WRCT

WRCT belongs to Carnegie Mellon University and it sounds like it - unpolished in the best way possible. Student DJs control the microphone, which means the programming has personality you'll never hear on commercial radio. One hour it's experimental electronica, the next it's '80s post-punk, then suddenly you're listening to folk you've never heard of from some corners of Eastern Europe. No algorithm. No corporate strategy. There's friction in the curation, which means it's actually curation. The technical quality varies - some shows are professionally produced, others sound like they're broad…