In my junior year of college, I thought I’d try my hand at being a college radio DJ. I mean, I listen to a ton of different music and college radio stations generally get to play whatever the hell they want, so it seemed like an ideal gig at the time.
It wasn’t until I had invested a good number of volunteer hours organizing the school music library and subjecting myself to the company of elitist music snobs (this is Berkeley radio we’re talking about) that it dawned on me: Who the hell actually listens to the radio anymore? Let alone college radio. That’s right: no one. So I quit.
Thankfully, Apple is stepping up to save this dying breed of non-corporate music broadcasting by adding a “College Radio” section to iTunes’s Radio offerings (that’s in the sidebar, under Podcasts—if you don’t see it right away, hit any of the disclosure triangles to force iTunes to refresh the list). For those of you who haven’t given Internet radio a shot, I wholeheartedly suggest it as a great way to find new music. And now if you’re ever hankering for a Kraftwerk ‘74-‘78 marathon, or a 1980’s Philip Glass Detroit House remix, you just might be able to catch it on one of these stations, even if Berkeley’s KALX isn’t on there yet.
