It's an annual tradition for me to dissect the Princeton Review "best" college radio station list. This year's has some surprises, including 2 schools that have never made the list in its 35 year history. I had an epic visit to one of those stations this spring! www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/08/prin...

Princeton Review's 2027 List of "Best College Radio Stations" - Radio Survivor

Princeton Review’s latest “Best College Radio Stations” list has been released, bringing attention to another interesting mix of college radio stations from across the United States. Appearing within ...

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My 202nd radio station tour is of college radio station WCCH-FM at Holyoke Community College. Its studio resembles a large safe or industrial walk-in freezer. Baby blue on the outside, only the studio door is plastered with band and radio station stickers. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/05/radi...

Radio Station Visit #202: WCCH-FM at Holyoke Community College - Radio Survivor

On the ground floor of the Donohue Building on the Holyoke Community College campus sits college radio station WCCH 103.5 FM in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Blessed with several distinct spaces, the statio...

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Listening to @wgxc-90point7fm.bsky.social and am enjoying the @radiosurvivor.bsky.social rebroadcast of the episode about @dlarc.bsky.social . This prompted my fascination with this amazing collection on @archive.org and later led to me curating the college radio collection! wavefarm.org/listen

Happy High School Radio Day! In @dlarc.bsky.social on @archive.org , we have a small collection of high school radio items, including this 1973 playlist report from WHJE in Carmel, Indiana. archive.org/details/whje...

WHJE Radio 91 Lifestyle (Radio Survey 1973) : WHJE-FM : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

WHJE 91 FM radio playlist and top 31 records for the week ending April 6, 1973. WHJE 91.3 FM is a student-run high school radio station at Carmel High School...

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Happy High School Radio Day! Thanks to all the stations that have opened your doors to us for radio tours, including the eleven high school stations that we've visited. Full list in our archive. #HighSchoolRadioDay www.radiosurvivor.com/radio-statio...

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List of Radio Survivor's radio station tours: college radio station tours, community radio station tours, high school radio station tours, and more.

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Since 2008 I've been obsessively touring radio stations. For my 200th field trip report, I was psyched to visit WOZQ-FM at Smith College. Radio has a rich history at Smith and it's wonderful to see enthusiastic participants continuing that amazing legacy. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

Radio Station Visit #200: WOZQ-FM at Smith College - Radio Survivor

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, writing that there is a feeling that t...

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Join us for our latest college radio station tour. WAMH at Amherst College dates back to 1948. With a DIY vibe and funky station space, WAMH also hosts popular DJ events and concerts.

Jennifer Waits@spinningindie.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Western Massachusetts has many historic college radio stations and WAMH at Amherst College is one of them. WAMH's funky space has graffiti-covered walls, manatees, and a Leo Blais sign amongst the records and CDs. And it's my 199th station tour! www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

Next up on our radio station tour series is college radio station WMUA-FM at UMass Amherst.

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My western Massachusetts radio station tours continue with a visit to WMUA-FM at UMass Amherst. The vibrant station is full of DIY artwork, vinyl records, CDs, and signs of its nearly 80-year-old history. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

College radio station tours continue! Thanks to WNEK for the visit last month.

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My wintry western Massachusetts flurry of station tours continues with a visit to 50+ year old WNEK at Western New England University in Springfield, MA. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

New radio station tour report! @spinningindie.bsky.social checked out college radio station Yurt Radio at Hampshire College on a wintry day last month. And what a GORGEOUS yurt it is!

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People regularly ask me to name the best college radio station or my favorite station. I always demur. But...Yurt Radio at Hampshire College has one of the most amazing college radio station buildings that I've ever seen. I'm glad I saw it in its winter glory. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

Happy FM Anniversary to CiTR today. Although the UBC campus and community radio station launched over the licensed terrestrial airwaves on April 1, 1982, its history stretches back even further. Come along with us on our latest college radio station tour. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

Radio Station Visit #195: CiTR-FM at University of British Columbia - Radio Survivor

“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 Columbia (UBC) campus and community radio station in Vancouver. ...

