College Radio Station

The campus radio station broadcasts from a room in the basement of the student center. You can hear it on 91.5 FM or through a streaming link that about 400 people use at any given time during the school week. A friend has a Tuesday night slot where he plays jazz from the 1950s and 60s, and that's what got me listening. Audio quality through the old FM transmitter adds a warmth and compression that makes the recordings sound different from the same tracks on Spotify. The schedule is pinned to the wall outside the studio on a printed sheet. Programming decided by actual people with actual taste rather than an algorithm optimizing for engagement has a certain appeal. My favorite shows are the ones where the DJ talks between songs, not in a polished way but in the halting, slightly nervous way of someone still figuring out how to use a microphone. Awkwardness makes it feel honest and local in a way that podcasts rarely do.