Wildcats, we have yet another reason to love that feisty Arizona senator, our boy John McCain. Not only is he a hilarious opponent to baby Bush and a champion for the just cause of campaign finance reform, but he has also authored a bill that, if passed, could allow UA's KAMP Radio to get a low-power FM signal.
Instead of being broadcast to a few on closed circuit in dorms, the unique styling of college radio could be heard within a five-mile radius of the UA.
Saints be praised. There might actually be a radio station in Tucson that is not completely saturated in commercial blabber and preprogramming.
If there is one thing that every student can agree on, its that the local radio stations are incredibly lame. This town has its oldies station, its top 40s station, its rock station, its younger rock station, its hip-hop station, its hot adult contemporary station, its cold adult contemporary station, its jazz, its classical, and its "community radio" station. All are incredibly pre-fab, and fit neatly into their stereotypical boxes.
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