WMFU (90.1
FM) is a
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broadcasting a
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format, licensed to
Mount Hope, New York
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, United States. The station is owned by Auricle Communications.
Since 1996, WMFU is a repeater station of
WFMU
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, a radio station that is based in
Jersey City
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, after Auricle (the owners of WFMU) received the station as a donation.
History
The station went on the air as WEXX on April 3, 1990. On July 9, 1990, the station changed its call sign to WDHZ, again on September 3, 1990, to WXHD, and on May 10, 2009, to the current WMFU.
See also
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WFMU
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/91.1 FM, licensed to
East Orange, New Jersey
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