WFDU

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WFDU

Teaneck, New Jersey United States
Broadcast area	North Jersey, and New York City
Frequency	89.1 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	89.1 WFDU
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Public Radio Eclectic Music Oldies
Subchannels	HD2: Eclectic Sound HD3: Student Voice of FDU
Ownership
Owner	Fairleigh Dickinson University
History
First air date	August 30, 1971; 53 years ago (1971-08-30)
Call sign meaning	Fairleigh Dickinson University
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	20458
Class	B1
ERP	3,000 watts (Analog) 119 watts (Digital)
HAAT	195 meters (640 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°57′39.00″N 73°55′23.00″W / 40.9608333°N 73.9230556°W / 40.9608333; -73.9230556
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live Listen live (HD2) Listen live (HD3)
Website	www.wfdu.fm

WFDU (89.1 MHz branded 89.1 WFDU) is a non-commercial, college radio station licensed to Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey. Founded in 1971, WFDU's studios are on campus, with its transmitter on the Armstrong Tower in Alpine, New Jersey. Following negotiations with New York University and the Federal Communications Commission, an agreement was reached for the two Universities to share the 89.1 frequency on the FM band. While WFDU and WNYU-FM share the frequency, each station maintains separate transmitter and studio facilities as well as discrete programming and personnel.

The station's broadcast signal has up to a 60-mile radius of its transmitter within the historic Armstrong Field Lab in Alpine. The AFL is the site of the world's first FM station, W2XMN, built by the creator of FM technology, Major Edwin Howard Armstrong. With an increase in antenna height and a power rise to 3,000 watts, WFDU-FM has the potential to reach 8.2 million people. In August 2015, WFDU launched two new HD channels: HD2, which is now called "Eclectic Sound", and HD3, which is now called "Student Voice of FDU".