WFMU
 |
|
| City | East Orange, New Jersey |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area |
New York City Hudson Valley, New York Lower Catskills, NY Western New Jersey Eastern Pennsylvania (above reflects terrestrial coverage; heard worldwide via the web) |
| Frequency | 91.1 MHz |
| First air date | 1958 |
| Format | Freeform |
| ERP | 1,250 watts |
| HAAT | 151 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 3249 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°47′19.00″N 74°15′20.00″W / 40.7886111°N 74.2555556°W |
| Callsign meaning | W FM Upsala (College) |
| Owner | Auricle Communications |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WFMU is a listener-supported, independent community radio station headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, broadcasting at 91.1 (at 90.1 as WMFU, and at 91.9 as W219DQ) MHz FM, presenting a freeform radio format. It is the longest-running freeform radio station in the U.S. The station is licensed to the city of East Orange, New Jersey, and its terrestrial transmitter is located in West Orange. It can be heard worldwide on the internet.
WFMU commenced broadcasting in April 1958, licensed to Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey. Although originally a student-staffed and faculty-administered college radio operation, by the 1980s most of the station's staff had no affiliation with the college, and management, though hired by the college, had little involvement with the academic community. Shortly before Upsala's bankruptcy filing and closure on May 31, 1995, a group of station executives, personnel, and supporters formed Auricle Communications and bought the license from the college, making it a fully independent radio station. In August 1998 the station's studios and offices were relocated to a Jersey City facility purchased with listener donations.
The station's transmitter is situated atop the First Watchung Mountain in West Orange, New Jersey. Due to the crowded state of the noncommercial end of the FM dial in the northeastern United States, as well as the need to protect WNYE at nearby 91.5, the station operates at a relatively modest 1,250 watts. Still, it easily covers most of northern New Jersey, with at least grade B coverage across the Hudson in New York City. WFMU has a repeater station, WMFU (formerly WXHD), in Mount Hope, New York, broadcasting at 90.1 MHz in the Hudson Valley, the Lower Catskills, western New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. In January 2013, WFMU opened an additional repeater station, W219DQ, in New City, New York, broadcasting at 91.9 MHz covering Rockland County.
...
Wikipedia