WFUV

WFUV
Broadcast area	New York, New York
Branding	90.7 WFUV
Slogan	NY's Music Discovery
Frequency	90.7 (MHz) (also on HD Radio) 90.7-2 FM FUV All Music (HD Radio)
First air date	1947
Format	Adult album alternative
ERP	47,000 watts
HAAT	155 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	22033
Transmitter coordinates	40°52′48.00″N 73°52′40.00″W / 40.8800000°N 73.8777778°W / 40.8800000; -73.8777778
Callsign meaning	W Fordham University's Voice
Affiliations	National Public Radio
Owner	Fordham University
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wfuv.org

WFUV, 90.7 FM in New York City, is Fordham University's 47,000-watt effective radiated power noncommercial radio station, with studios on its Bronx campus and its antenna atop nearby Montefiore Medical Center. First broadcast in 1947, its air staff has included New York City radio veterans Dennis Elsas, Vin Scelsa and Pete Fornatale. Other full-time air staff members include Rita Houston (program director and host of the program The Whole Wide World), Darren DeVivo, Carmel Holt, Corny O'Connell and Alisa Ali.

WFUV broadcasts in HD.^[1]

Background

The station is a National Public Radio affiliate. It had been a 3,500-watt station from its inception until February 21, 1969, when its effective radiated power was increased to 50,000 watts. It began broadcasting in stereo on March 31, 1973.^[2] It serves over 350,000 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, formerly branded as "City Folk"), 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 The Thistle & Shamrock. In-studio interviews and performances are also a prominent feature of its programming. On-air guests have included Radio Hall of Famer Arthur Godfrey (in 1947), Pete Hamill, Steve Buscemi, Tim Robbins, The Jefferson Airplane, The Association, 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, Art Garfunkel, Robbie Robertson, Los Lobos, Tony Bennett, John Zacherle, The Bad Plus, Buddy Guy, Rosanne Cash, Elvis Costello, Ani DiFranco, The Polyphonic Spree, Jackson Browne, Ben Harper, Richard Barone, The Decemberists, Moby, Uncle Tupelo, Josh Ritter, Neil Young, Of Monsters and Men, 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/were heard on many stations and networks nationally. These include Richard Hake of WNYC in New York, Chris Reilly, an anchor on WNYC & WINS in New York, Kathleen Maloney, a WINS & WABC in New York reporter, Tom O'Hanlon, a reporter on WCBS in New York, and Greg Kelly, of Fox News Channel.

The sports department has produced several notable alumni, including the legendary Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers announcer and Baseball Hall of Famer Vin Scully, two-time Emmy Award-winning sports anchor Sal Marchiano for WPIX-TV in New York, Yankees announcer Michael Kay, New York Times sportswriter Jack Curry, USA Today & New York Times sportswriter Malcolm Moran, Knicks and NBA on ABC announcer Mike Breen, Nets announcer Chris Carrino, Knicks announcer Spero Dedes, New York Giants announcer Bob Papa, WFAN's "Talking Baseball" host Ed Randall, who is also heard on MLB.com, ESPN's Around the Horn host Tony Reali, and the legendary Marty Glickman, who instructed students after his retirement.

History

WFUV's rock music shows were formerly hosted by Fordham students, including - the renowned Pete Fornatale, whose first show began in November 1964, when he was a sophomore, and who returned to WFUV in 2001 after a 30-year hiatus, remaining until his 2012 death - former WFUV Program Director Bill Crowley of Air America Radio, - Pat Dawson of NBC News - Gary Stanley, sportscaster on WCBS in New York City. - Ozzie Alfonso and Ted May, went on to win Emmy Awards as directors of Sesame Street, and Ozzie as Director and Writer of "3-2-1 Contact", and several specials.

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, popular and ethnic music, including Bill Shibilski's Polka Party, which was broadcast from 1964 till 2001, 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.

WFUV has been a public radio station since 1988. 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.

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References

Fordham University

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Campus	Rose Hill Lincoln Center Westchester

Institutes	Walsh Library Tierney Hall Rose Hill Gymnasium Louis Calder Center Seismic Observatory

People	Notable alumni Notable faculty Law School alumni List of Fordham University commencement speakers

Athletics	Fordham Rams Patriot League A-10 Baseball Men's Basketball Rugby Football Men's Soccer Seven Blocks of Granite

Media	WFUV Press The Fordham Ram Law Review Urban Law Journal Environmental Law Review International Law Journal Journal of Corporate & Financial Law Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal

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Radio stations in the New York City market

By AM frequency	570 660¹ 710¹ 770¹ 820 880¹ 1010 1050 1130¹ 1190 1280 1330 1380 1480 1560⁴ 1600 1620 New Jersey 620 930 970 1430 1500 1530 1660 Westchester County, N.Y. 1460

