KRLX

KRLX is an entirely student-run, format-free, advertisement-free FM radio station broadcasting from Northfield, Minnesota. Affiliated with Carleton College, the station broadcasts with 100 watts of power at 88.1 MHz. The station also produces live streaming media, expanding the station's reach beyond its FM coverage area. The KRLX studios are located in the basement of Sayles-Hill Campus Center, the Carleton College student union, and feature basic production tools, a record library, and a live FM studio. The basement location has led the station to adopt the motto "It's better on the bottom." KRLX is licensed for continuous broadcast, but because the station is student-run, the signal is up only when school is in session. Because Carleton does not offer a summer term, the station generally broadcasts September through June, though not during winter and spring breaks.

Related Topics:
FM - Radio station - Broadcasting - Northfield - Minnesota - Carleton College - Streaming media - Library - Studio

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KRLX's format-free nature makes for very diverse programming, and recently the station has started to program vertically so that similar shows are scheduled consecutively. Radio programs on KRLX run the gamut from bluegrass to independent hip hop to classical, and DJs are restricted only by FCC guidelines. Despite the station's flexibility, there are several long-running programs that are consistent in format, if not in content. Bandemonium is a weekly show devoted to the works of a single band, tracing artists' history and influences. Periscope is the station's documentary program, and the station also programs evening news and hourly news briefs. Although almost all of KRLX's programming has its genesis at Carleton, the station also broadcasts the syndicated news program Democracy Now!. KRLX's content largely consists of music broadcasting, and the station contributes to the CMJ Radio 200 chart.

Related Topics:
Bluegrass - Hip hop - Classical - DJs - FCC - Documentary - Democracy Now! - CMJ

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In the fall of 2005, KRLX introduced podcasting for all of its non-music shows, including all of the station's original news programming and Periscope.

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