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WFNM (89.1 FM) is a non-commercial
college A college (Latin: ''collegium'') is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering ...
FM
radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...
licensed to serve
Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lancaster, ( ; pdc, Lengeschder) is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest inland cities in the United States. With a population at the 2020 census of 58,039, it ranks 11th in population amon ...
. The station is owned by
Franklin & Marshall College Franklin & Marshall College (F&M) is a private liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It employs 175 full-time faculty members and has a student body of approximately 2,400 full-time students. It was founded upon the merger of Fran ...
and broadcasts a
variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
format. The station Advisor is Josh Hankins. Dan T. Lewis advised from January 1998 to 2018, when he retired. Dan has hosted the " Bessie Smith Green Tea Show" Mondays 5-7 AM. The station's shows are hosted by students, faculty & professional staff DJs. The station broadcasts an eclectic mix, with DJs having talk shows, playing music, or a mix of both. In 2018, WFNM was ranked #19 on The Princeton Review's Top 20 Best College Radio Stations.


History

The
Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction ...
granted WFNM's first license on August 1, 1973.


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* * FNM FNM Radio stations established in 1973 {{Pennsylvania-radio-station-stub