89.7 ** Growl FM

Growl FM is a Dogtown-based underground radio station aimed catering to anti-establishment listeners. NC authorities have classified the station as pirate radio, regularly confiscating or destroying its illegally-installed transmitters. Yet Growl FM always finds a way back to its listeners' ears. The charismatic and uncompromising voice of Growl FM, DJ Ash, speaks to her audience directly and spews nothing but the truth - a claim denied by the station's critics. Once she's researched a story, she doesn't pull any punches, often covering risky stories about corporations, officials, politicians, gangoons, warlords and ordinary citizens. The news and reports on Growl FM spare no one, because in the world of Growl FM, nobody is untouchable. And let's not forget the music - carefully curated, bold, sometimes surprising - another reason why Growl FM has so many loyal listeners.