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I'm not talking about your local NPR affiliate, I mean the low frequency weirdo station playing ethiopian jazz, arabic synthpop, bootleg covers of motown classics sung in Spanish, and skateboarding music (whatever that is). My local station is KUAA 99.9FM, you can listen online! I also love CHIRP (Chicago), KMHD (Portland jazz station), and KXLU (Los Angeles).
Sounds good, feels good, no annoying commercials, and- best of all- it's not spotify.
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With all due respect to ruffianbandwidth
the University of Minnesota's Radio K is the classic model of the college alternative radio station The Current wishes it could be. (I still dig Mac Wilson's show tho). the Twin Cities is lucky enough to maintain more than one very cool radio station.
Radio K plays new bands who sometimes sound like old bands. An actual eclectic mix of genres. Random metal every now and again. College kids who, all these years later, keep spinning Jeff Buckley.
I'm always shazaming this station. It gives me hope that indie music still has a future.
My favorite thing is listening to the dj reading the top 5 songs of the week and feeling old because I have never heard of any of the bands but they all have hilarious names and song titles.
My other favorite thing is when a 20 year old dj plays Texas is the Reason followed by Braid in the middle of a "classic 00s emo" set.
Mar 23, 2024
find your local listener-funded radio station and support the shit outta them!! recently found KPFK (90.7FM) in SoCal and i can’t get enough. such a cool way to get immersed in news and culture while supporting a small media outlet ⚡️ conscious consuming is sexy
Feb 26, 2025
I’ve just been listening to a lot of college radio recently, trying to distance myself from Spotify - there’s some great stations with really good programming.
Some faves in no particular order:
91.7 WICB (Ithaca College - linked above)
88.9 WERS (Emerson College)
91.1 WMUA (UMass Amherst)
88.1 WKNC (North Carolina State University)
90.3 KEXP (operated by an affiliate of the University of Washington)
Feb 7, 2025
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nothing says 1994 dad like reading the morning paper
May 29, 2025
10/10 perfection, get your copy from your local bookstore and enjoy a slice of heaven.
"It was a quiet morning, the town covered over with darkness and at ease in bed. Summer gathered in the weather, the wind had the proper touch, the breathing world was long and warm and slow. You only had to rise, lean from your window, and know that this indeed was the first real time of freedom and living, this was the first morning of summer."
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