Solid radio station. There are around 30 clear fm radio stations in the San Luis Obispo area. 15 of those are in Spanish, leaving only 15 American stations left. Of these, KCPR is pretty good. They play a variety of music through a large variety of DJ's (unlike most stations which have 2-6 DJ's). I don't like some of the music, but this is just a result of how many unique songs they play a day. Some days they have a news segment, which is usually on top of breaking stories from around the world. Listening is a good way to support College Students who are actively pursuing their careers in the Music industry. Someone in the reviews said it sounds like the DJ's lack interpersonal skills. Radio isn't supposed to be the scripted soap opera between songs that you've become used to. Someone else said that the DJ's queue songs from Spotify... I know a couple DJ's at the station, they work all week on their sets, cleaning explicit music themselves and cleverly weaving similar tracks into a 2-hour long show. The best part about this radio station is that they aren't selling anything. If music is played only to attract more listeners to sell ads, then only the most popular music will be played. On KCPR, you get to listen to different people's favorite music and try to understand why they like it themselves. 91.3 KCPR Rocks! read more

What in the Sam hell happened to this radio station? Where is all the underground and marginal heavy metal? BRING BACK SLAYTANIC CARNAGE! I used to stay up from 2 to 4 AM on the East Coast just to listen to it! And their DJ was so hot, that dude Dylan, oh man. What happened to him??? He always took my requests. Now every time I'm in San Luis, I just resort to Pandora because the only station I ever liked is full of mediocre contemporary pop that sounds like 8 dumpsters doing a circle pit in the cafeteria. Every single show on the station is a travesty and I want to reach through the speakers and throttle the tired, lazy DJs. read more

This radio station changed my life. From the unbelievable personal shows conducted by brilliant students to the news and Mustang sports coverage, this station has made me a better person. No matter where I am globally, I stay tuned in with the web site (what a great web site). Keep the hits coming especially El Barto, Jacoolzi, Ivy, and Gylfi! read more

As much as I despise FM radio, I have made an exception with college radio stations on account of the fact that there are no commercials (with the exception of the atrocious and unfunny PSA's that this station plays), DJ's get to the point and get to the music faster, and best of all, no top 40 garbage. This was the station that introduced me into a world of amazing artists such as: The Knife/Fever Ray, Black Moth Super Rainbow/Tobacco, Best Coast, Toro y Moi, Neon Indian, Dum Dum Girls, Dntel, Washed Out, Flying Lotus, Royksopp, Bjork, Panda Bear, Grimes, and many MANY more artists to list when I used to live on the Central Coast. I've always been a huge fan to this station just because of the fact that it's the only college radio station I've heard that always played a variety of music and not just what's popular in the indie media (no college station in SoCal can compare to the variety that KCPR plays.) To top it off, they also air Democracy Now! in the mornings which is something I enjoyed listening to during my Cuesta College years before going to class and is something I still enjoy to this day whenever I get the chance to listen (I listen online). Although I wasn't a fan of the experimental content where they played just noise ("I Bite Through It - Oneohtrix Point Never" is a perfect example of the kind of content I used to hear on KCPR a lot), I still applauded the station for leaving their comfort zone and encouraging variety so for that reason alone, I hope they do more tracks like that in the future just because of the fact that it encourages a larger library of playlists. As much as I LOVE the music that plays on this station, one of the things I despise about this station are the DJ's themselves. They either lack talent, are arrogant, or the combination of the two. Where in the hell did these DJ's learn their social skills!? They sound awkward on the radio as they announce what just played and what was playing before that. As far as arrogance goes, one example of that was a DJ who hosted the Fudge Pack on the weekends. That guy would not keep his mouth shut as he was more interested in his own voice and his inane stories than he was playing music! The music was great whenever music was played, however, I could not stand listening to that guy's voice. And that has been the case with most of these DJ's (not all.) I only tolerate the DJ's cringe worthy behavior because the music is great. If there were no DJ's talking and if those annoying PSA's just disappeared, I'd easily give this station a 5-star rating. If the PSA's have to stick around, at least put some effort into them! read more

I was listening to DJ Joon this past Sunday. She wasn't paying attention to the musical curve; playing solid indie folk songs at yawn inducing steady and slow tempos. After she spoke on air and stated that we should call in for ANY request, we decided to spice things up. I called in and asked, "Can you please play 'The Adventures of Poopoo and Peepee' by Drum and Tuba?" She replied with "maybe" and I could already tell that she thought we were a joke. I told her I was enjoying her show and implored her to work in my request during one of her sets. My completely reasonable request was never played on air and the music remained lethargic and uninspiring. At each set break, she continued to invite requests, taunting us with her broken promises. DJ Joon's radio show demonstrated KCPR's increasingly narrow minded relationship with music and a lack of involvement with the community. I might tune in again, but I'll probably switch to Morro Bay's 97.3FM if I have to listen to more endless streams of alt-pop. read more

KCPR - Radio Stations Near Me - San Luis Obispo, California

They kicked out all the great community members after taking their fans' money. They let djs play off spotify and dont have live programming after midnight. The worst is that the djs dont fight to change anything or bother to get outside of their comfort zone in music. read more

I was driving home tonight and listening to KCPR and I was pleasantly surprised to hear one great song after another. I ended up "Shazam"-ing 3 of the songs in a 10 minute drive. They have a lot of new and unusual artists that hit and miss. However if you are like me and can't listen to "Takin Care of Business " one more time. I thought I would give KCPR a try. I suggest you do it too. I'm not a college radio shill. Rather I'm a 50 something oldies band musician and I like KCPR. read more