WNYU-FM

WNYU-FM
City	New York, New York
Broadcast area	New York metropolitan area
Branding	WNYU 89.1 FM
Frequency	89.1 (MHz)
Repeater(s)	WNYU-FM1
First air date	1949
Format	Rock music
ERP	8,300 watts
HAAT	78 metres (256 feet)
Class	B1
Facility ID	48695
Transmitter coordinates	40°51′26″N 73°54′48″W / 40.85722°N 73.91333°W / 40.85722; -73.91333Coordinates: 40°51′26″N 73°54′48″W / 40.85722°N 73.91333°W / 40.85722; -73.91333
Callsign meaning	New York University
Owner	New York University
Website	wnyu.org

WNYU-FM (89.1 FM) is a college radio station owned and operated by New York University. Until 2004, it served lower Manhattan and surrounding areas, but thanks to a new booster, it now broadcasts to the tri-state region. The station can be heard on 89.1 FM at 8,300 watts from 4pm until 1am on weekdays, and on the Internet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at wnyu.org. The stream can also be found in iTunes Radio under the Eclectic genre.

WNYU is run entirely by university students. It plays a diverse array of music and encourages independent artists to submit their work for airplay. Their website features archives of aired shows, allowing listeners to tune into missed broadcasts.

The offices and studios are located at 5-11 University Place in Greenwich Village. WNYU's main transmitter is located at University Heights in the Bronx, the former location of NYU. Another transmitter is licensed as WNYU-FM1, a co-channel booster station located at University Plaza at the current campus 40°43′37″N 73°59′53″W / 40.72694°N 73.99806°W / 40.72694; -73.99806 (WNYU-FM1), and serving lower Manhattan where the main signal is blocked by the skyscrapers of upper Manhattan.

The frequency of 89.1 in the New York metropolitan area is actually reserved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the United Nations (to a maximum of 20 kW effective radiated power at up to 500 feet (152 m) HAAT, per 47 CFR §73.501 . This is the only allotment in the country to be specified in the reserved band used by non-commercial educational stations. Because this was never used by the U.N., WNYU and WFDU were allowed to broadcast on it, on a shared time basis.

History

WNYU has been home to Plastic Tales from the Marshmallow Dimension as well as the legendary New Afternoon Show since 1980, when programmer Sal LoCurto, with the support of WNYU Station Manager, Vincent Montuori, flipped the format from progressive rock to new wave, creating a U.S. launching pad for an entire new generation of music including The Human League, Heaven 17, R.E.M., Public Image Limited as well as NYC and Hoboken acts such as The dB's, The Fleshtones, The Bongos, Liquid Liquid, KONK, ESG, The Individuals and The Bush Tetras.

The original New Afternoon Show line-up included Gary Cee (now Director of Operations at Clear Channel TriState in Sussex, New Jersey), Naomi Regelson, Michael "Pablo" Dugan, Sal LoCurto, and Evan "Funk" Davies. Brian "Weems" Williams replaced Gary Cee in 1981. Loscalzo (later of WPDH, WRCN, WDRE, KROQ-FM and K-Rock/NY replaced Evan "Funk" Davies in 1982. Other New Afternoon Show DJs during the 80's included Hrynyszyn, Jon Fox, Anne Clark, Sylvia, and Hugh Foley.

The station broke ground by airing one of the first hardcore punk programs - "Noise! The Show" - with host (and future MTV veejay) Tim Sommer. A snippet of this show can be heard on the Beastie Boys collection "Some Old Bullshit". Following the success of "Noise! The Show", a similar punk and hardcore radio show called "Crucial Chaos" started in the late 1980s and was a staple of the NYHC scene. An infamous live set from the show with an on-air fight between members of Sick of it All and Born Against still exists and can be found on the internet. Crucial Chaos continues to this day, now in its 24th year and still features live sets and interviews from bands in the current hardcore scene.

