WFUV
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WFUV, 90.7 FM
in New York City
, is Fordham University
's 50,000-watt, non-commercial radio station
, with studios on campus and its antenna atop nearby Montefiore Medical Center
. First broadcast in 1947, WFUV has an airstaff which includes such New York
radio veterans as Pete Fornatale
(who returned to WFUV in 2001 after a 30-year hiatus), Dennis Elsas
, and Vin Scelsa
. Other full-time air staff members include Rita Houston (music director and host of the program The Whole Wide World), Darren DeVivo, Claudia Marshall and Corny O'Connell.
. It had been a 3,500-watt station until February 21, 1969 and began broadcasting in stereo on March 31, 1973. It serves over 300,000 listeners weekly in the New York area and thousands more worldwide on the Web
(wfuv.org). The station is known for its adult album alternative
format (a mix of adult rock, singer-songwriters, world and other music), as well as Celtic music
. Other programs include genres such as folk music
and early pop
and jazz
. National programs heard on WFUV include World Cafe
, American Routes
, Mountain Stage
and Thistle & Shamrock. In-studio interviews and performances are also a prominent feature of its programming. On-air guests have included Radio Hall of Fame
r Arthur Godfrey
(in 1947), Pete Hamill
, Steve Buscemi
, Tim Robbins
, Graham Nash
, Roger McGuinn
, Suzanne Vega
, Jimmy Webb
, Peter, Paul & Mary, Cyndi Lauper
, Sting, Bo Diddley
, Judy Collins
, Lou Reed
, Brian Wilson
, Robert Klein
, Kevin Bacon
, Dick Cavett
, Glen Campbell
, Ringo Starr
, Joshua Bell
, Paul Simon
, Robbie Robertson
, Los Lobos
, Tony Bennett
, The Bad Plus
, Buddy Guy
, Rosanne Cash
, Elvis Costello
, Ani DiFranco
, Jackson Browne
, Ben Harper
, Richard Barone
, The Decemberists
, Moby
, Uncle Tupelo
, Josh Ritter
, Neil Young
, Mavis Staples
, and Norah Jones
(in her radio debut). WFUV has introduced many other new artists over the years.
The station's call letters stand for "Fordham University's Voice." Though operated as a professional public radio station, WFUV's mission also includes a strong training component for Fordham students. Students receive intensive instruction and are heard on the air in news and sports programming. WFUV's alumni, including Charles Osgood
of CBS-TV & radio, Bob Keeshan
(Captain Kangaroo
), film producer Jack Haley Jr., Raymond Siller
(Johnny Carson's head writer), and actor Alan Alda
, have had a significant impact on broadcast and entertainment history. News department alumni are heard on many stations and networks nationally. These include Richard Hake of WNYC
in New York, Chris Reilly, an anchor on WINS
in New York and WNYC
, Kathleen Maloney, a WINS reporter, Tom O'Hanlon, a reporter on WCBS and Greg Kelly
, a journalist on Fox News Channel
. The sports department has produced several notable alumni, including Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers announcer and baseball Hall of Famer Vin Scully
, two-time Emmy Award-winning sports anchor for WPIX-TV in New York Sal Marchiano, Yankees announcer Michael Kay, New York Times sportswriter Jack Curry, USA Today
sportswriter Malcolm Moran
, Knicks
announcer and "The NBA on ABC" sportscaster Mike Breen
, Nets
announcer Chris Carrino
, Lakers
announcer Spero Dedes
, New York Giants
announcer Bob Papa
, WFAN
's "Talking Baseball" host Ed Randall, who also is heard on MLB.com, and ESPN
's Around the Horn
host Tony Reali
.
, Pat Dawson of NBC News, and Gary Stanley
, sportscaster on WCBS
in New York City. Two went on to win Emmy Awards as directors of Sesame Street
—Ozzie Alfonso
and Edward May. Daily rock music programming was begun in February 1970 by then Program Director Lew Goodman. Prior to that the programming was a mix of classical (e.g., the Evening Concert show M-F 6:00 to 8:00 PM), popular and ethnic music (e.g., Bill Shibilski's 36+ year long Polka Party starting in 1965), and Fordham University sports broadcasts. Many chamber music and piano recitals were broadcast live from now-defunct Studio B in the 1950s.
WFUV was on the verge of going off the air in September 1968, due to budgetary cuts by the university, but the student-staff went on strike and organized rallies and demonstrations to save the station that were attended by thousands of students and faculty.
