XLR Lander Radio is a University campus-based college radio station in Greenwood, South Carolina. Run by Lander University students and managed by the General Manager of the school's department of Media and Design, the station produces a variety of eclectic, quality, student special interest programming, such as sports, campus, community, special interest and lifestyle talk shows, as well as indie, electronic, hip hop, indie-pop, alternative, world, classical, jazz and punk rock music shows. XLR can be streamed worldwide through the station's app and website and attracts a listenership beyond its campus population.
The station celebrates its diverse student staff and welcomes new members every semester. Current Lander students and staff are welcome to apply to be part of XLR Lander Radio; the station recruits all year round for DJ, podcaster, promotional staff and student director positions.
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The mission of XLR Lander Radio is to train Lander University students to operate a professional grade radio station that creates and delivers unique content to inform, inspire, and entertain our listening audience on campus and around the world.
In the summer of 2007, Paul Crutcher created a proposal for radio broadcasting at Lander. At the same time a couple of mock-broadcasts, featuring music and information were recorded and played over the speakers in the Lander cafeteria. These mock broadcasts were well-received and prompted further pursuit of a formal station over the following year. In 2009 the first organizational interest meeting was held in then VP of Academic Affairs Dr. Danny McKenzie’s conference room. This room would later be transformed into the XLR main studio outside of the Office of Admissions on the first floor of the Carnell Learning Center. That year, Mr. Don La Duke of Savannah Lakes, SC made a generous donation of nearly $8,000 dollars’ worth of studio equipment including microphones, a studio desk and broadcast console, processors, amplifier, and a high-quality turntable. A studio space was created "high atop the Josephine B. Abney Cultural Center" in a third booth overlooking the Cultural Center’s Auditorium to house this equipment and on the afternoon of Tuesday October 6, 2009 the first official broadcast was aired. The first song played was Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World." 
Student staff is not only receiving real world training through expert guidance and DJ master classes in the XLR studio learning lab but also can participate in off campus press events, covering major music festivals and touring concerts across SC and NC. Since 2023, XLR has worked with artists such as They Might Be Giants, Flogging Molly, Filter, Less Than Jake, Bad Religion, Social Distortion, Merlefest, The Pixies, Blonde Redhead, Dinosaur Jr., Fall Out Boy and Bikini Kill, conducting interviews and covering live concerts in person. The experiences are unique student opportunities here at XLR Lander Radio. 
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