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Image of cover of Princeton Review Best 387 Colleges book, which includes "Greatest College Radio Stations"

Flashback to Princeton Review’s “Great College Radio Station” 2022 List

What are the best college radio stations? I’ve enjoyed scrutinizing these sorts of lists for years, in particular Princeton Review’s “best college radio station” rankings in its yearly college guides. Based on student surveys, these lists attempt to rank the popularity of college radio on the campuses which participate in the Princeton Review surveys. The […]

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From the WPRB history exhibit: Recruitment poster for WPRU. Photo: J. Waits

College Radio Watch: 100 College Radio Station Tours, WNYU History, Time Shares and More News

It’s official. 100 college radio station tour reports are in the books, a milestone that I hadn’t even realized that I’d met. Thanks to my newly launched Radio Station Tours page, it’s much easier to peruse my radio station field trip accounts by station type and region. While putting the finishing touches on the list, […]

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Ron Burgundy at college radio station WKDU. Photo: J. Waits

Another “Best College Radio Station” List

My inbox and social media feeds were buzzing today, with the release of another best college radio stations list. In the post, “10 of the Most Influential College Radio Stations in the US,” Soundfly lists off ten radio stations: WERS, WFUV (see my tour), KALX (see my tour), WRSU, KCRW, KUTX, KUSF 90.3 FM (see […]

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Flyer for WTJU radio camp at college radio station WTJU. Photo: J. Waits

College Radio Watch: Princeton Review, Kids, and Bank Robbers

The annual Princeton Review “Best College Radio Station” list has me in full-on analysis mode this week, as I scrutinize the list of 20 schools with “popular” radio stations. Based on surveys conducted at around 380 institutions, it reflects a microcosm (less than 10%) of the universe of more than 4,000 U.S. colleges and universities […]

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Princeton Review 2017 book cover

How “Popular” is Your College Radio Station? Princeton Review’s 2017 Survey Results are In

Princeton Review’s annual college survey results are in, including the “Best College Radio Station” list, which year after year I critique, since the survey does not ask about the quality of a campus radio station. Based on online student surveys, the “Best College Radio Station” list is actually a list of schools that survey respondents […]

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