WNUR-FM, 89.3 The nation’s largest student-run radio station is also the city’s most respected, not only for its continual rock-solid programming but also its star-studded alumni, which includes members of Arcade Fire, Steve Albini, Derrick Carter and Ira Glass. In 2003 Spin magazine named the Northwestern University station as the top college station in the US, and the weekday “Rock Show,” which runs from 2pm-9:30pm, regularly offers the best of indie underground music traditionally ignored by the likes of, well, JACK FM.
Audience choice: WNUR, Northwestern
Audience Comment: “89.3fm—one of the only stations on the dial that plays a healthy amount of electronic music, much needed in this indie-rock-centric town.”