WFUV has been a professionally-managed public radio station since 1988. The station's broadcast audience expanded throughout the 1990s and 2000s, as local commercial stations gave up free-form and the playing of new artists. The station also offers an online archive of programming and several podcasts.
In 2005 the studios, offices, and transmitter moved from the third floor of Keating Hall on Fordham's Rose Hill campus in the Bronx, where it had been since 1947, to Keating Hall's basement. The move allowed the station to improve its equipment and gain more space. Its antenna was moved in 2006 from atop an unfinished tower on the Rose Hill campus (it was previously atop Keating Hall) to atop Montefiore Medical Center
on Gun Hill Road, one of the highest locations in the Bronx.
On April 22, 2010, WFUV announced a new transmitter in the Newburgh/Beacon area. The new station is 94.5.
FM broadcasting
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in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, is Fordham University
Fordham University
Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...
's 50,000-watt, non-commercial radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
, with studios on campus and its antenna atop nearby Montefiore Medical Center
Montefiore Medical Center
Montefiore Medical Center, in the Bronx, New York, is the University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The hospital, named for Moses Montefiore, is one of the 50 largest employers in New York State . In 2011, Montefiore Medical Center was ranked as #6 of the 180 New York City...
. First broadcast in 1947, WFUV has an airstaff which includes such New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
radio veterans as Pete Fornatale
Pete Fornatale
Peter Fornatale is a New York City disc jockey who played an important role in the progressive rock era of FM broadcasting....
(who returned to WFUV in 2001 after a 30-year hiatus), Dennis Elsas
Dennis Elsas
Dennis Elsas is a New York City disc jockey whose radio career has spanned well over thirty years. He currently hosts an afternoon show on WFUV and a morning show on Sirius XM Satellite Radio's Classic Vinyl channel....
, and Vin Scelsa
Vin Scelsa
Vincent Anthony Scelsa, better known as "Vin," was born on December 12, 1947 in Bayonne, New Jersey. He is the host of a freeform radio show known as Idiot's Delight....
. Other full-time air staff members include Rita Houston (music director and host of the program The Whole Wide World), Darren DeVivo, Claudia Marshall and Corny O'Connell.
Background
The station is a National Public Radio affiliate and carries several shows from Public Radio InternationalPublic Radio International
Public Radio International is a Minneapolis-based American public radio organization, with locations in Boston, New York, London and Beijing. PRI's tagline is "Hear a different voice." PRI is a major public media content creator and also distributes programs from many sources...
. It had been a 3,500-watt station until February 21, 1969 and began broadcasting in stereo on March 31, 1973. It serves over 300,000 listeners weekly in the New York area and thousands more worldwide on the Web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
(wfuv.org). The station is known for its adult album alternative
Adult album alternative
Adult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....
format (a mix of adult rock, singer-songwriters, world and other music), as well as Celtic music
Celtic music
Celtic music is a term utilised by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe...
. Other programs include genres such as folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
and early pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
. National programs heard on WFUV include World Cafe
World Cafe
World Cafe is a two-hour long, nationally syndicated music radio program that originates from WXPN, a non-commercial station licensed to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The program began in 1991 and was originally distributed by Public Radio...
, American Routes
American Routes
American Routes is a weekly two-hour public radio program that presents the breadth and depth of the American musical and cultural landscape. Hosted by Nick Spitzer, American Routes is syndicated by 225 stations, with over half a million listeners. It is produced out of New Orleans and distributed...
, Mountain Stage
Mountain Stage
Mountain Stage is a two-hour music radio show, first aired in 1983, produced by WV Public Broadcasting and distributed worldwide by National Public Radio and the Voice of America's satellite radio service. Hosted by Larry Groce, the program showcases diverse music, from the traditional to modern...
and Thistle & Shamrock. In-studio interviews and performances are also a prominent feature of its programming. On-air guests have included Radio Hall of Fame
Radio Hall of Fame
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r Arthur Godfrey
Arthur Godfrey
Arthur Morton Godfrey was an American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer who was sometimes introduced by his nickname, The Old Redhead...
(in 1947), Pete Hamill
Pete Hamill
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, Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi
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, Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins
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, Graham Nash
Graham Nash
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, Roger McGuinn
Roger McGuinn
James Roger McGuinn is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of The Byrds' records...
, Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Nadine Vega is an American songwriter and singer known for her eclectic folk-inspired music.Two of Vega's songs reached the top 10 of various international chart listings: "Luka" and "Tom's Diner"...
, Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He wrote numerous platinum selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park"...
, Peter, Paul & Mary, Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper
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, Sting, Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
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, Judy Collins
Judy Collins
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, Lou Reed
Lou Reed
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, Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
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, Robert Klein
Robert Klein
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, Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon
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, Dick Cavett
Dick Cavett
Richard Alva "Dick" Cavett is a former American television talk show host known for his conversational style and in-depth discussion of issues...
, Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell
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, Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr
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, Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell
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, Paul Simon
Paul Simon
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, Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson
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, Los Lobos
Los Lobos
Los Lobos are a multiple Grammy Award–winning American Chicano rock band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as cumbia, boleros and norteños.-History:The...
, Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett is an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz....
, The Bad Plus
The Bad Plus
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, Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
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, Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of the late country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin....
, Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
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, Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, guitarist, poet, and songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums, and is widely considered a feminist icon.-Biography:...
, Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone....
, Ben Harper
Ben Harper
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, Richard Barone
Richard Barone
Richard Barone is a rock musician born in Tampa, Florida who gained attention as frontman for The Bongos. He works as a songwriter, arranger, author, director, and producer, releases albums as a solo artist, tours, and has created major concert events at Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl and New York's...
, The Decemberists
The Decemberists
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, Moby
Moby
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, Uncle Tupelo
Uncle Tupelo
Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heidorn formed the band after the lead singer of their previous band, The Primitives, left to attend college. The trio recorded three albums for Rockville...
, Josh Ritter
Josh Ritter
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, Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
, Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist who recorded with The Staple Singers, her family's band.-Biography:...
, and Norah Jones
Norah Jones
Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...
(in her radio debut). WFUV has introduced many other new artists over the years.
The station's call letters stand for "Fordham University's Voice." Though operated as a professional public radio station, WFUV's mission also includes a strong training component for Fordham students. Students receive intensive instruction and are heard on the air in news and sports programming. WFUV's alumni, including Charles Osgood
Charles Osgood
Charles Osgood is a radio and television commentator in the United States. His daily program, The Osgood File, has been broadcast on the CBS Radio Network since 1971. He is also known for being the voice of the narrator of Horton Hears a Who!, an animated film released in 2008, based on the book...
of CBS-TV & radio, Bob Keeshan
Bob Keeshan
Robert James "Bob" Keeshan was an American television producer and actor. He is most notable as the title character of the children's television program Captain Kangaroo, which became an icon for millions of people during its 30-year run from 1955 to 1984.Keeshan also played the original...
(Captain Kangaroo
Captain Kangaroo
Captain Kangaroo is a children's television series which aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for nearly 30 years, from October 3, 1955 until December 8, 1984, making it the longest-running children's television program of its day...
), film producer Jack Haley Jr., Raymond Siller
Raymond Siller
Raymond "Ray" Siller is an American television writer and political consultant. He was nominated for four Emmy Awards as long-time head writer on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He has written for four U.S. presidents and contributed articles to The New York Times, The Wall Street...
(Johnny Carson's head writer), and actor Alan Alda
Alan Alda
Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo , better known as Alan Alda, is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H...
, have had a significant impact on broadcast and entertainment history. News department alumni are heard on many stations and networks nationally. These include Richard Hake of WNYC
WNYC
WNYC is a set of call letters shared by a pair of co-owned, non-profit, public radio stations located in New York City.WNYC broadcasts on the AM band at 820 kHz, and WNYC-FM is at 93.9 MHz. Both stations are members of National Public Radio and carry distinct, but similar news/talk programs...
in New York, Chris Reilly, an anchor on WINS
WINS (AM)
WINS , known on-air as "Ten-Ten Wins", is a radio station in New York City, owned by CBS Radio. WINS's studios are in the combined CBS Radio facility at 345 Hudson Street in the TriBeCa section of Manhattan, and transmitting towers in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.WINS is one of the nation's oldest...
in New York and WNYC
WNYC
WNYC is a set of call letters shared by a pair of co-owned, non-profit, public radio stations located in New York City.WNYC broadcasts on the AM band at 820 kHz, and WNYC-FM is at 93.9 MHz. Both stations are members of National Public Radio and carry distinct, but similar news/talk programs...
