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Info: About RFL

Since 1988, Radio Free Lexington has been a commercial-free radio station on the University of Kentucky campus. The station has been run continuously by students without automation for the past 19 years and broadcasts live 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Our programming is widely inclusive and covers almost every genre of music.

While the majority of our all-volunteer DJ staff are students, many of our longest running shows are the work of community members unaffiliated with the university. As the station's primary source of funding, RFL's primary commitment is to the university community, though we aspire to provide alternative music to a much broader audience. Our 250 watt terrestrial signal reaches all of Lexington, and beyond our geographic locale we are available worldwide via our high-quality web stream. In the coming year RFL is slated to upgrade to 7900 watts, allowing for coverage of much of the central bluegrass. You can compare our current propagation area with the projected area, as predicted by the FCC. The blue lines shown on these map delineate a 60dbu signal contour. This means areas within the lines will have no problem at all receiving our broadcast, but our signal will extend much further in practice. For example, residents of Paris, Frankfort, and Lawrenceburg should generally be able to receive our broadcast after the upgrade (assuming favorable topological circumstances).

With the exception of a few modestly compensated directorships our operation is entirely volunteer run. DJs are responsible for smooth operation of all equipment in the broadcast chain in addition to sharing their uncommon jocularity and exquisite taste with the listening public during their on-air shift. We believe that the best programming is the result of DJ autonomy, so all playlists are DJ generated, a rarity in a world dominated by the demographic research based programming of corporate radio. If you tune in and don't like what you hear, try again in a few hours and you'll here something completely different.

Some material considered by the FCC to be indecent is played between the hours of 10:00PM and 6:00AM, in compliance with Safe Harbor regulations. Our broadcast is always carefully kept within the bounds delineated by the FCC in addition to our own policies acceptability. If you are interested in volunteering or learning more about RFL send us an email or drop by the station. In the near future you'll be able to apply through your account on this site.

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