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Sep 20, 2022Liked by April Ledbetter

Shout out to XRAY 107.1 & 91.1 FM in beautiful Portland, Oregon. Makes the weekends fly faster, but in a good way, with an incredible array of styles.

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Sep 22, 2022Liked by April Ledbetter

I'm sure y'all know about Arctic Outpost Radio - spinning 78s at the top of the world...

https://www.aor.am/

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Sep 20, 2022Liked by April Ledbetter

Freeform Portland has some truly great programming. DJ Brzy’s on the porch, Center for Cassette Studies and Weekend Family Music Hour are some of my favorites.

http://freeformportland.org/

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Sep 20, 2022Liked by April Ledbetter

K-Squid radio, 90.7 FM locally...and I do mean locally. Small signal (100 watts) that radiates from "The Real Surf City", Santa Cruz, California. Want to feel a Cali beach town vibe? It's here.

www.ksqd.org Try their "Relics & Psychedelics" program or Hawaiian music on Wednesdays.

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Harvard's WHRB is just wonderful - hours upon hours of jazz, classical and non-mainstream pop - the kind of radio that hardly exists anymore.

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Sep 20, 2022Liked by April Ledbetter

WWOZ New Orleans

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What a great post! I recently moved to the Mesa Verde area and have been absolutely gobsmacked by the music and info coming from KSUT's tribalradio.org

it's like a college freeform station with an eclectic mix of DJs and music from all over the place, then add on several hours of native tribal music and the call-in show Native America Calling, and I can listen to it all day.

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Sep 20, 2022Liked by April Ledbetter

I love Radio Garden!

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Oct 7, 2022Liked by April Ledbetter

Concerzender.nl Internet radio from the Netherlands. Download their app. Amazing commercial-free radio, with stations devoted to Gregorian chant, Bach, World, "Orient Express," jazz, folk, ambient, movie soundtracks, contemporary classical, etc... Very high quality programming. My #1 choice. I'm even learning a little Dutch.

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Sep 22, 2022Liked by April Ledbetter

On The Wire is a weekly radio show that has been going for 38 years. Steve Barker plays the latest leftfield releases in electronica, ambient and dub/reggae.....and much much more!!!

http://otwradio.blogspot.com

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Sep 20, 2022Liked by April Ledbetter

My daily go-to is WFUV in New York City.

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Sep 20, 2022Liked by April Ledbetter

WWOZ New Orleans

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Sep 20, 2022Liked by April Ledbetter

I certainly love to play archival tracks from many Dust to Digital releases on my program, "Bluegrass, Etc." Thanks for making this fine music available! --Frank Hoppe, host

Bluegrass, Etc.

Bluegrass Country 88.5 HD-2

Thursdays noon – 3:00pm ET (9:00am – noon PT)

Streaming at bluegrasscountry.org

Latest show archived at Broadcast Archives – Bluegrass Country 88.5 HD-2

Playlists and more at frankintransition.blogspot.com

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I know I'm late to the party here, but Alberta's beloved, donor-supported CKUA turned 95 about a week ago. More people need to know about the unicorn that is CKUA. https://ckua.com/

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Radio Garden is awesome!

I also like The Current out of Minneapolis (https://www.thecurrent.org/), and WSUM's Red Planet show. It airs from 12-2 Central time on Sundays. (https://wsum.org/)

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Sep 21, 2022Liked by April Ledbetter

Lots of great suggestions here! I'd like to suggest WGXC, 90.7-FM in New York's Hudson Valley. We're a creative community radio station that's a division of the audio arts organization Wave Farm (formerly known as free103point9 in Brooklyn) and have been on the air for ten years now. My own show Snackpoint Charlie (I'm on the air tonight, in fact!) focuses primarily on international/outernational/experimental music, but our 70+ programmers cover the gamut of genres -- we even host a number of ex-WFMU programmers. You can listen online at wgxc.org, our Wave Farm smartphone app, and most shows are also available as podcasts.

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