Jason's List of SF Bay Area Indie/College/Community Radio (2001)

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    ost residents of the San Francisco Bay Area don't know how lucky th

    ave it. Local radio waves are rippling with young, innovative, and

    ndependent voices, along with widely varied music styles and

    nmatched freedom of choice. Most people in other American cities

    imply don't have this luxury - and never will if big-money radio h

    heir way.

    f you love independent radio - support these stations. If you're a

    ompany and can afford it - give one a grant.

    tations with websites are linked. These are in no particular order

    ll are FM stations, unless otherwise indicated. Since I live in

    upertino, this list is likely weighted to the South Bay. Please em

    e with any stations I might be missing.

    SCU - 103.3 - Santa Clara University. "The Underground Sound" This

    stellar station, full of variety, kids with tons of personality.

    ell, Maddgirl's show alone, with her taste for tunes and ruminatio

    f life and positivity, make the station worth tuning into. Great

    lectronic music programs, too. Fairly wide broadcast area, too,

    oundly covering the South Bay, fades up the Peninsula. They give y

    really cool t-shirt if you donate.

    mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.kscu.org/http://www.kscu.org/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
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    FJC - 89.7 - Foothill / DeAnza Community College District.Another

    tation of unmatched varity - although they're known to program som

    vant-garde noise stuff that is virtually unlistenable. More than o

    've tuned to KFJC and heard what sounds like a Rammstein cover of L

    eed's "Metal Machine Music." But in any case, the sounds and

    ersonalities are fantastic. This station seems slightly more

    rofessional than some of the other college stations. Strong signal

    hrough most of the South Bay and Peninsula.

    SJS - 90.5 - San Jose State University. "Ground Zero Radio," as th

    all themselves, is another college station with a slightly

    rofessional sheen - and what great programming! *Great* station fo

    ip-hop, freestyle, electronic stuff. They also have this cool show

    ondays called "Celluloid Dreams" that focuses on the holistic

    xperience of filmgoing. Boss! Listenable throughout the South and

    ast Bay.

    ZSU - 90.1 - Stanford University. Pretty much what you'd expect fr

    tanford - strong signal, gorgeous webpage, lots of station produce

    pecials and live interviews with artists. Good variety, strong sig

    p and down the Peninsula, pretty clear through the South and East

    ay.

    KUP - 91.5 - Cupertino California People's Radio. A relatively wea

    owered, left-leaning, funky little nonprofit community station tha

    as been around for - get this - 30 years. And based in Cupertino,

    od's sake. Very local, with some great, off beat shows. Wonderful

    tation for bluegrass, folk, and that ilk. There's nothing about KK

    hat's typical. They play barbershop quartets, people. The website

    eatures some shows archived in RealAudio. Definately the cure for

    hat ails ya. Funny thing is - in some areas of Cupertino, it's rea

    ard to receive. Go figure.

    PFA - 94.1 - Berekely California Free Speech Radio. This is theuinessential independent station, famous across the country and th

    orld for its fierce self-reliance and defiance in the face of all-

    orporate assault. The story is too long to go into here, but read u

    n this 50-year-plus station - it's fascinating. The days are

    ypically filled with left-leaning (but often balanced) talk-orient

    rogramming, drawing on diverse local voices - some articulate - som

    ot. Their music programming is eclectic and noncommercial, with a

    trong emphasis on local talent. A beacon for independent and

    http://www.kfjc.org/http://www.ksjs.org/http://www.kzsu.org/http://www.kkup.org/http://www.kpfa.org/http://www.kpfa.org/http://www.kkup.org/http://www.kzsu.org/http://www.ksjs.org/http://www.kfjc.org/
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