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Natalie Teer, DJ for “The Barefoot Sessions,” sits inside the studio. “People can learn a lot about the community by tuning in,” she said. “Not only can they find new music [and] new people in their area but they can learn about events and projects in Gainesville. Grow is making moves to unite the area.”
designed to help ‘grow’ the community through the radio by bringing people together. Part of No. 9 Productions, Grow Radio aims to be a community and a college radio, which Gainesville has never had. “We’ve got two overlapping populations in the town, and that’s sort of where we landed,” Bryson said. The overlapping populations
he is referring to are the students at the local university and college, as well as the community at large. Bryson wants to provide a radio station with enough diversity so that both populations feel right at home. With forty or more programs, it is safe to say he has accomplished that feat. Like a college radio station, Grow Radio plays a wide variety of
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music, from hip-hop to screamo, from locals-only shows to jam bands. Teer said that once a month listeners can tune into “Home Brew Talk,” where they can learn how to brew beer at home. Bryson finds it shocking that UF has never had a student-run radio, but at Grow Radio — with an all-volunteer staff — the students at UF and Santa Fe get a chance
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