WFUV- 90.7 FM

Still the best station in the New York area, but they really did get repetitive. It’s still mostly quality stuff, but you can’t really listen to it all day every day like you used to be able to.

Sadly, have to agree with BIll S. Used to be a great station. Changes are awful. And same songs are played over and over. Isn’t this what they used to say set them apart from commercial radio?

Sadly, they have changed the format. They are obviously trying to attract a younger audience so they can make more money. Not gonna work. Younger people listen don’t listen to terrestrial radio, and they will not pledge money like the older listeners. The new format is a disconcerting hodgepodge of new alt-​style junk mixed with a couple of classics. Too jarring and inconsistent. Doesn’t work. Very sad to see the last good station in NYC die.

Radio sucks in NYC. Except for one station. And I do not want to pay for good radio. I have too many other expenses like trying new great restaurants recommended on Unilocal.That being said, WFUV 90.7 is the best. Their DJ’s are the best in the industry. They have turned me onto more new music and I hope they can keep it coming. Monday through Friday I listen to Claudia Marshall, Darren Devivo and Dennis Elsas (from the old WNEW FM station) to name a few. The weekends are filled with great music as well. Saturday nights have Pete Fornatale’s Mixed Bag and Vince Scelsa’s Idiot’s Delight. They just added Marshall Crenshaw’s «The Bottomless Pit». This is free form radio at it’s best! FUV sponsors many concerts throughout the year. Since this is public radio, if you become a member by donating money, members have the ability to pick up free concert tickets from their member line. This radio station really does it right. check out their web site at
. BTW, I don’t work for them. I just love to plug great radio which unfortunately is fading fast.

Full disclosure: I work at WFUV. That said, I’m a listener, I was a listener and member before I started. And even knowing how the sausage is made, I’m a believer. Good music has a better chance of getting played on 90.7 FM than anywhere else on the dial, regardless of genre, promotion budget. etc. Hearing new releases mixed in with what I already love (most of the time) has introduced me to dozens of bands, and I believe it KEEPS ME YOUNG. What else can promise that?

Great station. Nothing else like it in NY or on NPR. Always find out about new bands thanks to WFUV.

This is a damn good radio station and I say that as a pretty harsh critic. I don’t listen to radio very often anymore because it has just become so awful but WFUV has restored my faith in the medium, even if it is «listener supported.»
An NPR station that plays music that I actually want to listen too? Heh, I’m only sort of kidding on that one. There are NPR stations for granny but this one happens to appeal to more than just well-​kept society blue hairs.

great station. broad programs.
what keeps me listening is rich conaty’s big broadcast on sunday evenings. where else can you hear jazz and pop of the 1920s and 30s?
absolutely adore it.

This is a good station too. It does have a big baby boomer vibe which is a little of a minus.

I’m a huge, huge, huge fan of satellite radio. I am actually willing to pay $ 13 a month to listen to radio, because free radio nowadays is just god awful. Have you heard Z-​100 lately?
But if there is one last bastion of good free radio, I would like you to turn your dial to the left, all the way down to 90.7 FM and there you will find WFUV, operating out of Fordham University.
I’ve been listening since I was a kid, because on Saturday nights there was a call-​in sports talk show that was great to listen to. It was hosted by a couple of Fordham students, namely one Bob Papa. Name sound familiar? It should, because he does the radio broadcasts for the NY Giants now.
Nowadays I listen to WFUV online, on
, because I can’t get reception in my flat and at work. The music that is played is so amazing and eclectic. Everything ranging from Tom Petty to Bob Dylan to Radiohead to Keb Mo to She & Him to Rilo Kiley to James Brown to Norah Jones. As a matter of fact, WFUV was the first radio station to play Norah Jones on a regular basis.
WFUV even has some of the DJ’s I enjoyed listening to when I was younger, like Vin Scelsa, Dennis Elsas and Pete Fornatale.
All in all, just about THE best radio station in New York, and one of the best in the country.

Member supported, independent radio is underrated — no commercials, just music and interviews and NPR. Don’t expect to hear too much of what’s playing on the commercial stations — no hip-​hop, techno, or anything too heavy. At the same time you’ll probably never hear the serially over-​played Hotel California and its counterparts on this station, but if they did play it, they wouldn’t t play it five thousand times a week like other stations are compelled to do. If I could tie this song to a cinderblock and send it to the bottom of the hudson river, I’d do it, and then I’d do a little dance — just a little one. What will you hear on WFUV? Local artists, international tunes, legends, and live performances.
The program that keeps me coming back is Vin Scelsa’s Idiots Delight. Vin’s been on the radio in NYC since the sixties. Over the years he’s conducted interviews with some of the greatest artists and musical legends of our time. Rock, swing, bluegrass, punk, jazz — its all over the place, but it works. I think this is what is so fascinating about Idiots Delight and about WFUV as a whole — you find music that you wouldn’t find elsewhere on the radio, transcending traditional categories and time and even space-​time.
The only other public station that might hold the higher card is 91.2 WFMU — they broadcast out of Jersey so there is no promising your radio will pick it up, but WFUM has more punk and experimental offerings. Its got a a little more edge. Check out their site for programs — so far I’m favoring Dave the Spazz, but I know there is much more that I haven’t gotten around to appreciating. Both of these stations are available streaming online.

This is one of last radio stations in NY where you can hear live DJs who interview musicians and play Classic Rock, Jazz, Folk and some ethnic stuff thrown in for good measure. Operated by Fordham University with NPR making regular broadcasts, I can get my daily fix of non-​top 40– Beatles, Radiohead, the Dead, Elvis Costello, Gomez, and so much more…