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College Radio Stations Offer Many Listening OptionsBy Cristina GuarinoAmong popular radio stations such as Z100 and Hot 97, New Yorkers can enjoy a number ofcollege radio stations on the air and online. College stations are entirely student-operated andusually host a number of entertaining talk shows, music and news updates depending on thestation’s specialty.Many colleges have radio stations, some of which are on the air and others that can only beaccessed online. For example, Queens College’s radio station WQMC and Manhattan College’sradio station WRCM can only be heard on the Internet at www.wqmc.com andwww.wrcmradio.org, respectively.New York University’s station, WNYU, is considered to be one of New York’s most popularcollege radio stations. It is among the many on-air stations and can be listened to on FM station89.1 or online at wnyu.org. Other stations that can be accessed from the city include Long IslandUniversity’s WCWP on 88.1 FM or ww.mywcwp.com, Barnard College’s WBAR on 87.9 FM orwww.wbar.org, The College of Staten Island’s WSIA on 88.9 FM or http://wsia.csi.cuny.edu/,Fordham University’s WFUV on 90.7 FM or www.wfuv.org and University at Stony Brook’sWUSB on 90.1 FM or www.wusb.fm/.Some New Jersey stations can be accessed over the air from New York as well, such as SeatonHall’s WSOU on 89.5 or www.wsou.net.These stations all have different aims, from playing a wide variety of music to reporting news tospecializing in a specific genre. WSOU, for example, advertises that it plays only “the loudestrock”, whereas WNYU can play a variety that includes “Psychedelic 60’s”, “Sports Talk” and“The New Afternoon Show: New indie rock, electronic, experimental, noise” in one evening.However, even stations like WSOU offer enough variety to become prominent stations amongstpopular larger names such as 92.3 NOW. They are a fun and useful sources for music, news andentertainment.Page 139 of 179