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WFUV (90.7 FM) is a non–commercial
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to
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. The station is owned by Fordham University, with studios on its Bronx campus and its antenna atop nearby Montefiore Medical Center. WFUV first went on the air in 1947. It became a professional public radio station in 1990 and is one of three
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member stations in New York City. Its on-air staff has included radio veterans
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Pete Fornatale Peter Salvatore Fornatale (August 23, 1945 – April 26, 2012) was a New York City disc jockey and author of numerous books on rock and roll. He is considered a "pioneer of FM rock", who played an important role in the progressive rock era of FM ...
,
Rita Houston Rita Houston (September 28, 1961 – December 15, 2020) was the Program Director of Fordham University’s public radio station WFUV and the host of the show ''The Whole Wide World''. Houston was considered a "tastemaker" in the radio world, h ...
, and current disc jockey Darren DeVivo.


Background

Founded in 1947 by Fordham University, WFUV became a student-run, 50,000-watt station in 1968-1969 before transitioning to a public station during the late 1980s. WFUV is a
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affiliate. The station's
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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. The station is known for its
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(AAA) format – a mix of adult rock, singer-songwriters, world and other music, formerly branded as "City Folk" – as well as Celtic music. The station serves 375,000 weekly listeners in the New York area and 100,000 more worldwide on the web each month. As of January 2021, WFUV is the third most popular station in any rock music
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in the New York market after
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and WNYL. In terms of weekly audience, it is the most listened to
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alternative music station in the United States. Of all noncommercial stations regardless of format, it is the third most popular in the New York market (after
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and WQXR) and 22nd most popular nationally (as of May 2018).


Programming

Outside of its weekday AAA programming, WFUV airs a variety of specialty shows, which include genres such as
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and early pop and
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. National programs heard on WFUV, as of 2021, include '' World Cafe'', '' The Grateful Dead Hour'', and '' The Thistle and Shamrock''. The station has a longstanding Sunday tradition of airing a mix of Celtic music and Fordham University programming during the day and eclectic folk in the evening. In-studio interviews and performances are also a prominent feature of its programming. On-air guests have included
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, Dick Cavett,
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, Paul Simon,
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, Robbie Robertson, Los Lobos,
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, John Zacherle,
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, Elvis Costello, Ani DiFranco,
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(in her radio debut). WFUV has introduced many other new artists over the years.


On-air staff

The present day roster of air talent features longtime FUV disc jockey, Darren DeVivo, a station mainstay since 1984; Corny O'Connell, another WFUV vet who joined the staff in the late 1980s;
Dennis Elsas Dennis Elsas is an American disc jockey in New York City, whose radio and voiceover career has spanned 50 years, most notably his more than 25 years at WNEW-FM in New York City, where he debuted on July 11, 1971. He also served as music director ...
, formerly of
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; Alisa Ali; and assistant music director Eric Holland. The station's team of DJs also includes Janet Bardini, who recently returned after first working at FUV in the late 1970s into the early 1980s; Benham Jones; production director, Sarah Wardrop; and director of technical operations, George Evans. Specialty shows are hosted by Kathleen Biggins, who has been a part of WFUV since the mid-1980s ("A Thousand Welcomes"); Don McGee ("Mixed Bag", a program created by
Pete Fornatale Peter Salvatore Fornatale (August 23, 1945 – April 26, 2012) was a New York City disc jockey and author of numerous books on rock and roll. He is considered a "pioneer of FM rock", who played an important role in the progressive rock era of FM ...
); Bob Sherman ("Woody's Children," a folk music program that's been heard on New York City radio for over fifty years); Paul Cavalconte, on his second tour of duty at WFUV having started his broadcasting career at FUV in the late 1970s into the late 1980s ("Cavalcade"); John Platt ("Sunday Supper"); digital content editor Kara Manning ("UKNY"); music director Russ Borris ("The Alternate Side"); and Delphine Blue ("The Whole Wide World"). The Irish music program "Ceol na nGael" (translation: "Music of the Irish") continues to be hosted by a team of Fordham students.


