WFDU

WFDU
Broadcast areaNorth Jersey, and New York City
Frequency89.1 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding89.1 WFDU
Programming
Language(s)English
Format
Subchannels
  • HD2: Eclectic Sound
  • HD3: Student Voice of FDU
Ownership
OwnerFairleigh 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 ID20458
ClassB1
ERP
  • 3,000 watts (Analog)
  • 119 watts (Digital)
HAAT195 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
Webcast
Websitewww.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".

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WFDU". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.