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Albuquerque: The Magazine

Albuquerque: The Magazine

Some­times at the Guide offices, when we feel redun­dant, we mosey to the Fly­ing Star to bury our faces in a $12 eclair. Those days, we make a point of sit­ting near the reg­is­ter, in view of Albuquerque’s pre­mier hyper-gloss, ATM. And we remem­ber there are, as every­where, (at least) two Albu­querques: theirs, and every­one else’s.

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KABG (Big Oldies)

Cor­po­rate, but straight-up old-timey DJs and great old music. Clas­sics and rar­i­ties from Bobby Daren, Brenda Lee, Big Bop­per, the Chordettes, Lit­tle Richard, Fats Domino, and on.

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KABQ

Best Coun­try in town, and the only sta­tion that isn’t blast­ing cor­po­ra­tized New Wave Nashville. Count on ‘em for your Way­lan Jen­nings, Dolly Par­ton, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Dwight Yoakam, Char­lie Daniels, and David Allen Coe fix.

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KANW

Damien says, “Lit­er­ally, the first FM sta­tion in Albu­querque. They broad­cast from a tiny room with a big antenna, and pick up all the NPR shows you love but can’t get on KUNM. Also leg­endary for show­cas­ing New Mex­i­can music.

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KBNM (The Eagle)

The last non-NPR com­mu­nity radio in Albu­querque, grand­fa­thered with a prior-generation FCC broad­cast­ing license. Though they call them Oldies, think pre-’92: clas­sic rock, oldies, funk/soul, and R&B.

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KKOB

The pre­mier Talk Radio in NM, as well as the Home of the Lobos and Jim Vil­lanucci, one of the sweet­est and open-to-debate con­ser­v­a­tive talk show hosts around. They syn­di­cate most of that national pro­gram­ming you’ve been jonz­ing for.

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KRKE

Like lis­ten­ing to someone’s iPod on oldies shuf­fle. But with an all-Elvis hour. And syn­di­cated national lefty talk.

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KUNM

KUNM

Truly community-focused radio, from the ads they run to the tunes they jam. Don’t like what you’re hear­ing? Take a DJ train­ing class and pro­pose some­thing bet­ter. Our home for NPR and Pacifica.

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KZRR (94 Rock)

Yes, it’s ClearChan­nel, AND the DJs remind us of the horn­balls who signed us a con­dom when we were 14, but, for the moment, any­way, they con­trol their pro­gram­ming. From Two For Tues­day (B2B tracks from the same artist, all day!) to the 4:20 Floyd Fix to Get the Led Out, these guys still com­mand some of the best rock radio in the country.

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The Weekly Alibi

The Weekly Alibi

Among our free news­pa­pers since the late ’80s, with alt news, local reviews on food to the­ater to movies, very much about where and when your favorite bands are play­ing tonight, a ven­er­a­ble weekly cal­en­dar, and an awe­some out­let for let­ters. It doesn’t get more local, and thanks to their new online dat­ing ser­vice, it’s easy to find that spe­cial local (the Local Special’s up to you).

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