, Kathleen Maloney, a WINS reporter, Tom O'Hanlon, a reporter on WCBS and Greg Kelly
Greg Kelly
Gregory Raymond "Greg" Kelly is an American broadcast journalist. He is currently the co-host of Good Day New York; previously was the co-host of Fox and Friends and a White House correspondent for Fox News. Kelly is also currently a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps...
, a journalist on Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
. The sports department has produced several notable alumni, including Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers announcer and baseball Hall of Famer Vin Scully
Vin Scully
Vincent Edward Scully is an American sportscaster, known primarily as the play-by-play voice of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team on Prime Ticket, KCAL-TV and KABC radio...
, two-time Emmy Award-winning sports anchor for WPIX-TV in New York Sal Marchiano, Yankees announcer Michael Kay, New York Times sportswriter Jack Curry, USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
sportswriter Malcolm Moran
Malcolm Moran
Malcolm Moran is an American sportswriter who has written for four newspapers over 30 years – Newsday, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and USA Today...
, Knicks
New York Knicks
The New York Knickerbockers, prominently known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
announcer and "The NBA on ABC" sportscaster Mike Breen
Mike Breen
Michael "Mike" Breen is a play-by-play commentator for the NBA on ABC and the lead commentator for New York Knicks games on the MSG network...
, Nets
New Jersey Nets
The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
announcer Chris Carrino
Chris Carrino
Chris Carrino is an American sports play-by-play announcer. He currently serves at the lead radio play by play announcer for the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association, a position he has held for nearly a decade, and as one of Compass Media Networks' NFL play-by-play...
, Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
announcer Spero Dedes
Spero Dedes
Spero Dedes is a Greek-American sportscaster born in Paramus, New Jersey. He is a graduate of Paramus High School and a 2001 graduate of Fordham University in New York....
, New York Giants
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
announcer Bob Papa
Bob Papa
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, WFAN
WFAN
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's "Talking Baseball" host Ed Randall, who also is heard on MLB.com, and ESPN
ESPN
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's Around the Horn
Around the Horn
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host Tony Reali
Tony Reali
Anthony Joseph Paul "Tony" Reali is an American sports personality and television host, and the current host of Around the Horn on ESPN...
.
History
WFUV's rock music shows were formerly hosted by Fordham students and some of those famous alumni include Fornatale (whose first show began in November 1964, when he was a sophomore), former WFUV Program Director Bill Crowley of Air America RadioAir America Radio
Air America was an American radio network specializing in progressive talk programming...
, Pat Dawson of NBC News, and Gary Stanley
Gary Stanley
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, sportscaster on WCBS
WCBS (AM)
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in New York City. Two went on to win Emmy Awards as directors of Sesame Street
Sesame Street
Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
—Ozzie Alfonso
Ozzie Alfonso
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and Edward May. Daily rock music programming was begun in February 1970 by then Program Director Lew Goodman. Prior to that the programming was a mix of classical (e.g., the Evening Concert show M-F 6:00 to 8:00 PM), popular and ethnic music (e.g., Bill Shibilski's 36+ year long Polka Party starting in 1965), and Fordham University sports broadcasts. Many chamber music and piano recitals were broadcast live from now-defunct Studio B in the 1950s.
WFUV was on the verge of going off the air in September 1968, due to budgetary cuts by the university, but the student-staff went on strike and organized rallies and demonstrations to save the station that were attended by thousands of students and faculty.
WFUV has been a professionally-managed public radio station since 1988. The station's broadcast audience expanded throughout the 1990s and 2000s, as local commercial stations gave up free-form and the playing of new artists. The station also offers an online archive of programming and several podcasts.
In 2005 the studios, offices, and transmitter moved from the third floor of Keating Hall on Fordham's Rose Hill campus in the Bronx, where it had been since 1947, to Keating Hall's basement. The move allowed the station to improve its equipment and gain more space. Its antenna was moved in 2006 from atop an unfinished tower on the Rose Hill campus (it was previously atop Keating Hall) to atop Montefiore Medical Center
Montefiore Medical Center
Montefiore Medical Center, in the Bronx, New York, is the University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The hospital, named for Moses Montefiore, is one of the 50 largest employers in New York State . In 2011, Montefiore Medical Center was ranked as #6 of the 180 New York City...
on Gun Hill Road, one of the highest locations in the Bronx.
On April 22, 2010, WFUV announced a new transmitter in the Newburgh/Beacon area. The new station is 94.5.