WBRS Waltham FM 100

Almost nobody outside of Waltham knows about this station and only a small number of local residents have stumbled across it at 100.1 FM. Yet this station, the radio voice of Brandeis University is a welcome relief from the slick overprogrammed junk filling the commercial airwaves.
WBRS provides a bit of everything for its listeners. In the mornings there is contemporary rock music, especially some of the older punk stuff and edgy independent tunes that other stations are afraid to play. Later on a listener might hear ethnic, folk, or reggae or, perhaps some sports talk from a couple of college students. It’s eclectic and creative, with an emphasis on content.
While most radio stations are constrained by a tightly programmed format WBRS breaks free from these bounds. It’s a reminder of how smaller stations can be more entertaining than the children of media powerhouses. Only reason it loses one star is because of its low-​power transmitter.

The best little radio station ever. WBRS, WERS, and WZBC were the three stations I listed to most when I lived in the Boston area.
(WMBR was up there, too)