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Our radio station tour series continues with a visit to CJSF at Simon Fraser University in B.C., Canada!

Jennifer Waits@spinningindie.bsky.social · 7mo ago

It was amazing to see USPS mail tubs in a Canadian radio station, along with all sorts of obscure music, record label stickers of personal significance, and so much more. CJSF at Simon Fraser University is my latest college radio station tour report. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/02/radi...

Our Canadian radio station tour reports resume with a visit to CIVL-FM at University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, BC.

Jennifer Waits@spinningindie.bsky.social · 8mo ago

How many college radio stations are in Lifetime movies? Look closely during "Danger in the Dorm" (starring Bethenny Frankel of RHONY) & you might spot CIVL-FM. The University of the Fraser Valley station (in Abbotsford, BC, Canada) is my latest tour. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/02/radi...

Our Canadian campus and community radio station tours continue with a visit to @chly.ca in Nanaimo, BC. CHLY-FM hosted the @ncraanrec.bsky.social conference in June, which brought together radio participants from Canada (& 1 from the U.S. and 1 from Australia). www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/12/radi...

Radio Station Visit #192: Campus-Community Station CHLY-FM in Nanaimo, BC, Canada - Radio Survivor

“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 Columbia in Canada. Affiliated with Vancouver Island University (f...

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Oh, Canada! So excited to launch my series of Canadian radio station tours. First stop is CFUV at University of Victoria. The campus & community station launched over FM 40 years ago, but there were a fascinating series of radio activities before its 1985 debut. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/12/radi...

Radio Station Visit #191: CFUV-FM at University of Victoria - Radio Survivor

Underground is more than a metaphor for countless college radio stations which may play edgier music but are also housed beneath the earth. I’ve seen many basement digs in my travels, but none quite l...

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Read all about @spinningindie.bsky.social 's latest college radio station tour of WESU at Wesleyan University!

Jennifer Waits@spinningindie.bsky.social · 10mo ago

WESU at Wesleyan University is the final stop on my flurry of 2025 east coast college radio station tours. For those with a station tour bingo card: I spotted a Leo Blais sign AND a Steve Keene painting! www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/12/radi...

A match made in heaven: library + radio station. My latest @radiosurvivor.bsky.social tour is of community radio station KYRS-FM, which is located in the Spokane Central Library. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/12/radi...

Radio Station Visit #189: KYRS-FM in Spokane - Radio Survivor

“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 Spokane Central Library in Spokane, Washington. Promoting a seri...

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We continue our college radio station tour series with a visit to student-run WYBCx at Yale University. WYBC has a storied history, beginning over carrier current in 1941. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/12/radi...

Radio Station Visit #188: WYBCx at Yale University - Radio Survivor

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 station’s files. Car horns, traffic noises, and the...

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Our intrepid college radio station tour guide continues her east coast road trip. Williams College station WCFM dates back to 1940. Its dorm basement broadcasts have included Moby Dick readathons, Russian rap and chatty talk shows. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radi...

Radio Station Visit #187: WCFM-FM at Williams College - Radio Survivor

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 plastered on an entry door, records and CDs are spread t...

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On Oct 3, Cleveland State's student-run station WCSB was taken off the air & replaced by public radio programming. @xcsbcleveland.bsky.social members Liam Main and Alison Bomgardner join us to discuss the latest updates on the fight to bring back student radio. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/podc...

Podcast #346 - The Fight for College Radio at Cleveland State Station WCSB - Radio Survivor

On October 3, 2025, while World College Radio Day was being celebrated all over the globe, Cleveland State University’s nearly 50-year old student-run college radio station WCSB 89.3 FM was shut down ...

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Our latest college radio station field trip report focuses on B-Rad, the cheerfully-named college radio station at Bennington College in Vermont. Since the history of student radio on campus was mysterious, @spinningindie.bsky.social researched and learned about B-Rad's fascinating predecessors.

