Some stations have a low-budget sound and students do all the work. Others, like WBRU at Brown University in Rhodes Island, have a professional operation heard throughout their communities.

• 一些大学电台预算有限，学生需要做所有的工作。另一些电台，像罗德岛布朗大学的WBRU则属于专业性运作并且整个社区都会收听。