KCIE

KCIE occupies the increasingly rare position of being an American radio station that refuses to adopt a defined music format. The playlist logic seems to be: play music, any music, as long as someone thinks it's worth hearing. You might encounter soul classics followed by indie rock, followed by acoustic country, followed by experimental electronics, all in a single hour. This would be chaotic if the selection wasn't actually intelligent - there's taste here, evident in the specific tracks chosen and the sequencing. The 96kbps stream delivers adequate fidelity for the eclecticism. American rad…