Radio Station Tours

Since 2008, Jennifer Waits has been visiting and reporting back on her radio station tours, complete with historical information and countless photos of station spaces. Think funky couches, shiny audio equipment, hand-written warning signs, sticker-covered cabinets, and shelves full of music.

Couch in studio at college radio station WPRB in 2016. Photo: J. Waits

As of October 19, 2023, she’s written field trip reports representing more than 173 visits to stations all over the United States and Ireland. Included in her radio station tours are high school radio stations, college radio stations, community radio stations, commercial radio stations, pop-up radio stations, unlicensed radio stations, and more.

On the occasion of her 100th tour report (to Princeton University’s WPRB) in 2016, we celebrated the field trip series on the Radio Survivor podcast and Jennifer shared some fun facts and a list of the first 99 tours. As we approached the 150th visit, it was a fitting time to create a proper archive on Radio Survivor, so that one can easily revisit a decade’s worth of reports. As always, you can also see the most recent station tours here and see a list of radio station tours in numerical order here.

Page updated on October 19, 2023

1. College Radio Station Tours
2. Community Radio Station Tours
3. Public Radio and Public/Community Radio Station Tours
4. High School Radio Station Tours
5. Commercial Radio Station Tours (non-college radio stations)
6. Religious Radio Station Tours
7. Pop-Up Radio Station Tours
8. Radio Station Tours in Numerical Order

1. College Radio Station Tours

(115 college radio stations as of 10/19/23)

College radio station FlirtFM in Galway, Ireland. Photo: J. Waits

Ireland College Radio Station Tours

18 – Flirt FM in Galway, Ireland (2009)
28 – Belfield FM at University College Dublin, Ireland (2012)
29 – Trinity FM at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (2012)

U.S. College Radio Station Tours – West

California College Radio Station Tours

2 – KCPR-FM at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA (2008)
8 – KZSU-FM at Stanford University in Stanford, CA (2009)
9 – KUSF-FM at University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (2009)
9.5 – KUSF.org at University of San Francisc o (2015)
10 – KSCU-FM at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA (2009)
10.5 – KSCU-FM’s New Digs at Santa Clara University (2010)
11 – KALX-FM at UC Berkeley in Berkeley, CA (2009)
12 – KSJS-FM at San Jose State University in San Jose, CA (2009)
14 – KFJC-FM at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA (2009)
15 – KZSC-FM at UC Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, CA (2009)
26 – KSFS at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA (2010)
37 – KCSF at City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (2012)
46 – Urban Knights Radio at Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA (2013)
49 – KJCC at San Jose City College, San Jose, CA (2013)
50 – KSMC at St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA (2013)
76 – The Tower at SF Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (2014)
78 – KCSB at UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA (2015)
82 – 9th Floor Radio at Laney College, Oakland, CA (2015)
96 – KSPC at Pomona College, Claremont, CA (2015)
111 – KUCI at UC Irvine, Irvine, CA (2016)
112 – KBPK at Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA (2016)
136 – KLMU, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA (2017)
137 – KXLU, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA (2017)
149 – KDVS at UC Davis, Davis, CA (2018)
159 – Griffin Radio at Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA (2019)
160 – KCR College Radio, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA (2019)
161 – SDS Radio, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA (2019)
162 – KSDT, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA (2019)

Colorado College Radio Station Tours

106 – Met Radio at Metropolitan State U of Denver, CO (2016)
108 – The SOCC Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO (2016)
109 – KCSU at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (2016)
110 – KVCU Radio 1190 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (2016)
113 – KEPC Pikes Peak Community College, Colorado Springs, CO (2016)
114 – WCAS Radio at Metropolitan State Univ., Denver, CO (2016)

Oregon College Radio Station Tours

43 – KLC at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR (2013)
44 – KRRC at Reed College, Portland, OR (2013)
47 – KPSU at Portland State University, Portland, OR (2013)
48 – KDUP at University of Portland, Portland, OR (2013)
88 – KWVA at University of Oregon, Eugene, OR (2015)

Washington College Radio Station Tours

71 – Rainy Dawg Radio at U of Washington, Seattle, WA (2014)
73 – UWave at University of Washington, Bothell, WA (2014)
75 – KXSU at Seattle University, Seattle, WA (2014)
89 – KAOS at Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA (2015)
157 – KSPU at Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA (2018)

U.S. College Radio Station Tours – Midwest

Indiana College Radio Station Tours

3 – WVFI at University of Notre Dame in South Bend, IN (2008)

