WSIE

WSIE is college radio from Southern Illinois University, and the station plays jazz with the uncompromising attitude only university stations can afford. Programming doesn't chase radio-friendly smooth jazz. Instead, WSIE digs into post-bop, free jazz, and avant-garde work that major commercial stations wouldn't touch. The DJs actually know their material. Listen long enough and you'll catch deep catalog tracks from artists like Ornette Coleman or Pharoah Sanders alongside contemporary players. College radio has always functioned as a laboratory for music formats that don't fit commercial time…