ZUMIX Radio

ZUMIX Radio operates out of Boston, where it's built a reputation as the city's most stubbornly independent outlet. That's meaningful. American community radio rarely survives intact. Most get absorbed or watered down. This one hasn't. The station leans toward what stations normally avoid - experimental electronic, underground hip-hop, post-rock that most commercial operators would deem too challenging. Morning shows shift between genres without apology, which means breakfast listeners get everything from Oneohtrix Point Never to Erykah Badu back-to-back. It works. The DJs clearly curate rathe…