Campus radio
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Campus radio is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college, university or other educational institution. Programming may be exclusively created or produced by students, or may in
Recording booth at KSPC, a college radio station in Claremont, California
College rock
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College rock is rock music played on student-run university and college campus radio stations located in the United States and Canada in the 1980s and 1990s. The stations' playlists were often created
Campus radio
…shows and sometimes distance learning courses. In the latter portion of the 20th century, many U.S. radio stations played what came to be known as "college rock" (later known as alternative rock), a type of rock music that had not yet hit the mainstream. Most radio stations have now diversified, with many…
Michael Stipe (left) and Peter Buck (right) of R.E.M., a band which was among the first successful college rock acts.
The Replacements, pictured in 1984, came from the Minneapolis alternative scene.