Alec Baldwin was a frequent guest on short-lived comedy program "Comedy Hell" hosted by Max Keiser who would later go on to invent the Hollywood Stock Exchange and appear as a presenter on both Al-Jazeera English and BBC World News. The show was co-hosted and produced by Loscalzo.

Current programming

Current WNYU DJs include DJ Eclipse of Non Phixion, who hosts a hip-hop show called The Halftime Show every Wednesday night, Tim Sweeney, whom Time Out New York named "one of the most in-demand DJs in the city" in an April 2005 feature, spins dance classics and new electronic music on Beats In Space, Tuesday nights. The Village Voice facetiously called Beats In Space the "Best Radio Show for Hearing 'Disco Train' Several Times on Repeat" in their Best of 2005 issue.

"The Cheap Seats," a sports talk program, airs each Monday night. The show airs for one half-hour and aims to break down professional sports from a uniquely independent viewpoint, especially focusing on teams from the New York region. Listeners may call in and offer their own opinions on the air. The show is currently hosted by members of WNYU's News Department. Other past members include Kenny Albert (Fox), John Schmeelk (New York Giants), Aaron Goldhammer (ESPN Radio), Brook Silva-Braga (HBO), Jay Cowit (WNYC), Rachel Steinberg, Bryan Koch, Keith Sabalja, Rob Maiale, and Brad Clough. Hosts often interview relevant figures from the world of sports. Past guests have included DeMaurice Smith, John Sterling, Kerry Rhodes, Satch Sanders, Ramses Barden and Stu Jackson. The show's forerunner was a live, call-in sports show,"Spotlight On Sports," created in 1978 and hosted by Lawrence Tarantino. The WNYU sports department also provides coverage of NYU men's and women's basketball.

"Tunnel One", which airs every Tuesday evening from 9:00pm to 10:30pm EST, is New York City's only weekly Jamaican ska, rocksteady, and foundation reggae & dancehall radio program. Begun circa 1997, and hosted by djMush1 (trumpet player/multi-instrumentalist, engineer, arranger, and producer, and formerly of the Slackers and Murphy's law, and currently of The Hungry March Band, The Scorchers, & Al Paragus record label and event space [home of When Dance Was Nice]), Tunnel One has featured live in-studio guests such as Junior Reid, Carlton Livingston, Clive Chin, Johnny Osbourne, Danny Dread (Stereo Mars/Volacano), Jah Wise (Tippatone), Tony Screw (Downbeat), Junior Cat, General Trees, Professor Nuts, Al Campbell, Brigadier Jerry, Monty Alexander, Welton Irie, Ranking Trevor, Ranking Joe, and many more.

All of WNYU's current show descriptions and air times can be found on the FM Schedule and .Org schedule on their website.

External links

WNYU Homepage

Query the FCC's FM station database for WNYU

Radio-Locator information on WNYU

Video

PUNKCAST#383 Rob Hatch-Miller interviews TV On The Radio on the New Afternoon Show, Jan 28 2004. (RealPlayer)
PUNKCAST#386 Daniel Blumin interviews Blixa Bargeld on the New Afternoon Show, Jan 30 2004. (RealPlayer)

Radio stations in the New York City market

By AM frequency	570 660 ¹ 710 ¹ 770 ¹ 820 880 ¹ 1010 1050 1130 ¹ 1190 1280 1330 1380 1480 1560 ¹ 1600 1620 New Jersey 620 930 970 1430 1500 1530 1660 Westchester County, N.Y. 1460

By FM frequency	87.7 88.9 89.1² 89.9 90.3 (New York) 90.3 (Brooklyn) 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.9 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.9 98.7 99.5 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.5 104.3 105.1 106.7 107.5 New Jersey 88.3 89.1² 89.5 90.3 91.1 93.1 94.7 99.1 100.3 102.3 105.5 105.9 106.3 107.1 Westchester County, N.Y. 88.1 88.9 90.3 93.5 96.7 100.7 103.9 106.3 107.1 Long Island, N.Y. 92.7 103.5

