Columbia Radio!
No, this isn't an all Shakira station, it's Columbia University's student run radio station. They mostly play jazz, but they play other stuff when they wanna.
You can pick this radio station up on the FM dial if you're on the upper East side, but if not, you can tune it in on your smart speaker.
Since this station is so far on the left side of the dial, it's a community run station, and therefore they can't play regular commercials like 101 Rock. Instead, they can only play public service announcements that tell you important messages like to look both ways before crossing the street, or don't huff paint.
My favorite thing about this station is that when the campus administrators shut down the campus when they were having massive protests, regular reporters couldn't get in and see what was going on. That's where WKCR shone- their DJs acted like impromptu reporters, shining a light on what's going on around campus when it seemed like the dean was trying to cover things up and sweep away protests.
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