Radio Station Visits

Episodes

• Radio Station Visit #202: WCCH-FM at Holyoke Community College 2026-05-12
  On the ground floor of the Donohue Building on the Holyoke Community College campus sits college radio station WCCH 103.5 FM in Holyoke,…
• Radio Station Visit #201: WMHC-FM at Mount Holyoke College 2026-04-28
  On a chilly early March night, WMHC General Manager Valentina Rubio Lopez greeted me outside the Mount Holyoke College campus in South Hadley,…
• Radio Station Visit #200: WOZQ-FM at Smith College 2026-04-26
  In a 1947 letter to WPRU at Princeton University, Smith College student Betty Specht asks for advice about the feasibility of setting up a college…
• Radio Station Visit #199: WAMH-FM at Amherst College 2026-04-14
  “This semester is our last semester in our current radio station, so we would love the opportunity to show off our wacky and wonderful…
• Radio Station Visit #198: WMUA-FM at University of Massachusetts Amherst 2026-04-10
  During lunchtime on a Thursday in early March, University of Massachusetts Amherst’s college radio station WMUA was buzzing with activity.…
• Radio Station Visit #197: WNEK at Western New England University 2026-04-07
  “We desperately need this station! With every other campus on the air, it is a crying shame…After all, with a name like WNEC, what would…
• Radio Station Visit #196: Yurt Radio at Hampshire College 2026-04-03
  Every college campus is an adventure, requiring advance planning on my part so that I am able to navigate as quickly as possible to radio stations…
• Radio Station Visit #195: CiTR-FM at University of British Columbia 2026-04-02
  “CiTR is in fact a Nardwuar cult,” joked CiTR Vice President Dani Larose in a message to me after my visit to the University of British…
• Radio Station Visit #194: CJSF-FM at Simon Fraser University 2026-02-23
  Treasure hunt is the best way to describe the whirlwind afternoon that I spent at campus and community radio station CJSF 90.1 FM at Simon Fraser…
• Radio Station Visit #193: CIVL-FM at University of the Fraser Valley 2026-02-16
  On a Sunday drive from Vancouver to Abbotsford, British Columbia last June, Aaron Levy narrated the landscape, pointing out locations used during…
• Radio Station Visit #192: Campus-Community Station CHLY-FM in Nanaimo, BC, Canada 2025-12-22
  “Keep Nanaimo Weird” reads a piece of artwork on the wall of CHLY 101. 7 FM , a campus and community radio station in Nanaimo, British…
• Radio Station Visit #191: CFUV-FM at University of Victoria 2025-12-15
  Underground is more than a metaphor for countless college radio stations which may play edgier music but are also housed beneath the earth.…
• Radio Station Visit #190: WESU-FM at Wesleyan University 2025-12-05
  It’s no surprise that the home of one of the oldest still-operating college radio stations, WESU 88.1 FM at Wesleyan University in Middletown,…
• Radio Station Visit #189: KYRS-FM in Spokane 2025-12-03
  “Get Loud in the Library” reads the headline on a flyer posted on a table in front of KYRS-FM , a community radio station located inside…
• Radio Station Visit #188: WYBCx at Yale University 2025-12-01
  Around lunchtime on a warm day in September, WYBC General Manager Jules Morris and I comb through stacks of paperwork from the Yale University radio…
• Radio Station Visit #187: WCFM-FM at Williams College 2025-11-24
  Perched on a shelf in the WCFM 91.9 FM studio at Williams College sit well-loved copies of Moby Dick , Ulysses , and The Idiot . Band stickers are…
• Radio Station Visit #186: WRMC-FM at Middlebury College 2025-11-19
  This year, College Radio Day began for me in the best possible way, with a visit to Middlebury College’s student-run radio station WRMC 91.1…
• Radio Station Visit #185: B-Rad at Bennington College 2025-11-14
  As I was plotting out my fall vacation to New England, I imagined chilly days, falling leaves and colorful foliage. While hot weather was the norm…
• Radio Station Visit #184: WRBC-FM at Bates College 2025-11-06
  One of my favorite things about tuning in to terrestrial radio is hearing unlikely juxtapositions as stations fade in and out of each other. With…
• Radio Station Visit #183: KXDU at University of Denver 2025-11-05
  In 2009, a University of Denver Magazine profile of the school’s student radio station bore the headline, “The nine lives of DU…
• Radio Station Visit #182: KRCX at Regis University 2025-10-31
  A sentence on the KRCX website , “Regis University is home to Denver’s oldest college radio station,” piqued my interest and led to a journey…
• Radio Station Visit #181: WMPG-FM at University of Southern Maine 2025-10-21
  One of the first things that I noticed when I arrived at WMPG-FM in Portland, Maine was a familiar-looking three-dimensional grey cardboard sign…
• Radio Station Visit #180: WZLY-FM at Wellesley College 2025-10-17
  “Walk to the front between the two large turrets!” read the text message from WZLY historian Berit Raines, directing me to the entrance…
• Radio Station Visit #179: WBRS-FM at Brandeis University 2025-10-16
  “The station’s in a bit a flux,” WBRS co-General Manager Ella Thanik said apologetically, after enthusiastically greeting me at…
• Radio Station Visit #178: CJSR-FM at University of Alberta 2025-04-22
  The magic of college radio lies not just in the sounds that are transmitted over the airwaves, but also emanates from the spaces from which stations…
• Radio Station Visit #177: WBGU-FM at Bowling Green State University 2025-04-15
  It was a surreal experience to return to one of my college radio alma maters, WBGU 88.1 FM at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), and encounter…
• Radio Station Visit #176: WONY at SUNY Oneonta 2025-04-11
  One version of my radio nerd dream vacation includes a cross-country road trip, with numerous stops at college radio stations along the way. With…
• Radio Station Visit #175: KUCR at UC Riverside 2025-04-08
  On a Sunday morning, when most college students were likely asleep, KUCR Music Director Diya Anantharaman cheerfully greeted me at University of…
• Radio Station Visit #174: WBOR at Bowdoin College 2024-11-05
  As we chatted over lunch in the dining hall at Bowdoin College on a late August afternoon, Mason Daugherty, one of the Station Managers of college…
• Radio Station Visit #173: College Radio Station WPIR Pratt Radio 2023-10-19
  The phrase “The neighbors complain,” circles around what appears to be a black WPIR pirate flag. This imagery on the website for college…
• Radio Station Visit #172: College Radio Station WSVA at The School of Visual Arts 2023-10-18
  With killer views from the 7th floor of a building in the heart of New York City, it’s no surprise that DJs at The School of Visual…