You might not equate the term "college radio" with looks that kill or blood that rains, but that train meets weekly on Rollins College's student and community station, WPRK 91.5. Every Friday at around midnight (give or take), DJ Rob Penticoff pours out hours upon hours of molten metal both old and new. It's a blissful run through hesher-land, as programmed by perhaps the one guy in America who can tell you who's in Quiet Riot at any given moment. Recurring themed episodes include "I Didn't Know They Were Still Around" (fresh tracks by genre veterans now working the state-fair circuit) and "The Love & Death Valentine's Special" (alternating power ballads and death-metal dirges, to accommodate the holiday mood of happy couples and bitter singles alike). There's no better place to get your kicks, or your Kix.
Best of Orlando: Local Notables
1st: Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, feedhopenow.org
2nd: Zebra Coalition, zebrayouth.org
3rd: Aeras Foundation, aeras.foundation
1st: Equality Florida, eqfl.org
2nd: Stand With Abortion Now (SWAN), swanoforlando.org
3rd: League of Women Voters of Florida, lwvoc.org
1st: Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando, petallianceorlando.org
2nd: Pet Rescue by Judy, petrescuebyjudy.com
3rd: Orange County Animal Services, orangecountyanimalservicesfl.net
1st: State Rep. Anna Eskamani, annaforflorida.com
2nd: Mayor Buddy Dyer, orlando.gov
3rd: U.S. Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, frost.house.gov
1st: Scott Maxwell, orlandosentinel.com/author/scott-maxwell
2nd: Savannah Boan, facebook.com/thesexysavannah
3rd: Johnny Magic XL 106.7, xl1067.iheart.com/featured/johnny-magic/about
1st: WTKS 104.1-FM Real Radio, realradio.iheart.com
2nd: WMFE 90.7-FM, wmfe.org
3rd: WDBO 107.3-FM and 580-AM, wdbo.com/on-air
1st: Johnny Magic, XL 106.7 xl1067.iheart.com/featured/johnny-magic/about
2nd: Sabrina Ambra, Real Radio 104.1, facebook.com/sabrina.ambra
3rd: Russ Rollins, Real Radio 104.1, realradio.iheart.com/featured/monsters-blogs-russ-rollins
1st: "Johnny's House" on XL 106.7, xl1067.iheart.com/featured/johnny-s-house-live-blog
2nd: "Monsters in the Morning" on Real Radio 104.1, realradio.iheart.com/featured/as-heard-on-the-monsters
3rd: "The News Junkie" on Real Radio 104.1, thenewsjunkie.com