The left-of-the-dial kind. spinzester draws from the 350+ non-commercial stations that log their playlists on Spinitron — not the big commercial outfits with playlist consultants, but the community, college, and low-power stations run by volunteers, students, and true believers. No algorithm picks the music. A human does.

They’re scattered across more than 40 states, coast to coast — from Raven Radio in Sitka, Alaska to Mana’o Radio on Maui — with a few more across the border in Canada. And nearly all of them are logging playlists right now, so the moment you open the app there’s something live to dig into.

A few flavors

• Community stations — listener- and grant-funded, deeply local. Missoula Community Radio in Montana, Takoma Radio just outside DC, “Radio Acadie” carrying Cajun country in Louisiana.
• College & university stations — the original tastemakers. KDVS at UC Davis, KCSB at UC Santa Barbara, KSDT at UC San Diego, KBVR’s “DAM Good Radio” at Oregon State.
• Low-power FM — tiny neighborhood signals you could miss driving through town, like Out North Radio in Anchorage.
• Specialists — freeform anything-goes shows, “Serious Jazz” at WDNA Miami, and just about every genre a record collector ever loved.