College Radio Keeps Its Cool

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Kevin M. Kruse
‪@kevinmkruse.bsky.social‬

It's a good article, but it only manages to dodge the question of "which college radio station is best?" by studiously refusing to bask in the full glory of @wxyc.org

‪Katherine (Kate) Rye Jewell‬
‪@katejewell.bsky.social‬
· 1h
So great to see college radio in all its glory featured in today's NYT. I interviewed for the piece (WFUV is at Fordham, WFMU is independent, formerly of Uppsala--such is the way with radio, which has more acronyms than the New Deal):
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/style/college-radio-kxlu.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2k8.Tdv4.rkoI3DklqrZA&smid=url-share

College Radio Keeps Its Cool
www.nytimes.com
Nov 20, 2025, 9:41 AM

It's a good article, but it only manages to dodge the question of "which college radio station is best?" by studiously refusing to bask in the full glory of @wxyc.org

— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2025-11-20T14:41:49.252Z

Katherine (Kate) Rye Jewell
‪@katejewell.bsky.social‬

So great to see college radio in all its glory featured in today's NYT. I interviewed for the piece (WFUV is at Fordham, WFMU is independent, formerly of Uppsala--such is the way with radio, which has more acronyms than the New Deal):
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/style/college-radio-kxlu.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2k8.Tdv4.rkoI3DklqrZA&smid=url-share

College Radio Keeps Its Cool
www.nytimes.com
Nov 20, 2025, 9:38 AM

So great to see college radio in all its glory featured in today's NYT. I interviewed for the piece (WFUV is at Fordham, WFMU is independent, formerly of Uppsala--such is the way with radio, which has more acronyms than the New Deal): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...

— Katherine (Kate) Rye Jewell (@katejewell.bsky.social) 2025-11-20T14:38:57.334Z

Katherine (Kate) Rye Jewell
‪@katejewell.bsky.social‬

And if so inclined, I do have a book for a deeper dive into the wild and wacky world of college radio since 1978:
https://uncpress.org/9781469677255/live-from-the-underground/

Live from the Underground
Bands like R.E.M., U2, Public Enemy, and Nirvana found success as darlings of college radio, but the extraordinary influence of these stations and their DJs ...
uncpress.org
Nov 20, 2025, 9:53 AM

And if so inclined, I do have a book for a deeper dive into the wild and wacky world of college radio since 1978: uncpress.org/978146967725...

— Katherine (Kate) Rye Jewell (@katejewell.bsky.social) 2025-11-20T14:53:49.245Z

[DBoon]

1. KXLU is my favorite drive-time station

I've been listening to KXLU since the 1980s

I guess that makes me a punk rock geezer