Illinois College Radio Station Tours

7 – WNUR-FM at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL (2008)
31 – WLUW at Loyola University Chicago, IL (2012)
32 – WPGU at University of Illinois, Champaign, IL (2012)
35 – Radio DePaul at DePaul University, Chicago, IL (2012)
42 – WZRD at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, IL (2013)
81 – WONC at North Central College, Naperville, IL (2015)
142 – WIIT, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL (2017)
143 – WHPK at University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (2017)

Minnesota College Radio Station Tours

91 – Radio K at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2015)
92 – KRLX at Carleton College, Northfield, MN (2015)
95 – WMCN at Macalester College, St. Paul, MN (2015)

U.S. College Radio Station Tours – Northeast

Massachusetts College Radio Station Tours

1 – WECB at Emerson College in Boston, MA (2008)
25 – WZBC-FM at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, MA (2010)
57 – WMBR at MIT, Cambridge, MA (2014)
58 – WHRB at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2014)
59 – WTBU at Boston University, Boston, MA (2014)
60 – WMFO at Tufts University, Medford, MA (2014)
61 – WRBB at Northeastern University, Boston, MA (2014)

New Jersey College Radio Station Tours

100 – WPRB at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (2016)

New York College Radio Station Tours

6 – WNYU-FM at New York University in New York City (2008)
13 – WBAR at Barnard College in New York, NY (2009)
98 – WBCR at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY (2016)
99 – WHCS at Hunter College, New York, NY (2016)
128 – WHCL, Lehman College, Bronx, NY (2017)
141 – WKCR at Columbia University in New York, NY (2017)
148 – WVKR at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY (2018)
166 – WCDB-FM at University at Albany in Albany, NY (2022)
167 – WRPI-FM at Rensselaer Polytechnic University in Troy, NY (2022)
168 – WRUC-FM at Union College in Schenectady, NY (2022)
169 – WXBC at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (2022)
171 – WSLC at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY (2023)
172 – WSVA at School of Visual Arts in New York, NY (2023)
173 – WPIR at The Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY (2023)

Pennsylvania College Radio Station Tours

16 – WHRC at Haverford College in Haverford, PA (2009)
16.5 – WHRC at Haverford College, Haverford, PA (2014)
52 – WXVU at Villanova University, Villanova, PA (2014)
56 – WSRN at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA (2014)
63 – Radio 1851 at St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA (2014)
64 – WQHS at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2014)
122 – WYBF at Cabrini University in Radnor, PA (2016)
130 – WNUW-LP at Neumann University, Aston, PA (2016)
134 – WHIP at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (2016)
135 – WKDU at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (2016)

Rhode Island College Radio Station Tours

170 – BSR aka WBRU-LP at Brown University, Providence, RI (2023)

U.S. College Radio Station Tours – Southeast

Arkansas College Radio Station Tours

115 – KXUA at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (2016)
116 – KHDX at Hendrix College, Conway, AR (2016)
119 – KUOZ-LP at University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR (2016)

District of Columbia College Radio Station Tours

65 – WRGW at George Washington U, Washington, D.C. (2014)
86 – WHBC at Howard University, Washington, D.C. (2015)
90 – WVAU at American University, Washington, D.C. (2015)
101 – WCUA at Catholic University, Washington, D.C. (2016)
102 – WGTB at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (2016)

Virginia College Radio Station Tours

87 – WGMU at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (2015)
129 – WTJU, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (2017)
131 – WUVA, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (2017)
132 – WXTJ-LP, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (2017)
133 – WDCE at University of Richmond, Richmond, VA (2017)
123 – WVCW at Virginia Commonwealth, Richmond, VA (2017)
125 – WMWC, U of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA (2017)
126 – WXJM, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA (2017)
127 – WCWM, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA (2017)

2. Community Radio Station Tours

Studio at LPFM community radio station KLLG-LP. Photo: J. Waits/Radio Survivor

(36 stations as of 11/25/19)

Community Radio Station Tours – West

California Community Radio Station Tours

17 – FCCFree Radio in San Francisco, CA (2009)
21 – KPDO-FM in Pescadero, CA (2010)
23 – Pirate Cat Radio, San Francisco, CA (2010)
24 – Radio Valencia in San Francisco, CA (2010)
24.5 – Radio Valencia’s New Location in San Francisco, CA (2014)
53 – KPOO-FM in San Francisco, CA (2014)
54 – Mutiny Radio in San Francisco, CA (2014)
55 – BFF.fm in San Francisco, CA (2014)
72 – KUSF-in-Exile/San Francisco Community Radio, San Francisco, CA (2015)
117 – KCHUNG Radio in Los Angeles, CA (2016)
140 – KLLG-LP in Willits, CA (2017)

