David Eduardo wrote:

And that is because the word "broadcasting" contains the word "broad"
which means that a radio station must appeal to a fairly large group of
people with some common taste; obscure music and deep cuts appeals
almost to the individual and not a group.

Individuals buy music, while groups listen to the radio. The fringe
songs a few like but the majority dislike or don't even know have no
place on radio because the job of radio is to please masses, not each
person individually.

This is where you are completely wrong. Radio is one-on-one. People
listen to the radio alone, or in very small groups.
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Freeform stations

Freeform radio stations in the United States:
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

* k94rocks.com Your Rock Station US,VIRGINIA
* KANM (Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas)
* KAOS (Olympia, Washington)
* KBOO (Portland, Oregon)
* KCMP (St. Paul, Minnesota)
* KCR (San Diego State University, San Diego, California)
* KDVS (University of California, Davis, Davis, California)
* KEOL (Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, Oregon)
* KEXP (Seattle, WA)
* KFJC (Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California)
* KHUM (Ferndale, California)
* KJHK (University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas)
* KMNR (Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri)
* KLOS (Los Angeles, California)
* KPSU (Portland State University, Portland, Oregon)
* KRFH (Humboldt State University, Arcata, California)
* KRUI (University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa)
* KTEC (Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon)
* KTRU (Rice University, Houston, Texas)
* K-UTE (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah)
* KUGS (Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington)
* KUOI (University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho)
* KVRX (University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas)
* KVSC (St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota)
* KWRP (Pecos, New Mexico)
* KWUR (St. Louis, Missouri)
* WARC (Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania)
* WBGU (Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio)
* WCBN (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan)
* KCRW (Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California)
* WCNI (Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut)
* WESS (East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania)
* WESU (Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut)
* WETX-LP (Tri-Cities, Tennessee)
* WEVL (Memphis, Tennessee)
* WEXP (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
* WFMU (Jersey City, New Jersey)
* WGDR (Plainfield, Vermont)
* WHRW (Binghamton University, New York)
* WIKD-LP (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach,
Florida)
* WKDU (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
* WLRA (Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois)
* WMBR (MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
* WMFO (Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts)
* WMSC (Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, New Jersey)
* WMSR (Miami University, Oxford, Ohio)
* WMUC (University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland)
* WNJR (Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania)
* WOBC (Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio)
* WPKN (Bridgeport, Connecticut)
* WPRK (Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida)
* WRCT (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
* WRFL (University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky)
* WRFW (University of Wisconsin-River Falls)
* WRNC-LP (Northland College (Wisconsin), Ashland, Wisconsin)
* WRUR (University of Rochester, Rochester, New York)
* WSPN (Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York)
* WRVU (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee)
* WSGR-FM (St. Clair County Community College, Port Huron, Michigan)
* WSUM (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin)
* WUMD (University of Michigan–Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan)
* WUSB (Stony Brook University SUNY, Stony Brook, New York)
* WVBR (Ithaca, New York)
* WXBC (Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York)
* WXDU (Duke University, Durham, North Carolina)
* WXYC (UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
* WZRD (Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois)
* WKCO (Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio)

Freeform radio stations in Canada:

* CKCU (Ottawa, Ontario)
* CKUT (Montreal, Quebec)
* CKRL (Quebec, Quebec) is the longest running french speaking
community radio station
* CKIA (Quebec, Quebec)

Freeform radio stations in Europe:

* Radio Centraal (Antwerp, Belgium)

[edit] Freeform radio vs. eclectic radio

Eclectic radio describes radio programming encompassing diverse music
genres. Unlike freeform radio, the eclectic radio format involves
prescribed playlists. While freeform radio stands in contrast to
commercial radio formats, a number of commercial radio stations offer
programs showcasing an eclectic variety of music.

Some eclectic radio stations in the United States a

* KALX (Berkeley, California)
* KCRW (Santa Monica, California)
* KEOS (College Station, Texas)
* KEXP (Seattle, Washington)
* KFAI (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
* KGLT (Bozeman, Montana)
* KNYE (Pahrump, Nevada)
* KUOM (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
* KUSF (San Francisco, California)
* KUT (Austin, Texas)
* KXUA (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
* WERS (Boston, Massachusetts)
* WHPK (University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois)
* WJCU (University Heights, Ohio)
* WUSM (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)
* WXPN (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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