Jennifer Waits@spinningindie.bsky.social · 11mo ago

What a pleasure to unearth details about a 1950s Bennington College radio station while completing my latest radio station tour piece. B-Rad is the station today and it is the latest in a long line of fascinating student-built stations. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radi...

I loved visiting Bates College radio station WRBC. The station has it all: sticker-covered walls, thrifted furniture, oodles of history, and a signal that artfully bleeds into a religious station as you enter or leave town. Article on @radiosurvivor.bsky.social www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radi...

Radio Station Visit #184: WRBC-FM at Bates College - Radio Survivor

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 religious radio covering much of the left side of the ...

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I continue to be amazed by the cool projects undertaken by college radio participants. KXDU operates from a tiny space at University of Denver and does a ton to promote the vibrant music scene on campus. Read my tour on @radiosurvivor.bsky.social www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radi...

Radio Station Visit #183: KXDU at University of Denver - Radio Survivor

In 2009, a University of Denver Magazine profile of the school’s student radio station bore the headline, “The nine lives of DU radio.” It’s a fitting description for the ebb and flow of radio activit...

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I went down a serious rabbit hole to find the origins of the claim that Regis University is home to Denver's oldest college radio station KRCX. Learn more in my tour report on @radiosurvivor.bsky.social www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radi...

Radio Station Visit #182: KRCX at Regis University - Radio Survivor

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 not only through the radio station, but down many archival ...

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Read our report on the shutdown of Cleveland State University's student-run radio station WCSB. Student leaders spoke to a packed crowd at the CBI conference @askcbi.bsky.social on Friday and are voicing their desire for FM to be returned for their use. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/wcsb...

WCSB Student Leaders and Supporters Fight Against Takeover of Cleveland State University's Student-Run College Radio Station - Radio Survivor

On Friday, October 3, as World College Radio Day was being celebrated across the country and around the globe, students were locked out of their long-time home at college radio station WCSB 89.3 FM at...

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College/community radio is alive and well! My new tour report features @wmpg.org at University of Southern Maine. WMPG has been in the limelight thanks to a documentary making the festival circuit. The buzz within the station was also palpable during my visit. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radi...

Radio Station Visit #181: WMPG-FM at University of Southern Maine - Radio Survivor

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 perched in the lobby window. Hidden behind a chair and ...

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Our latest college radio station tour focuses on WZLY at Wellesley College. Tour #180 from @spinningindie.bsky.social !

Jennifer Waits@spinningindie.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I was psyched to finally get to visit Wellesley College radio station WZLY. What a history! It began as carrier current station WBS in 1942 and went FM in the 1970s. At 83 years old, it is most likely the longest running women's college radio station in the U.S. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radi...

Our radio station tour series resumes with a visit to WBRS-FM at Brandeis University. Highlights include shelves of vinyl, crafty zines and Ron Burgundy cut-out adorned with station swag! www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radi...

Radio Station Visit #179: WBRS-FM at Brandeis University - Radio Survivor

“The station’s in a bit a flux,” WBRS co-General Manager Ella Thanik said apologetically, after enthusiastically greeting me at the Brandeis University college radio station around lunchtime on a Thur...

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For #CollegeRadioDay, here's an update about the 9000+ item college radio collection that I curate within the Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications @dlarc.bsky.social on @archive.org

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This #CollegeRadioDay, stations worldwide are celebrating student radio’s past & future. Discover 9,000+ artifacts—station flyers, playlists & more—in the College Radio Collection, part of the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications at Internet Archive. 📻 ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/03/h...

Happy College Radio Day! College radio inspires me every day of the year. I share some words on @radiosurvivor.bsky.social www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/love...

Love to College Radio on College Radio Day 2025 - Radio Survivor

Over the years there have been so many reports about the ebb and flow of college radio and I’ve tried my best to not feed into narratives of decline. With that in mind, I was pleased to read a piece t...

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