Friday, December 4, 2009

Spinning Indie Radio Station Field Trips

Beginning in March 2008 I set out to visit as many college radio stations as I could all over the country. For the most part, if I have plans to travel out of town I will attempt to visit a nearby station.

In January, 2009 I turned my attention closer to home and scheduled trips to five college stations in the San Francisco Bay Area. So far, the furthest I've traveled was to Ireland, where I have visited college radio stations in Galway and Dublin.

Although I've expanded my travels to include community radio stations, commercial stations, unlicensed low power stations, high school stations, a religious station, a pop-up radio station, and NPR; my focus still remains fixed on independently-minded radio.

So far, I've visited the following places (not necessarily in chronological order of when I visited each station!):


2008:

Field Trip 1 - WECB at Emerson College in Boston
Field Trip 2 - Cal Poly's KCPR
Field Trip 3 - Notre Dame's WVFI
Field Trip 4 - WFMU in Jersey City
Field Trip 5 - East Village Radio in NYC
Field Trip 6 - WNYU in New York City
Field Trip 7 - Northwestern's WNUR

2009:

Field Trip 8 - Stanford's KZSU
Field Trip 9 - University of San Francisco's KUSF
Field Trip 10 - Santa Clara University Station KSCU
Field Trip 11 - UC Berkeley's KALX
Field Trip 12 - KSJS at San Jose State University
Field Trip 13 - WBAR at Barnard College
Field Trip 14 - KFJC at Foothill College
Field Trip 15 - UC Santa Cruz Station KZSC
Field Trip 16 - Haverford College Station WHRC
Field Trip 17 - FCCFree Radio in San Francisco
Field Trip 18 - Flirt FM in Galway, Ireland
Field Trip 19 - RXP 101.9 FM in New York City
Field Trip 20- WGBK at Glenbrook South High School 

2010:

Field Trip 21 - KPDO in Pescadero, California 
Field Trip 22 - KZYX in Philo, California 
Field Trip 23 - San Francisco's Pirate Cat Radio 
Field Trip 10.5 - KSCU's New Digs at Santa Clara University (2010)
Field Trip 24 - Radio Valencia in San Francisco (2010)
Field Trip 25 - WZBC at Boston College 
Field Trip 26 - KSFS at San Francisco State University

2011:

Field Trip 27 - KEAR and Family Radio in Oakland, CA 

2012:

Field Trip 28 - Belfield FM at University College Dublin, Ireland
Field Trip 29 - Trinity FM at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Field Trip 30 - KCNL, KSJO and KLOK in San Jose, CA
Field Trip 31 - WLUW at Loyola University Chicago, IL
Field Trip 32 - WPGU at University of Illinois, Champaign 
Field Trip 33 - WEFT in Champaign, Illinois 
Field Trip 34 - WRFU in Urbana, Illinois
Field Trip 35 - Radio DePaul, Chicago, IL
Field Trip 36 - WIBN in Oxford, Indiana
Field Trip 37 - KCSF at City College of San Francisco
Field Trip 38 - WRAS at Georgia State in Atlanta
Field Trip 39 - SCAD Atlanta Radio
Field Trip 40 - WREK at Georgia Tech 
Field Trip 41 - WMRE at Emory University 

2013:

Field Trip 42 - WZRD at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago 
Field Trip 43 - KLC at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR 
Field Trip 44 - KRRC at Reed College, Portland, OR
Field Trip 45 - KALW in San Francisco
Field Trip 46 - Urban Knights Radio at Academy of Art, SF, CA 
Field Trip 47 - KPSU at Portland State University, OR
Field Trip 48 - KDUP at University of Portland, OR
Field Trip 49 - KJCC at San Jose City College, San Jose, CA 
Field Trip 50 - KSMC at St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA 
Field Trip 51 - KCEA at Menlo-Atherton High School, Atherton, CA

2014:

Field Trip 52 - WXVU at Villanova University, Villanova, PA
Field Trip 53 - KPOO in San Francisco, CA
Field Trip 54 - Mutiny Radio in San Francisco, CA
Field Trip 55 - BFF.fm in San Francisco, CA
Field Trip 24.5 - Radio Valencia's New Location in SF (2014) 
Field Trip 56 - WSRN at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Field Trip 57 - WMBR at MIT, Cambridge, MA
Field Trip 58 - WHRB at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 
Field Trip 59 - WTBU at Boston University, Boston, MA
Field Trip 60 - WMFO at Tufts University, Medford, MA
Field Trip 61 - WRBB at Northeastern University, Boston, MA 
Field Trip 62 - WHHS at Haverford High School, Havertown, PA 
Field Trip 63 - Radio 1851 at St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA
Field Trip 64 - WQHS at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Field Trip 16.5 - WHRC at Haverford College, Haverford, PA 
Field Trip 65 - WRGW at George Washington U, Washington, D.C. 
Field Trip 66 - WMUC at University of Maryland, College Park, MD 
Field Trip 67 - NPR in Washington, D.C. 
Field Trip 68 - WLOY at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, MD 
Field Trip 69 - WLTL at Lyons Township High School, La Grange, IL 
Field Trip 70 - KEXP in Seattle, WA
Field Trip 71 - Rainy Dawg Radio at U of Washington, Seattle, WA
Field Trip 73 - UWave at University of Washington, Bothell, WA 
Field Trip 74 - Hollow Earth Radio in Seattle, WA 
Field Trip 75 - KXSU at Seattle University, Seattle, WA
Field Trip 76 - The Tower at SF Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2015:

