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The 9 Best College Radio Stations

The 9 Best College Radio Stations
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Newsletter editor, Reuters.com

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Saturday marked the wrap-up of this year's College Music Journal Music Marathon and Film Festival -- an event that packed venues large and small with fledgling artists and their fans for five days. In addition to live shows and screenings, CMJ offered panels and lectures for college radio stations, and bestowed a lucky few with annual station awards. Drawing from their selection, and adding stations that have earned critical and popular acclaim from other areas, we've compiled a list of nine excellent college radio stations.

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9 Best College Radio Stations
KZSC, UC Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz)(01 of02)
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KZSC received Metro Santa Cruz's Goldie Award for "Best Radio Station" for six years running, from 2003 through 2008, as well as the Democratic Media Award from 2002 through 2005. This self-described educational, non-commercial public station statement of purpose "is dedicated to producing the best radio our various personnel and facilities will permit, serving the UCSC campus and our larger listening audience with news, public affairs, music, entertainment and spoken word programming." Looks like they're succeeding, as radio-locator lists them as the most listened to college station. (credit:Max Elman)
WGRE, DePauw University (Greencastle)(02 of02)
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Two hundred student DJs make WGRE DePauw's largest campus organization. According to the station website, WRGE has won awards from MTVu, the Indiana Broadcasters Association, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Indiana Associated Press, as well as ranking high on the Princeton Review's list of best college radio stations for 13 years running. Not too shabby. (credit:Google:DePauw University north quad.)

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