When we listen to streaming music, we're often trying to find the best new artists, the best sounds we haven't been turned onto yet. For new music discovery, you can't beat student-programmed college stations. That's why we're thrilled to see College Radio Tuner (available here) show up, an app that connects us to over 20 small but fascinating stations.
A simple dial interface lets us pick the station we want and then, after a moderate buffer time, we're listening to new sounds. We wish this had been around in our own pre-streaming college DJ days, when our college's sub-1 watt signal almost covered the whole campus, but not quite.
While there's a lot to like about College Radio Tuner, there's huge room for improvement. The station list doesn't identify where the colleges are, and many of them are new to us. Also, the app is supposed to display artist and song information, yet it doesn't for every station. A way to save favorites would also be a welcome addition.