The Edge

College radio stations have the opportunity and freedom to play what commercial stations won’t or can’t. It’s the chance of a lifetime for someone who likes music to play songs that are meaningful, interesting and controversial. There was a time when commercial radio DJs played records they personally liked. College stations that ape today’s commercial radio stations are a waste of time and opportunity. You can get training and learn radio basics without being a radio moron. Once college stations mimic commercial stations, they’re no longer alternative– they’re dead radio.

–Lou Reed, Sire Records Recording Artist