WFMU

WFMU
Broadcast areaNew York metropolitan area
Frequency91.1 MHz
Programming
FormatFree-form radio
Ownership
OwnerAuricle Communications
History
First air date
1958 (1958)
Call sign meaning
FM Upsala College (former owner)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID3249
ClassA
ERP1,250 watts
HAAT151 meters (495 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
40°47′19.00″N 74°15′20.00″W / 40.7886111°N 74.2555556°W / 40.7886111; -74.2555556
Translator(s)91.9 W220EJ (Weehawken)
Repeater(s)90.1 WMFU (Mount Hope)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewfmu.org

WFMU is a listener-supported, independent community radio station licensed to East Orange, New Jersey. Since 1998, it has been headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. It broadcasts in northeast New Jersey at 91.1 MHz FM, to New York City and Rockland County via a repeater at 91.9 FM, and in the Hudson Valley, the Lower Catskills, western New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania from Mount Hope, New York at 90.1 via the repeater station WMFU.[2] It is the longest-running free-form radio station in the U.S.[3] The station's main terrestrial transmitter is located in West Orange, New Jersey.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WFMU". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "About WFMU – WFMU-FM 91.1/Jersey City, NJ; 90.1/Hudson Valley, NY". Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  3. ^ "A Brief History of Free-form Radio", Lowest Common Denominator, Issue No. 21 (c. 1998)

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