WFMU

WFMU
Broadcast areaNew York metropolitan area
Frequency91.1 MHz
Programming
FormatFree-form radio
Ownership
OwnerAuricle Communications
History
First air date
April 1958; 66 years ago (1958-04)
Call sign meaning
FM Upsala College (former owner)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID3249
ClassA
ERP1,250 watts
HAAT151 meters (495 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
40°47′19.00″N 74°15′20.00″W / 40.7886111°N 74.2555556°W / 40.7886111; -74.2555556
Translator(s)91.9 W220EJ (Weehawken)
Repeater(s)90.1 WMFU (Mount Hope, New York)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewfmu.org

WFMU (91.1 MHz) is a non-commercial, listener-supported, independent community radio station licensed to East Orange, New Jersey, with studios in Jersey City. It is owned by Auricle Communications, broadcasting a free-form radio format. The station holds periodic on-air fundraisers and seeks donation on its website.

WFMU is a Class A station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,250 watts. The transmitter is on Prospect Avenue and Mount Pleasant Avenue in West Orange.[2] Programming is also heard on 10-watt FM translator W220EJ at 91.9 FM in Weehawken.[3] The Lower Catskills, parts of Northern New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania can hear simulcast sister station WMFU at 90.1 MHz, licensed to Mount Hope, New York, with its tower in Otisville.[4] That station also has a 10-watt translator at 91.9 MHz in New City, New York, serving Rockland County.[5]

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WFMU". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WFMU-FM 91.1 MHz - East Orange, NJ". radio-locator.com.
  3. ^ "W220EJ-FM 91.9 MHz - Weehawken, NJ". radio-locator.com.
  4. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WMFU
  5. ^ Radio-Locator.com/W220EG