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unusual facts about college radio



Honey Lingers

Released in 1991 on London Records, the album earned positive reviews from music critics and was a success on U.S. college radio stations.

Let It Bee

Released in 1988 on London Records, the album earned positive reviews from music crititcs and was a success on U.S. college radio stations.

Rheostatics

The best-known of these early singles was "The Ballad of Wendel Clark, Parts 1 & 2", an ode to the Toronto Maple Leafs player Wendel Clark, which became the band's first hit on college radio and CFNY.

Urge Overkill

Produced by Butch Vig, Americruiser was widely praised, and scored a college radio hit with the lead-off track, "Ticket To LA."

WOGR-FM

The station was originally launched in 1977 as WNDN-FM, the college radio station of Salisbury's Catawba College.


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Andrea Seabrook

While at Earlham, Seabrook got involved with Earlham's college radio station, WECI.

Better Looking Records

Founded in 1999, Paul Fischer, who DJ'd at KXLU college radio station in Los Angeles and worked at crank! Records, partnered with Dave Brown who ran Holiday Matinee Publicity and Muddle fanzine.

Brian Lehrer

While a student there, he hosted a radio program on the college radio station WSUA which has become WCDB Albany.

Couch Flambeau

Two songs ("Mobile Home" and "I'm a Waiter") recorded at that show became DJ favorites on the fledgling college radio station WMSE.

David N. Donihue

During these years, Donihue began to work graveyard shifts at a local college radio station, KGRG-FM, as an overnight DJ.

Drop Nineteens

Signing to Caroline Records (Hut Records in the UK), Drop Nineteens immediately garnered college radio airplay with their 1992 debut album, Delaware.

FireHollywood

In its PABAAH days, the group received attention in the indie press by pursuing college radio stations for playing music by the anti-Bush industrial group Skinny Puppy.

Francis P. Smith

An obituary in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette noted that Smith's presidency "guided the university through a major post-World War II expansion fed by the influx of veterans studying under the G.I. Bill" and "supervised an expansion of the school's physical plant, improvements in faculty benefits and the founding of WDUQ, the city's first college radio station".

Jacob Sunday

Airplay from one of the top college radio stations in the nation and promotion from 2 Hot 2 Heavy Productions, which has produced tracks with artist from labels including Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, helped Sunday's career immensely.

John Dykes

He began his media career as a college radio DJ whilst studying English Literature at Warwick University.

KTAI

KTAI won the first ever Spirit of College Radio Day Award presented by College Radio Day in Fall 2011.

Laramie Dean

Collins gave Dean extensive airplay on her punk rock radio show "No Rules" which aired on New Hampshire’s college radio station 91.3 WUNH.

Los Furios

Their 2004 release Warning Shot (Megalith Records USA/Bacteria Buffet Records CDN) sold over 5000 copies, mostly at the live shows, and received rave reviews from college radio DJ's across the country.

Moonbabies

In 2007 Moonbabies at the Ballroom was released, a somewhat more constructed and song-oriented album including Take me to the Ballroom, Shout it Out, Walking on my Feet and Cocobelle which all were frequently aired on college radio world-wide and included in several TV shows and commercials.

Power 92

WCAL, a college radio station at California University of Pennsylvania

Sovereign Communications

Marie, Michigan market, except for college radio station WLSO and the two classic hits stations owned by Darby Advertising under their "Radio Eagle" format (WUPN & WMJT).

The Dentists

Their first album for Eastwest, Behind the Door I Keep the Universe, reached Number 8 on the CMJ College Radio charts and was followed by a six-week tour of the U.S. supporting Shonen Knife.

The Lilacs

Produced by Brad Wood, who would soon become well known for recording fellow Chicagoan Liz Phair, the CD was met with wide praise and much college radio play.

The Original Sins

JT as he is known wanted to do his own thing and after numerous unsuccessful auditions of musicians who could not keep up with his erratic guitar and vocal style he was introduced to bassist Ken Bussiere by WMUH college radio DJ Neil Hever.

The Power of Pussy

The album contains major college radio hits such as the title track, as well as favorites such as "Nick Cave Dolls" and "Folk Song," with covers of Dudley Moore's "Bedazzled" and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" by The Weavers.

Tony Camin

Camin made his first foray into performing as an on-air personality at the Bay Area college radio station KFJC.

Trapp Mendoza

It has since been played on major stations including Sirius Sat Radio, WEDR Miami 99 Jamz, Chicago radio, Underground radio & college radio.

WEGL

WEGL 91 is a traditional "college radio" station in that the station's programming consists of an eclectic mix of genres including, but not limited to: Rock, Hip-Hop, Pop, Blues, Jazz, Country & Bluegrass, Soul, Dance & Techno, R&B, Reggae, World Music, Oldies, and Gospel.

WERB

Alumni of the station include Chris Ryan of 102.9 WDRC, Jack Tomascak of WRTC and Purchase College Radio WPSR, Greg Horbal of emo/punk bands My Heart To Joy and The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die, and screenwriter and author Edward Savio, Idiots in the Machine, Love on Haight,who was the station's first DJ.

WGCS

91.1 The Globe is a student-operated college radio station that also broadcasts some programs like NPR's "World Cafe" and "Country Fried Rock" hosted by Sloane Spencer.

WMSE

Despite the fact that the call letters "WSOE" had been given to the newly formed college radio station at Elon University in 1997, from about 1978 to 1980, WSOE operated as a 5 watt unlicensed FM station.

WPCR

WPCR-FM - a student-operated college radio station for Plymouth State University

WRFL

The Gavin Report listed WRFL in the top 2% of college radio stations in the nation.