It looks like Durango’s community radio station
“This Southwest Colorado town is known to most people because of skiing and the outdoors,” a Jan. 17 report says. “However, nestled up there is a superb station with its share of treasures.”
Last week, Medium – a popular online publication developed by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams – released its list of “The 8 Music Stations to Hear in 2017.”
The writer, membership program director for the National Federation of Community Broadcasters Ernesto Aguilar, challenged music lovers to turn off their Spotify or Pandora and turn to grass-roots radio.
On the list was station KBOO in the hipster capital of the world, Portland, Oregon; the independent radio station WXNA, which sends out an eclectic mix of genres to the dwellers of “Music City” in Nashville; and even the salsa centric WVQR station in Puerto Rico.
And right up there was Durango’s KDUR, a volunteer-based radio station open to Fort Lewis College students as well as the community.
“Musically, it’s all over the map,” Aguilar wrote. “You’ve got bluegrass and jam bands that you’d guess would be a favorite of a woodsy place, along with an uncommon amount of electronic dance music.
“The radio station possesses quite a few surprisingly sharp DJs too. No rambling morning shows or goofy factoids of commercial radio. Instead, it’s all playful and educational sets about music you may not know too well. And isn’t that the mark of a fantastic listening experience?”
Other stations on the list included KRBX in Boise, Idaho; KVNF in Paonia; WEAA in Baltimore; and WSFM in Asheville, North Carolina.
To view the report, visit http://bit.ly/2klSle0.
Herald Staff
