Free-form radio

Free-form, or free-form radio, is a radio station programming format in which the disc jockey is given wide or total control over what music to play, regardless of music genre or commercial interests. Freeform radio stands in contrast to most commercial radio stations, in which DJs have little or no influence over programming structure or playlists. In the United States, freeform DJs are still bound by Federal Communications Commission regulations.

For other uses, see Freeform (disambiguation).

(Berkeley, California)

KALX

(Olympia, Washington)

KAOS

(Missoula, Montana)

KBGA

(Butte, Montana)

KBMF-FM

(Portland, Oregon)

KBOO

(Crested Butte, Colorado)

KBUT

(Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon)

KBVR

(University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri)

KCOU

(San Diego State University, San Diego, California)

KCR

(Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California)

KCRW

(University of California, Santa Barbara, Goleta, California)

KCSB-FM

(St. Louis, Missouri)

KDHX

(University of California, Davis, Davis, California)

KDVS

(Radio Free Hawaii, Waipahu, Oahu, Hawaii)

KDEO

(Gilroy, California)

KFAT (defunct)

(Portland, Oregon Freeform Portland)

KFFP-LP

(Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California)

KFJC

(Ferndale, California)

KHUM

(University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas)

KJHK

(Hanalei, Hawaii)

KKCR

(Mammoth Lakes, California)

KMMT

(Wailuku, Hawaii)

KMNO

(Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri)

KMNR

(Madrid, New Mexico)

KMRD

(Garberville, California)

KMUD

(Dallas, Texas)

KNON

(Columbia, Missouri)

KOPN

KPSU (, Portland, Oregon)

Portland State University

(Boise, Idaho)

KRBX

(Big Pine, California)

KRHV

(Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota)

KRLX

(University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa)

KRUI

Recording studio at KSPC, a free-form campus radio station based at Pomona College in California
KSPC (Pomona College, Claremont, California)

(Sacramento State, Sacramento, California)

KSSU

(Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon)

KTEC

(South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota)

KTEQ-FM

(Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri)

KTRM

(University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah)

K-UTE

(University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California)

KUCI

(University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho)

KUOI

(Iowa State University. Ames, Iowa)

KURE

(University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas)

KVRX

(St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota)

KVSC

KWCW-FM (, Walla Walla, WA)

Whitman College

(Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri)

KWUR

(University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon)

KWVA

(Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California)

KXLU

(Portland, Oregon)

KXRY

(Sacramento, California)

KUTZ-LP

(Stanford University, Stanford, California)

KZSU

(Brooklyn, New York)

Radio Free Brooklyn

(Paradise, California)

Radio Paradise

(Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania)

WARC

(Barnard College, New York, New York)

WBAR

(Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio)

WBGU

(California University of Pennsylvania, California, Pennsylvania)

WCAL

(University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan)

WCBN-FM

(Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut)

WCNI

(Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan)

WCKS

(East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania)

WESS

(Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut)

WESU

WETX-LP ()

Tri-Cities, Tennessee

(Memphis, Tennessee)

WEVL

(Arlington, Virginia)

WERA-LP

(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

WEXP

(St Augustine, Florida) (Flagler College Radio)

WFCF

(Jersey City, New Jersey)

WFMU

(Plainfield, Vermont)

WGDR

WHCM (William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Illinois)

(Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York)

WHRW

(Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois)

WIIT

(Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida)

WIKD-LP

(Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career Development, Sharonville, Ohio)

WJVS-FM

(Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio)

WKCO

(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

WKDU

(Lehigh Carbon Community College, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania)

WLHI

(Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois)

WLRA

(Lake Superior State University, Sault Sainte Marie, MI)

WLSO

(MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

WMBR

(Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts)

WMFO

(Appalshop, Whitesburg, Kentucky)

WMMT (FM)

(Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, New Jersey)

WMSC

(Miami University, Oxford, Ohio)

WMSR

(Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

WMSE

(Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan)

WMTU

(University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts)

WMUA

(University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland)

WMUC

(Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania)

WMUH

(Takoma Park, Maryland)

WOWD-LP

(Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania)

WNJR

(Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio)

WOBC

(Norfolk, VA)

WOWI

(Plymouth State University, Plymouth, New Hampshire)

WPCR

(Bridgeport, Connecticut)

WPKN

(Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida)

WPRK

(Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

WRCT

(Colgate University, Hamilton, New York)

WRCU

(Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia)

WREK

(University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky)

WRFL

(University of Wisconsin–River Falls)

WRFW

(Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont)

WRMC

(defunct) (Northland College (Wisconsin), Ashland, Wisconsin)

WRNC-LP

(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York)

WRPI

(University of Rochester, Rochester, New York)

WRUR

(University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont)

WRUV

(Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee)

WRVU

WSBF (Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina)

(Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York)

WSPN

(Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania)

WSFX

(University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin)

WSUM

(University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia)

WTJU

(Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee)

WTTU

(Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana)

WTUL

WUMD (, Dearborn, Michigan)

University of Michigan–Dearborn

- RadioX (Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan)

WUPX

(Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York)

WUSB

(University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina)

WUSC

(Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia)

WUVT

(Ithaca, New York)

WVBR

(Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York)

WVKR

"The Core" (Rutgers University, Piscataway)

WVPH

(York College of Pennsylvania, York, Pennsylvania)

WVYC

(Frederick, Maryland)

WWFD

(Staples High School, Westport, Connecticut)

WWPT

(Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York)

WXBC

(Duke University, Durham, North Carolina)

WXDU

(UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina)

WXYC

(UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina)

WUAG

(Kane, Pennsylvania)

WXZY

(Boston College, Newton, Massachusetts)

WZBC

(Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)

WZBT

(Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois)

WZRD

(University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia)

WDCE

(Santa Monica, California)

KCRW

(College Station, Texas)

KEOS

(Seattle, Washington)

KEXP

(Minneapolis, Minnesota)

KFAI

(Bozeman, Montana)

KGLT

(Pahrump, Nevada)

KNYE

(Austin, Texas)

KGSR

(Freedom, California)

KPIG

(University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota)

KUOM

(Fayetteville, Arkansas)

KXUA

(Boston, Massachusetts)

WERS

(University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois)

WHPK

(University Heights, Ohio)

WJCU

(Avondale Estates, Georgia)

WMLB

(Hattiesburg, Mississippi)

WUSM

(Atlanta, Georgia)

WRAS

(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

WXPN

(Spindale, North Carolina)

WNCW

The Loft (Sirius XM)

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. While Eclectic radio, like free-form is mainly limited to North America, the digital radio stations BBC Radio 6 Music and Double J operated by the BBC and the ABC in the UK and Australia respectively resemble attempts at a similar broader format with both having a wide range of music played.

Some eclectic radio stations in the United States are: