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:
“A bibulation of sports writers, a yammer of radio announcers, a guilt of umpires, an indigence of writers.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)
“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)