History

WFUV was founded in 1947 by Fordham University's communication department. Early programming was a mix of classical, popular, ethnic music and the University's sports broadcasts. Many chamber music and piano recitals were broadcast live from now-defunct Studio B in the 1950s. The station also broadcast a long-running series of live Sunday classical broadcasts from The Ethical Culture Society in Manhattan. 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. Around this time, the station became part of the school's Student Affairs division and was run by students. 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. WFUV's daily rock music programming also began in the late 1960s. WFUV began broadcasting in stereo on March 31, 1973. In the mid 1980s, the station began to transition to a professionally-operated public station "to increase its public service and community impact". WFUV has been a professional noncommercial radio station since 1990. To be more competitive in the New York market at this time, it introduced a more folk and alternative music sound under the name "City Folk", as well as news/talk radio elements such as weather and traffic reports. The station also adopted the nascent
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format. This shift was overseen by longtime general manager Dr. Ralph Jennings and program director Chuck Singleton. In May 1994, Fordham started building a transmission tower for WFUV on its Rose Hill campus, directly across from the
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(NYBG)'s Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. The NYBG, which did not know about the tower's construction, subsequently requested that construction of the tower be halted. Construction was delayed for several months before the
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ruled that the tower could be built away from its originally proposed location. Both the NYBG and Fordham disagreed with the proposed compromise, however. In 1997, the
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ruled that the tower would negatively affect the NYBG if it were finished, but a New York state court upheld its legality. In 2002, Montefiore Medical Center offered to move WFUV's antenna to its own facilities on Gun Hill Road, one of the highest locations in the Bronx, and Fordham agreed. Fordham subsequently announced in 2004 that it intended to destroy the half-built tower on Rose Hill. In 2005, the studios, offices, and transmitter moved from the third floor of
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on Fordham's Rose Hill campus to Keating Hall's basement. The move allowed the station to improve its equipment and gain more space. In 2011, music director
Rita Houston Rita Houston (September 28, 1961 – December 15, 2020) was the Program Director of Fordham University’s public radio station WFUV and the host of the show ''The Whole Wide World''. Houston was considered a "tastemaker" in the radio world, h ...
took over as the station's program director from Chuck Singleton, who, in turn, became general manager; Houston held the position through 2020. In June 2021, the station named Rich McLaughlin as program director; in addition to his career in radio and streaming music programming, McLaughlin is a Fordham University alumnus who worked for the station as an undergraduate as well as for its digital offering, ''The Alternate Side''.


Notable former staff


Former professional staff

Notable past-staff at WFUV include DJs
Pete Fornatale Peter Salvatore Fornatale (August 23, 1945 – April 26, 2012) was a New York City disc jockey and author of numerous books on rock and roll. He is considered a "pioneer of FM rock", who played an important role in the progressive rock era of FM ...
and
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.
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, former editor-in-chief of music magazines''
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'' and '' Spin'' and music critic at the ''New York Times'', was an on-air contributor and music critic during the mid-2000s at WFUV. Longtime DJ Rich Conaty presented his
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show ''The Big Broadcast'' on the station from 1972-1992, and again from 1998 until his death in 2016. Former program director and DJ
Rita Houston Rita Houston (September 28, 1961 – December 15, 2020) was the Program Director of Fordham University’s public radio station WFUV and the host of the show ''The Whole Wide World''. Houston was considered a "tastemaker" in the radio world, h ...
, who worked at the station from 1994 until her death in 2020, was a noted New York tastemaker and early champion of artists like Brandi Carlile,
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, and the Indigo Girls.
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, best known as part of
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, hosted the weekly show ''The Boogie Down'' from 2017 to 2021. Radio announcer
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instructed students in the sports department after his retirement. Glickman was the radio announcer of the New York Knicks, New York Giants, and New York Jets, and the subject of the
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-produced 2013 HBO documentary film ''Glickman''.


