Sideband is a volunteer-run, listener-supported station broadcasting from a converted storefront — every show programmed by the person hosting it, not a syndication feed.
Every host runs their own board, but the studio's oscilloscope has been part of the furniture since before any of us got here — a real trace of whatever's actually going out over the air, not a canned animation. Click “Listen Live” up top and watch it respond.
Sideband signs on for the first time from a repurposed storage room, broadcasting six hours a day on a donated transmitter.
The station moves to its current storefront studio and extends to a full 24-hour schedule for the first time.
A listener-funded equipment drive replaces the aging board and finally retires the station's original 1990s transmitter.
Streaming simulcast launches alongside the FM signal, reaching listeners well outside the station's broadcast radius.
“The last station in the region where you can still hear a host talk over a record like they mean it.”
City Weekly“No two hours sound alike, which is either the appeal or the problem, depending who you ask.”
Listener Survey, 2024“Community radio the way it used to be run, for better and for worse.”
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