Colorado Community Radio Station Tours

107 – KOMF-LP Open Media Foundation in Denver, CO (2016)
163 – KGNU-FM/AM in Boulder, CO (2019)

Hawaii Community Radio Station Tours

164 – KMNO-FM Mana’o Radio in Wailuku, Maui, HI (2019)
165 – KOPO-LP RadiOpio in Pa’ia, Maui, HI (2019)

Oregon Community Radio Station Tours

93 – KBOO in Portland, OR (2015)
94 – XRAY.fm in Portland, OR (2015)
150 – KSFL-LP Portland Radio Project in Portland, OR (2018)
151 – KFFP-LP/KFFD-LP Freeform Portland in Portland, OR (2018)

Washington Community Radio Station Tours

74 – Hollow Earth Radio in Seattle, WA (2014)

156 – Space 101.1 FM KMGP-LP in Seattle, WA (2018)

158 – KBFG-LP in Seattle, WA (2018)

Community Radio Station Tours – Midwest

Illinois Community Radio Station Tours

33 – WEFT-FM in Champaign, Illinois (2012)
34 – WRFU-LP in Urbana, Illinois (2012)
105 – CHIRP Radio in Chicago, IL (2016)

Community Radio Station Tours – Northeast

New Jersey Community Radio Station Tours

4 – WFMU-FM in Jersey City, NJ (2008)

New York Community Radio Station Tours

5 – East Village Radio in New York, NY (2008)
145 – Wave Farm and WGXC in Acra, NY (2018)
146 – WGXC Hudson in Hudson, NY (2018)

Pennsylvania Community Radio Station Tours

138 – WPPM-LP at PhillyCAM in Philadelphia, PA (2016)

Community Radio Station Tours – Southeast

Arkansas Community Radio Station Tours

118 – KPSQ-LP in Fayetteville, AR (2016)
120 – KABF in Little Rock, AR (2016)
121 – KUHS-LP in Hot Springs, AR (2016)

Kentucky Community Radio Station Tours

83 – ARTxFM in Louisville, KY (2015)

Maryland Community Radio Station Tours

103 – WOWD-LP Takoma Radio in Takoma Park, MD (2016)

Virginia Community Radio Station Tours

104 – WERA-LP Radio Arlington in Arlington, VA (2016)
124 – WRIR-LP in Richmond, VA (2017)

3. Public and Public/Community Radio Station Tours

LPs at WFUV. Photo: J. Waits

(6 tours as of 5/2/19)

22 – KZYX in Philo, California (2010)
45 – KALW in San Francisco, CA (2013)
67 – NPR in Washington, D.C. (2014)
70 – KEXP in Seattle, WA (2014)
139 – WFUV, Fordham University, Bronx, NY (2017)
155 – KBCS, Bellevue College, Bellevue, WA (2018)

4. High School Radio Station Tours

High school students in the studio at VCS Radio. Photo: J. Waits

(11 tours as of 3/21/19)

20- WGBK at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois (2009)
51 – KCEA at Menlo-Atherton High School, Atherton, CA (2013)
62 – WHHS-FM at Haverford High School, Havertown, PA (2014)
69 – WLTL at Lyons Township High School, La Grange, IL (2014)
84 – KBCP at Bellarmine College Prep, San Jose, CA (2015)
97 – KBPS at Benson Polytechnic H.S., Portland, OR (2015)
144 – KVCB-LP at Vacaville Christian Schools, Vacaville, CA (2018)
147 – KAKX-FM at Mendocino High School, Mendocino, CA (2018)
152 – KNHC-FM at Nathan Hale High School, Seattle, WA (2018)
153 – KASB-FM at Bellevue High School, Bellevue, WA (2018)
154 – KMIH-FM at Mercer Island High School, Mercer Island, WA (2018)

5. Commercial Radio Station Tours (Non-College Stations)

Matt Pinfield in WRXP studio in 2009. Photo: J. Waits

(3 tours as of 8/27/18)

19 – RXP 101.9 FM in New York City (2009)
30 – KCNL, KSJO and KLOK in San Jose, CA (2012)
36 – WIBN in Oxford, Indiana (2012)

6. Religious Radio Station Tours

Harold Camping at Family Radio in 2011. Photo: J. Waits

(1 tour as of 8/27/18)

27 – KEAR and Family Radio in Oakland, CA (2011)

7. Pop-Up Radio Station Tours

Marke Bieschke at RBMA Radio in San Francisco

Host Marke Bieschke in RBMA San Francisco studio. Photo: J. Waits