Former student staff

WFUV's rock music shows were formerly hosted by Fordham students, most notably
Pete Fornatale Peter Salvatore Fornatale (August 23, 1945 – April 26, 2012) was a New York City disc jockey and author of numerous books on rock and roll. He is considered a "pioneer of FM rock", who played an important role in the progressive rock era of FM ...
, 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. Other alumni include: *
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'' actor *
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, Emmy Award-winning director and writer of educational shows '' 3-2-1 Contact'' and ''
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, film and television producer *
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, actor, most notable for his role as
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Ted May Ted May (1949–2020) was an American television director. Career Positions held include: * Director on '' Sesame Street Visits the Firehouse'' (1990), '' Sesame Songs Home Video: Rock and Roll'' (1990), ''Between the Lions'' (2000), '' TV Funhou ...
, Emmy Award-winning director for ''
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'' *
Charles Osgood Charles Osgood Wood III (born January 8, 1933), known professionally as Charles Osgood, is an American radio and television commentator, writer and musician. Osgood is best known for being the host of ''CBS News Sunday Morning'', a role he held ...
, retired host of '' CBS News Sunday Morning'' and ''The Osgood Report'' on CBS Radio *
John Schaefer John Schaefer is an American radio host and author. A longtime host at WNYC, Schaefer began hosting the influential radio shows ''New Sounds'' in 1982 and ''Soundcheck'' in 2002, and has produced many different programs for other New York Public ...
, noted music journalist and host of WNYC's ''New Sounds'' and ''Soundcheck''; former WFUV program director * Raymond Siller, the head writer for Johnny Carson News department alumni are/were heard on many stations and networks nationally. These include: * Scott Detrow, co-host of the
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Politics Podcast and NPR White House Correspondent *
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, Emmy Award-winning reporter for CBS in New York City * Richard Hake, longtime
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reporter and host of ''
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, formerly of ''
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'' * Jonathan Vigliotti, Emmy Award-winning foreign correspondent for
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The sports department has produced numerous notable alumni, most notably, Brooklyn/
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announcer and Baseball Hall of Famer
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, who helped found WFUV. Other alumni include: *
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, television announcer for the New York Knicks and the ''
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'', recipient of the 2020
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*
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, radio announcer for the
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and Compass Media *
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, studio analyst for
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, former sportswriter for ''
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'' *
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, television announcer for CBS and Turner, former radio announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks * Michael Kay, television announcer for the
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and host of the radio show ''
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'' and CenterStage *
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'' and ''The New York Times'', founder of WFUV show ''One on One'', recipient of the 2007
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*
Sal Marchiano Salvatore Joseph "Sal" Marchiano (born March 3, 1941) is a former American sportscaster who worked in New York radio and television for forty four years. In December 2008 he retired from his position as sports director and anchor for the WPIX C ...
, retired two-time Emmy Award-winning sports anchor
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in New York *
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and
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*
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, host of
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's ''
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'' and sports contributor to ''
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'' *
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, television announcer for the
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,
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,
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, and WNBA on ESPN *
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, radio play-by-play announcer for the
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*
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, host at Pac-12 Network, former host of ESPN's SportsCenter


Recognition

WFUV has received numerous awards and nominations from professional organizations on local, state, and national levels. In the early 2000s, the station was named one of the best radio stations in its category on multiple occasions by trade organizations.
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named it one of the top twenty college radio stations every year from 2012 to 2020. In 2013,
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listed it as the eighth best college radio station in the country. WFUV is regularly distinguished for their newscasts and public affairs coverage. Nationally, the newsroom has been awarded nearly every year over the past two decades by the Public Radio Journalist Association and the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation's
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on both professional and student levels. Since 2009, assistant news and public affairs director Robin Shannon has been awarded six times by these two organizations for Best News Anchor/Newscast. Former music and program director Rita Houston was awarded on multiple occasions by trade organizations
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, JBE, Gavin Report, and
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for her work. Selected national professional awards (1998–present) * 2000:
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Deems Taylor Awards – Broadcast Award for WFUV's ''City Folk, The Big Broadcast and Swing Time'' (Rita Houston and Rich Conaty) * 2001:
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Music Director of the Year –
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* 2001:
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Station of the Year – WFUV * 2001:
FMQB ''Friday Morning Quarterback'' (better known as ''FMQB'') was a trade magazine which covered the radio and music industries in the United States. Its coverage included programming, management, promotion, marketing, and airplay Airplay is how ...
Triple A Conference – Progressive Noncommercial Radio Station of the Year * 2002:
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Triple A Conference – Progressive Noncommercial Radio Station of the Year * 2003:
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Triple A Conference – Progressive Noncommercial Radio Station of the Year * 2003: R&R Triple A Summit Industry Achievement Awards – Music Director of the Year –
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* 2004: R&R Triple A Summit Industry Achievement Awards – Air Personality Of The Year –
Rita Houston Rita Houston (September 28, 1961 – December 15, 2020) was the Program Director of Fordham University’s public radio station WFUV and the host of the show ''The Whole Wide World''. Houston was considered a "tastemaker" in the radio world, h ...
* 2004: Lincoln University’s Unity Awards in Media – Outstanding Reporting of Education for "Cityscape: Education Beat" * 2004:
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' Golden Reels Awards – Best National Public Affairs Programming for "Democracy on the Block" (Finalist) * 2005: RTDNA's National Edward R. Murrow Awards – Best News Series (Radio Large Market) for ''Subculture'' * 2007:
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Deems Taylor Awards – Broadcast Award for WFUV's ''Idiot’s Deligh''t ( Vin Sclesa) * 2011: Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Awards – Best Radio Feature Reporting for "Ernie Harwell: Our Friend in the Booth" * 2012: FMQB Triple A Conference – Program Director of the Year – Rita Houston * 2019: FMQB Triple A Conference – Program Director of the Year (Noncommercial) – Rita Houston * 2020: JBE Triple A Awards – Program Director of the Year (Noncommercial) – Rita Houston


References

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* * {{Authority control Fordham University media Adult album alternative radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1947 FUV NPR member stations FUV 1947 establishments in New York City