<p>I’m in the minority of Rice students, but I really like KTRU, most of the time. Sometimes they play what’s called “genetic memory,” which is really just noise, and that’s what gives them a bad reputation. But mostly they have cool ethnic music, jazz, obscure punk and such. KTRU fills a niche that needs to be filled in Houston radio.</p>
<p>The Harvard Crimson also once described KTRU as “perhaps the most quintessentially college radio station in the country.”</p>
<p>KTRU is limited by its budget, so they try to play only royalty-free music. That’s why you end up with such an eclectic mix. I love that I can turn on KTRU in the car and hear a song by Public Image, Ltd., only to have it followed by Mongolian throat singing.</p>