The best way I can think to describe listening to KSYM would be to think of the scene from Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) when the children (and adults) enter the factory and are overwhelmed by everything edible---the chocolate river, gummy bear trees, everything.
Except at KSYM it's audible (not edible). The sounds that you hear are from every type of genre of music you can imagine. And the DJ personalities are just as diverse as the music. They DJ's are primarily students with a few long time community volunteers in the mix. From year to year (or maybe semester to semester) the evening rotations change and along with it the DJ talent and evening formats.
No where in San Antonio will you be able to hear Americana, World Music, Hip Hop, House, Triple A, Blues, Jazz, Punk, Metal and on and on, all in one spot. There are also specialty shows like the long running Best of the Beatles and The Casbah.
Now, you'll have to check the schedules to find out what's playing when but chances are you will find something you like at some time of the day or week.
In my opinion KSYM really is one of the few alternatives in S.A. read more