WFUV 90.7 FM is the noncommercial, member-supported public media service of Fordham University in the Bronx, New York, known for adult album alternative music, award-winning local news and sports, and its student training program.
WFUV (90.7 FM) is a noncommercial, member-supported public media service of Fordham University, broadcasting from studios on the university's Rose Hill campus in the Bronx, New York. The station first went on the air in 1947, became a professional public radio station in 1990, and is one of three NPR member stations in New York City. Its call letters stand for "Fordham University's Voice."
WFUV describes itself as New York's source for music discovery. Its weekday format is adult album alternative (Triple A) music, alongside award-winning local news and sports and a diverse weekend lineup that includes the long-running Celtic music program Ceol na nGael. The station also carries the FUV All Music stream on its HD2 channel, presents about 100 live in-studio performances and artist interviews each year, and features regional artists through New York Slice. Its Strike a Chord campaign connects listeners with community organizations, and its EQFM initiative works toward gender and racial balance in programming. WFUV reaches nearly 400,000 listeners a week in the New York area, plus streaming audiences nationwide.
Training Fordham students is part of the station's mission. Students work alongside a professional staff of about 30 in news, sports, audio production, live music engineering and video, broadcast engineering, music, promotions and underwriting.
WFUV staff are employees of Fordham University, and the station's professional openings are posted on Fordham's careers site. It hires for station leadership, sponsorship and underwriting sales, membership and development, music programming and on-air hosting, news and sports, digital content, marketing and promotions, and broadcast and live music engineering.
