio.com/cgi-bin/player.cgi?station=wvua

[AliceWonderland]

4. Thanks for the suggestions

I'm taking notes... :)

[murphymom]

6. KLCC in Eugene

Their web site is www.klcc.org. They have their playlist for the past few days on the web site which is great if you hear something you like and want to check out who the artist is. They also have some NPR programming.

[steely]

7. WXPN 88.5 in Philly - have it on right now 'course.

Listener supported - grew from University of Penn.
World Cafe interviews, grateful dead hour / echoes (syndicated) / kids corner

I'd go nuts w.o them.

www.xpn.org - they stream too

[Beaverhausen]

29. I miss WXPN although I stream it sometimes

I live in LA where radio totally sucks.

I come back to Philly for a visit in a couple of weeks. Will get a good dose of great music on XPN!!! :hi:

[OneBlueSky]

8. WFUV-FM, 90.7 . . . public, listener-supported radio . . .

from Fordham University in the Bronx . . . excellent stuff . . .

http://www.wfuv.org/

[Jean Louise Finch]

9. KEXP 90.3 Seattle

Best station I've ever listened to, hands down no question. Streams live from Seattle, is listener supported and just absolutely brilliant. Highly highly recommend it, and am thinking I should bring my earphones to work so I can plug in and keep up.

Excellent drum and bass, hip hop, jazziness, indie rock, punk, bluegrass and so forth. They archive old playlists so you can go back and listen to your favorites.

Here's the link: KEXP

[cmf]

22. We have the best!

I love KEXP, and I've been a member for years.

[catzies]

26. Welcome to DU, Jean Louise Finch! Great handle!

:hi:

Did you post in the embarrassing childhood nicknames thread? ;)


(Actually, nothing embarrassing about "Scout.")

[Jean Louise Finch]

30. no one ever did call me scout

as a kiddie, though I always wished they would.

Thanks for the welcome!

[AliceWonderland]

10. Ah, more great ideas -- thanks

Looking them all up. Hey, how could I have forgotten WFUV? When I lived in NYC, I listened to Vin Scelso every weekend.

[Spider Jerusalem]

11. WRAS, 88.5 FM, Atlanta

http://www.wras.org (playlist should be online...no streaming audio, unfortunately)

Very eclectic...rock, jazz, blues, country, hip-hop, electronica, classical, and probably most other things you can think of...their regular rotation playlist can be kind of hit-or-miss, but almost all of their genre shows are excellent.

[Kenneth ken]

12. WMNF - 88.5 - Tampa and the world

www.wmnf.org

[murielm99]

13. WONC 89.1 FM

Chicago area -- Naperville, Illinois.

North Central College. It is a good one. It reaches a large part of the Chicago area.

[telamachus]

15. WEFT 90.1 east central Illinois

Community radio

[redqueen]

16. KNTU - North Texas University

Great jazz station. :)

[redqueen]

17. Oh... forgot about KNON - the Voice of the People

Great community radio station. :)

[Beware the Beast Man]

18. Cleveland: WRUW 91.1 and WCSB 89.3 have their moments.

They broadcast from Case Western Reserve and Cleveland State, respectively. Not the best as far as college radio goes, but still much better than the alternative. I'd rather listen to satellite.

CD-101 in Columbus is by far the best commercial station I have heard so far.

[tigereye]

20. WRCT Carnegie Mellon Univ 88.3

and WYEP 91.3 both on the web, I believe, here in Pittsburgh. RCT is the way community radio used to be, you never know what you are going to hear next.

[Beware the Beast Man]

28. I loved WYEP.

Back when I lived in Pittsburgh...

[tigereye]

31. I still like them

athough they have gone a bit corporate for my taste. Too much alt-playlistness for my taste and paying too much attention to marketing droids, IMO. I miss when they were as weird as RCT, weirder in fact. But then, the argument is, they would no longer be on the air. I bet, though, that there are plenty of community radio stations that are able to mesh funky with some solvency, though.

[asthmaticeog]

25. I'll second that.

I worked for WRUW for 14 years, but I must admit, the programming on WCSB has been far, far better for the past few years.

[Briarius]

23. Indiana State

good mix of new rock, they do urban on the weekends at night. It's not my thing but I hear it's as good as the rock shows. They also stream... www.wisu.org

[Tom Kitten]

24. KBOO 90.7 FM in Portland

About as independent and eclectic as you can be! It's a great station, (i used to volunteer there too!)
check out http://www.kboo.fm/

Also there is a similar station in Astoria, OR, but I do not know the call letters.

(on edit) the Astoria station is KMUN

http://www.kmun.org/

[LynzM]

27. WISU in Terre Haute, IN

WISU.org, I believe...