Left of the dial refers to the college and other non-commercial radio stations in the United States that broadcast from the
reserved band
A non-commercial educational station (NCE station) is a radio station or television station that does not accept on-air advertisements ( TV ads or radio ads), as defined in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and was ...
of the FM spectrum. It can also refer to:
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"Left of the Dial" (song), a song from the 1985 album ''Tim'' by the Replacements that popularized the term
* ''
Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground'', a 2004 American compilation album of 1980s music
* "
Left of the Dial", programme six of the 2007 BBC Two television series ''Seven Ages of Rock''
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''Left of the Dial'' (film), a 2005 HBO documentary about the founding of
Air America
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