Field Trip 72 - KUSF-in-Exile/San Francisco Community Radio
Field Trip 77 - WRFL at University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Field Trip 78 - KCSB at UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 
Field Trip 79 - RBMA Radio in San Francisco (pop-up station)
Field Trip 80 - WRVG-LP at Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
Field Trip 81 - WONC at North Central College, Naperville, IL
Field Trip 82 - 9th Floor Radio at Laney College, Oakland, CA
Field Trip 83 - ARTxFM in Louisville, KY
Field Trip 84 - KBCP at Bellarmine College Prep, San Jose, CA
Field Trip 85 - Bellarmine Radio at Bellarmine U, Louisville, KY
Field Trip 86 - WHBC at Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Field Trip 87 - WGMU at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Field Trip 88 - KWVA at University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 
Field Trip 89 - KAOS at Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
Field Trip 90 - WVAU at American University, Washington, D.C.
Field Trip 91 - Radio K at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 
Field Trip 92 - KRLX at Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Field Trip 93 - KBOO in Portland, OR
Field Trip 94 - XRAY.fm in Portland, OR
Field Trip 95 - WMCN at Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Field Trip 96 - KSPC at Pomona College, Claremont, CA
Field Trip 97 - KBPS at Benson Polytechnic H.S., Portland, OR
Field Trip 9.5 - KUSF.org at University of San Francisco

2016:

Field Trip 98 - WBCR at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY  
Field Trip 99 - WHCS at Hunter College, New York, NY
Field Trip 100 - WPRB at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 
Field Trip 101 - WCUA at Catholic University, Washington, D.C.
Field Trip 102 - WGTB at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Field Trip 103 - WOWD-LP Takoma Radio in Takoma Park, MD
Field Trip 104 - WERA-LP Radio Arlington in Arlington, VA 
Field Trip 105 - CHIRP Radio in Chicago, IL 
Field Trip 106 - Met Radio at Metropolitan State U of Denver, CO
Field Trip 107 - KOMF-LP Open Media Foundation in Denver, CO 
Field Trip 108 - The SOCC Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 
Field Trip 109 - KCSU at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Field Trip 110 - KVCU Radio 1190 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Field Trip 111 - KUCI at University of California, Irvine, CA
Field Trip 112 - KBPK at Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA
Field Trip 113 - KEPC Pikes Peak CC, Colorado Springs, CO
Field Trip 114 - WCAS Radio at Metropolitan State Univ., Denver, CO
Field Trip 115 - KXUA at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Field Trip 116 - KHDX at Hendrix College, Conway, AR
Field Trip 117 - KCHUNG Radio in Los Angeles, CA
Field Trip 118 - KPSQ-LP in Fayetteville, AR
Field Trip 119 - KUOZ-LP at University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR
Field Trip 120 - KABF in Little Rock, AR 
Field Trip 121 - KUHS-LP in Hot Springs, AR
Field Trip 122 - WYBF at Cabrini University in Radnor, PA
Field Trip 130 - WNUW-LP at Neumann University, Aston, PA
Field Trip 134 - WHIP at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Field Trip 135 - WKDU at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Field Trip 138 - WPPM-LP at PhillyCAM in Philadelphia, PA
   
2017:

Field Trip 123 - WVCW at Virginia Commonwealth, Richmond, VA
Field Trip 124 - WRIR-LP in Richmond, VA
Field Trip 125 - WMWC, U of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
Field Trip 126 - WXJM, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Field Trip 127 - WCWM, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Field Trip 128 - WHCL, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
Field Trip 129 - WTJU, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Field Trip 131 - WUVA, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Field Trip 132 - WXTJ-LP, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Field Trip 133 - WDCE at University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Field Trip 136 - KLMU, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
Field Trip 137 - KXLU, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
Field Trip 139 - WFUV, Fordham University, Bronx, NY
Field Trip 140 - KLLG-LP in Willits, CA
Field Trip 141 - WKCR at Columbia University in New York, NY
Field Trip 142 - WIIT, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Field Trip 143 - WHPK at University of Chicago, Chicago, IL   

2018:

Field Trip 144 - KVCB-LP at Vacaville Christian Schools, Vacaville, CA
Field Trip 145 - Wave Farm and WGXC in Acra, NY
Field Trip 146 - WGXC Hudson in Hudson, NY
Field Trip 147 - KAKX-FM at Mendocino High School, Mendocino, CA
Field Trip 148 - WVKR-FM at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Field Trip 149 - KDVS-FM at UC Davis in Davis, CA
Field Trip 150 - KSFL-LP Portland Radio Project in Portland, OR 

Stick around to see who's next...

2 comments:

Unknown said...

#Dope Blog. Really appreciate how you support and showcase independent college radio stations.
Located at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.

Unknown said...

#Dope Blog. Really appreciate how you support and showcase independent college radio stations.
Located at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.