The Low-End: Non-Commercial FM Radio in Chicagoland

I started listening to rock & roll radio in 1968. I was six years old. My older sister had one of them newfangled transistor AM radios, and every night we listened to the too-cool rock sounds of WLS and WCFL (aka "Super CFL"), and the Motown-sounds of WVON. Back then, broadcast radio programming was more free-form, not like the mindless pre-formulated smegma that oozes from your stereo speakers today.

The last bastion of free-form programming can be found on the Low-End of your FM dial, between 88 and 92. This is the "non-commercial" segment of the FM band, where you'll find lots of low-power college and high-school stations, as well as "pirate" broadcasters, public/educational radio stations and religious broadcasters. This is where you'll hear the coolest music you've never heard before.

The purpose of this website is to bring greater exposure to the many small radio stations that populate the Low-End of the FM dial. If you're tired of hearing the same rancid crap hour after hour, then scope out this listing of stations and see what's playing on the Low-End right now!