Apex/VHF FM	42.8

By FM frequency	87.7 88.9 89.1² 89.9 90.3 (New York) 90.3 (Brooklyn) 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.9 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.9 98.7 99.5 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.5 104.3 105.1 106.7 107.5 New Jersey 88.3 89.1² 89.5 90.3 91.1 93.1³ 94.7 99.1 100.3³ 105.5 105.9³ 106.3 Westchester County, N.Y. 88.1 88.9 90.3 93.5 96.7 103.9 106.3 107.1 Long Island, N.Y. 92.7 103.5³

Via FM subcarrier	67 kHz Chinese Radio New York Gatewave radio reading service Radio Maria Stati Uniti (Italian) 92 kHz Chung Wah Chinese Broadcasting Company ICN Radio Radio Maria Estados Unidos (Spanish) RBC Radio

Digital radio	710 880 1010 1280 1560 88.3-1 88.3-2 89.5-1 89.5-2 89.9-1 89.9-1 89.9-2 89.9-3 90.7-1 90.7-2 90.7-3 92.3-1 92.3-2 93.1-1 93.1-2 93.5-1 93.5-2 93.5-3 93.5-4 93.9-1 93.9-2 93.9-3 94.7-1 94.7-4 95.5-1 95.5-2 95.5-3 97.1-1 97.1-2 97.9-1 98.7-1 100.3-1 100.3-2 101.1-1 101.1-2 101.1-3 102.7-1 102.7-2 102.7-3 103.5-1 103.5-2 103.5-3 103.9-1 104.3-1 104.3-2 105.1-1 105.1-2 105.9-1 105.9-2 106.7-1 106.7-2 107.5-1 107.5-2

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

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Defunct	WHN⁴ WNBC WNBC-FM⁴ WNEW WYNY⁴

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NPR member stations in the state of New York

WAMC stations	Albany WAMC (AM)/WAMC-FM Canajoharie WCAN Kingston WAMK Middletown WOSR Mount Kisco WWES Plattsburgh WCEL Stamford WANZ Ticonderoga WANC Utica WRUN-FM

WSKG stations	Binghamton WSKG Binghamton WSQX Corning WSQE Hornell WSQA Ithaca WSQG Oneonta WSQC

NCPR stations	Blue Mountain Lake WXLH Boonville WXLB Canton WSLU Cape Vincent WSLZ Gouverneur WSLG Malone WSLO North Creek WXLG Peru WXLU Saranac Lake WSLL Tupper Lake WXLS Watertown WSLJ

WXXI stations	Houghton WXXY-FM Rochester WXXI-FM Rochester WXXI (AM) Rochester WRUR

WNED stations	Buffalo WNED-FM Buffalo WBFO Jamestown WNJA

WBFO stations	Buffalo WBFO Jamestown WUBJ Olean WOLN

WCNY stations	Syracuse WCNY Utica WUNY Watertown WJNY

WRVO stations	Oswego WRVO Syracuse WRVD Clayton WRVH Watertown WRVJ Utica WRVN

Other stations	Brooklyn WNYE Fredonia WCVF Geneva WEOS Hamilton WRCU Jeffersonville WJFF New York City WFUV New York City WNYC New York City WNYC-FM Noyack WSUF Poughkeepsie WRHV Schenectady WMHT Schuyler Falls WOXR Southampton WPPB Southampton WRLI Syracuse WAER

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York

New York college radio stations

WAIH (State University of New York College at Potsdam) WALF (Alfred University) WARY (Westchester Community College) WBNY (Buffalo State College) WBSU (College at Brockport) WCDB (State University of New York at Albany) WCEB (Corning Community College) WCVF (Fredonia State University) WCWP (Long Island University, CW Post Campus) WDWN (Cayuga County Community College) WECW (Elmira College) WERW (Syracuse University) WETD (Alfred State College) WFNP (SUNY New Paltz) WFTU (Five Towns College) WFUV (Fordham University) WGCC (Genesee Community College) WGFR (SUNY Adirondack) WGSU (SUNY Geneseo) WHCL (Hamilton College) WHCR (City College of New York) WHPC (Nassau Community College) WHRW (Binghamton University) WICB (Ithaca College) WITC (Cazenovia College) WITR (Rochester Institute of Technology) WJPZ (Syracuse University) WKCR (Columbia University) WKRB (Kingsborough Community College) WNYK (Nyack College) WNYO (State University of New York – Oswego) WNYU (New York University) WONY (SUNY College at Oneonta) WPNR (Utica College of Syracuse University) WQKE (Plattsburgh State University) WRCU (Colgate University) WRHO (Hartwick College) WRHU (Hofstra University) WRPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) WRUC (Union College) WRUR (University of Rochester) WSBU (St. Bonaventure University) WSIA (College of Staten Island) WSPN (Skidmore College) WSUC (State University of New York – Cortland) WTSC (Clarkson University) WUSB (State University of New York – Stony Brook) WVCR (Siena College) WVHC (Herkiner County Community College) WVKR (Vassar College) WVWA (Colleges of The Seneca) WXBC (Bard College)

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York

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