Freeform Radio Vs. Eclectic Radio
Eclectic radio describes radio programming encompassing diverse music genres. Unlike freeform radio, the eclectic radio format involves prescribed playlists. While freeform radio stands in contrast to commercial radio formats, a number of commercial radio stations offer programs showcasing an eclectic variety of music.
Some eclectic radio stations in the United States are:
- KCRW (Santa Monica, California)
- KEOS (College Station, Texas)
- KEXP (Seattle, Washington)
- KFAI (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
- KGLT (Bozeman, Montana)
- KNYE (Pahrump, Nevada)
- KUOM (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
- KUSF (San Francisco, California)
- KUT (Austin, Texas)
- KXUA (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
- WERS (Boston, Massachusetts)
- WHPK (University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois)
- WJCU (University Heights, Ohio)
- WMLB (Avondale Estates, Georgia)
- WUSM (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)
- WXPN (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- WNCW (Spindale, North Carolina)
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Famous quotes containing the words radio and/or eclectic:
“There was a girl who was running the traffic desk, and there was a woman who was on the overnight for radio as a producer, and my desk assistant was a woman. So when the world came to an end, we took over.”
—Marya McLaughlin, U.S. television newswoman. As quoted in Women in Television News, ch. 3, by Judith S. Gelfman (1976)
“Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one listens to reggae, watches a western, eats McDonald’s food for lunch and local cuisine for dinner, wears Paris perfume in Tokyo and “retro” clothes in Hong Kong; knowledge is a matter for TV games. It is easy to find a public for eclectic works.”
—Jean François Lyotard (b. 1924)