This is the National Public Radio affiliate that Beyonce listens to! When she's not trotting the…read moreglobe, she's at home listening to NPR, I assume. I can just picture her there in her Houston mansion guessing at Wait Wait Don't Tell Me or getting her info on the latest Harris County bond proposal on Houston Matters. Just like Beyonce, you can listen to this station at 88.7 on the FM dial or you ask your smart radio to pick it up. They have all the regular NPR shows, but their schedule seems to differ from some other NPR Texas affiliates. But I love listening to this NPR affiliate while I'm stuck in traffic, which makes H-Town traffic a bit better. I frequently get that "Driveway Moment" where I'm at my destination, but want to hear the end of the Steve Inskeep bit on Croatian truckers in Nairobi. Of course, it's free to listen to this radio station, but it doesn't have to be. You can always chip in on the programming around here. It's always a bummer when it's pledge drive week and all stories lead back to how you should give KUHF money. You're not going to hear any ads for Mattress Mack, because it's listener funded radio. The signal here originates from the Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting, which is located on the campus for University of Houston. I don't believe the signal of 88.7 MHz FM is in the ultrahigh frequency (UHF) range.

I absolutely love the National Public Radio station the is KUHF 88.7…read more I spend a lot of time in the car and the music played in the morning usually helps keep me balanced in the painful Houston traffic snarls. I feel more peaceful listening to this than any of the morning shows on the other stations. It helps me gain an appreciation and more knowledge of classical music - things I've loved for a long time and things I've never heard. The news segments also keep me up to date on things going on in the world in a deeper way than just snippets of news thrown in the regular morning shows like a commercial break Online you can also find out more about the additional things the station is doing, like vacation tours or the random free movie screening. I am thankful for stations like KUHF and hope more people tune in each day and appreciate all they have to offer.

The Wordmatician is an amazing person. Her radio show is to empower any and everyone. She has some…read moreof the best guests, topics and talents come through to bless the airwaves. I hope that her show reaches and touches everyone in some way shape of form.

My God the knowledge I recieved in the limited time I was here was amazing. Usually im able to…read moreimpart where I go but I was seriously mesmerized by the knowledge I was recieving. Inspiration Sundays with The Wordmatician was truly enlightening, and glad I got to expierance it. Ps the host is truly knowledgeable and was very heartfelt.... can't wait to be invited again.

Listener supported community radio! These guys have a long…read morehistory of speaking truth to power, and looking out for the little guys. In fact, this is the only radio station in the USA that's ever been bombed in an effort to get it off the air. Not just once, but twice the KKK bombed this station to get them to keep quiet. But this radio station isn't very good at staying quiet- what good radio stations remain quiet? They came back each time louder and better! They do a lot of political talks on this station. Get ready for a lean to the left. But my favorite part is when they play the eclectic foreign music- especially the Bollywood music. There's just something great about jamming to the sitar while cruising down Westheimer. It's Houston's home to Al Jazeera on the radio dial. The DJs are kinda special. They just run their own show, which they're interested in. It's not like they're all spinning the same music. I think they're all volunteers. I believe that if you have an idea for a show, they'll let you show up and broadcast if you ask nicely enough!

I began listening to Pacifica radio in DC, NYC and SF whilst traveling. As soon as I moved back to…read moreHouston the first thing I did was call KPFT and made a pledge. It is unparalleled.

Thanks for bringing Tejano back!…read more You keep me dancing at home, in the ride, and chair dancing at work, with the mix of Tejano and cumbia! Love the 90s Tejano jams and the Jalapeno mix hour! How about a 15-30 minute window of some Cover Girls, Stevie B, Timmy T, Linear, etc from time to time. :) Tammy-tams

I love classic rock like the next guy, meaning you and the two guys who are on either side of you…read more I like to play air drums while driving, which endangers you and the other motorists. I especially enjoy playing air drums to "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin. That song causes a pile-up every time. But the Arrow is just lame. As a barometer of their lameness, you'll hear the Aerosmith version of "Come Together" more often than you'll hear the original version. I think two guys got together and went to a garage sale, where they bought ten albums apiece. On the way home, they decided to start a radio station. They lost three albums on the way home, but that didn't stop them. Some twenty-some years on, nobody's bought more albums. Two of the original albums purchased are by the Alan Parsons' Project. Dean and Rog are pretty lame too, but they are total genius compared to the two halfwitted bigots who do the morning show now. Walton and Johnson sound like they're broadcasting from the bait shop, drinking lousy coffee, spitting tobacco, and talking about how commies and coloreds are running their great country down, playing reliable warhorses like "Dust in the Wind" and "Bad to the Bone" between jeremiads. But if it's trenchant political commentary you're looking for, you can go to the left of the Arrow and listen to NPR; that is, if you have the tolerance for Balkan wedding music. Who needs car accidents? When you listen to the Arrow, you can have one in your own car.

The Arrow is Houston's signature "Classic Rock" station. If you go to their website, you can…read moreimmediately grasp who their targeted audience is. Front and center is a link to "The Arrow Babe Pages" which is filled with hundreds of pictures of bikinis stretched over silicon-enhanced curves and guaranteed to get a rise out of the 35 to 50 year old male segment of our population who have nothing better to do than ogle 'em while listening to ZZ Top. Almost by definition, a classic rock station is going to have a limited play list. The Arrow takes this concept seriously which might explain their need to appeal to a market segment with an average IQ of 75 - after all, being bludgeoned by the same tunes daily over a period of decades could seriously threaten anyone's mental health. I love classic rock myself. It defines my generation. So I will listen to The Arrow if it's playing a song that reminds me of my youth. But sit through a morning of Dean and Rog? Their potty talk and teenage T&A mentality is incredibly tiresome. I'd rather lobotomize myself! (Perhap I would start enjoying them then). The other reason I'm doling out only two stars? They rarely play Springsteen. Sheeesh!

Check KTRU's website for the weekly roundup of specialty shows, covering genres including reggae,…read morepost punk, folk/Americana, noise, and electronica. The station also broadcasts a few Rice sports games, the occasional in-station performance, and some special campus events. In the rare instances when a DJ isn't around, KTRU broadcasts WRN (the World Radio Network) or its new "robotic" DJ takes over (pre-recorded sets). You can make requests online or over the phone; set lists are available online. KTRU also hosts a wonderful, free outdoor show every spring on the Rice campus. You don't have to be a student to DJ. DJ application deadlines are in the fall, spring, and summer. KTRU is generally acclaimed as one of the best college stations in the country, but though I DJ'd there for 6 years I don't have the concrete info on that at my disposal (will update later with real info).

For me this is one of the few tolerable stations on AM/FM airwaves. Radio stations are synoymous…read morewith the newspaper and movie theatres; still around and slowly being evaporated by the expedience of consumer products and their many forms. On select nights there are themes that the station follows covering all genre's of music, even genre's one wouldn't imagine exists. At times, weekends from midnight on fro, the station becomes a bizarre bazaar as if the station is on auto-pilot and its media player plays all songs at random which makes for good entertainment, great entertainment when herbally induced. However, this is rare. Most of the time you'll get something you'd have to be bored out of your mind to hear. Cuul ppl preset 91.7