Via FM subcarrier	67 kHz Chinese Radio New York Gatewave radio reading service Radio Maria Stati Uniti (Italian) 92 kHz Chung Wah Chinese Broadcasting Company ICN Radio Radio Maria Estados Unidos (Spanish) RBC Radio

Digital Radio	710 880 1010 1280 1560 88.3-1 88.3-2 89.5-1 89.5-2 89.9-1 89.9-1 89.9-2 89.9-3 90.7-1 90.7-2 90.7-3 92.3-1 92.3-2 93.1-1 93.1-2 93.5-1 93.5-2 93.5-3 93.5-4 93.9-1 93.9-2 93.9-3 94.7-1 94.7-4 95.5-1 95.5-2 95.5-3 97.1-1 97.1-2 97.9-1 98.7-1 100.3-1 100.3-2 101.1-1 101.1-2 101.1-3 102.7-1 102.7-2 102.7-3 103.5-1 103.5-2 103.5-3 103.9-1 104.3-1 104.3-2 105.1-1 105.1-2 105.9-1 105.9-2 106.7-1 106.7-2 107.5-1 107.5-2

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

By callsign	KWO35 WABC ¹ WADO WARY WAWZ WAXQ WBAI WBBR ¹ WBGO WBLS WBMP WCBS ¹ WCBS-FM WEPN WEPN-FM WFAN ¹ WFAN-FM WFDU² WFME ¹ WFME-FM WFMU WFUV WGHT WHCR-FM WHTZ WHUD WICR WINS WJDM WKCR-FM WKDM WKLV-FM WKMK WKRB WKTU WLIB WLTW WMCA WMSC WNBM WNEW-FM WNSH WNSW WNYC WNYC-FM WNYE WNYM WNYU-FM² WNYZ-LP WOR ¹ WPAT WPAT-FM WPLJ WQBU-FM WQHT (HD2) WQXR-FM WQXW WSIA WSKQ-FM WSNR WSOU WVIP WVOX WWES WWPR-FM (HD2) WWRL WWRU WWRV WWZY WXNY-FM WXPK WZRC

Defunct	WHN ³ WNBC WNBC-FM ³ WNEW WYNY ³

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New York college radio stations

WAIH (State University of New York College at Potsdam) WALF (Alfred University) WARY (Westchester Community College) WBNY (Buffalo State College) WBSU (College at Brockport) WCDB (State University of New York at Albany) WCEB (Corning Community College) WCVF (Fredonia State University) WCWP (Long Island University, CW Post Campus) WDWN (Cayuga County Community College) WECW (Elmira College) WERW (Syracuse University) WETD (Alfred State College) WFNP (SUNY New Paltz) WFTU (Five Towns College) WFUV (Fordham University) WGCC (Genesee Community College) WGFR (SUNY Adirondack) WGSU (SUNY Geneseo) WHCL (Hamilton College) WHCR (City College of New York) WHPC (Nassau Community College) WHRW (Binghamton University) WICB (Ithaca College) WITC (Cazenovia College) WITR (Rochester Institute of Technology) WJPZ (Syracuse University) WKCR (Columbia University) WKRB (Kingsborough Community College) WNYK (Nyack College) WNYO (State University of New York – Oswego) WNYU (New York University) WONY (SUNY College at Oneonta) WPNR (Utica College of Syracuse University) WQKE (Plattsburgh State University) WRCU (Colgate University) WRHO (Hartwick College) WRHU (Hofstra University) WRPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) WRUC (Union College) WRUR (University of Rochester) WSBU (St. Bonaventure University) WSIA (College of Staten Island) WSPN (Skidmore College) WSUC (State University of New York – Cortland) WTSC (Clarkson University) WUSB (State University of New York – Stony Brook) WVCR (Siena College) WVHC (Herkiner County Community College) WVKR (Vassar College) WVWA (Colleges of The Seneca) WXBC (Bard College)

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