WFMU

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WFMU-FM is a listener-supported, non-commercial radio station broadcasting at 91.1 Mhz FM in Jersey City, NJ, right across the Hudson from lower Manhattan. It is currently the longest running freeform  radio station in the United States. 

WFMU's programming ranges from flat-out uncategorizable strangeness to rock and roll, experimental music, 78 RPM Records, jazz, psychedelia, hip-hop, electronica, hand-cranked wax cylinders, punk rock, gospel, exotica, R&B, radio improvisation, cooking instructions, classic radio airchecks, found sound, dopey call-in shows, interviews with obscure radio personalities and notable science-world luminaries, spoken word collages, Andrew Lloyd Webber soundtracks in languages other than English as well as Country and western music.

All of the station's programming is controlled by individual DJs and is not beholden to any type of station-wide playlist or rotation schedule. Experimentation, spontaneity and humor are among the station's most frequently noted distinguishing traits. WFMU does not belong to any existing public radio network, and close to 100% of its programming originates at the station.

Series

Caption: Mudd Up!
12 Pieces

New bass and beats plus live guests (musicians, DJs, poets) and an ear for the global south. Cumbia. Dubstep. Gangsta synthetics. Sound-art. Maghrebi. International exclusives.

  • From: WFMU
  • Updated: Jul 06, 2012
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69 Pieces

Radio Free Culture is a weekly program that explores digital culture and the arts.

  • From: WFMU
  • Updated: Dec 18, 2014
Caption: Sinner's Crossroads
62 Pieces

Vintage gospel music from the American South. Americana and rare Christian music. You don't have to be a believer to love this show.

  • From: WFMU
  • Updated: Jul 06, 2012
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0 Pieces

Mark Hurst interviews authors, journalists, and creators who are charting the way forward in a tech-saturated society.

  • From: WFMU
  • Updated: Feb 16, 2024
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18 Pieces

WFMU's Too Much Information is the sober hangover after the digital party has run out of memes, apps and schemes. Host Benjamen Walker finds out that, in a world where everyone overshares the truth 140 characters at a time, telling tales might be the most honest thing to do.

  • From: WFMU
  • Updated: Aug 16, 2012

Latest Pieces

Caption: "Transmitters-5" by Adam Bowie. 2011. CC BY-NC-SA via flickr.
Cheyenne gets some background on the history of one of Boston's most unique art and music institutions.

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  • Added: Jan 08, 2015
  • Length: 14:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Radiostacja R-118 wnetrze" by Markier at pl.wikipedia Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Cheyenne talks to Jared Balogh about being a musician in the Creative Commons age.

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  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 12:23
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Transmitters-5" by Adam Bowie. 2011. CC BY-NC-SA via flickr.
Cheyenne spoke with Aaron Wolf about Snowdrift.coop, a new crowdfunding platform for freely-licensed software and creative works, as well as some b...

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  • Added: Dec 25, 2014
  • Length: 13:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Cheyenne talks to Doug & Tom of Music Manumit podcast about podcasts. Meta!

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 16:47
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Radiostacja R-118 wnetrze" by Markier at pl.wikipedia Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 - Wikimedia
In this episode, Cheyenne Hohman, RFC host and current Director of the FMA, spoke with Tom Ray and Doug Whitfield, co-hosts of the Music Manumit po...

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  • Added: Dec 10, 2014
  • Length: 22:48
  • Purchases: 1
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WFMU and the Free Music Archive are proud to present a new season of Radio Free Culture, a weekly podcast exploring issues at the intersection of d...

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  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 31:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Transmitters-5" by Adam Bowie. 2011. CC BY-NC-SA via flickr.
In this episode, Cheyenne Hohman, current Director of the FMA, spoke with Ken Freedman, the station manager at noncommercial freeform radio station...

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  • Added: Nov 26, 2014
  • Length: 17:44
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode, Cheyenne Hohman, current Director of the FMA, spoke with Mike Gregoire about blocSonic, a long-running netlabel and FMA curator.

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 16:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Hard Nips at Foo Fest 2012. Photo courtesy of AS220.org
In this episode, Cheyenne Hohman, current Director of the FMA, spoke with Jacob Nathan about a long-running art and performance space called AS220 ...

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  • Added: Nov 13, 2014
  • Length: 20:36
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kevin MacLeod, CC-BY composer. Photo courtesy of Ryan Camarda.
In this episode, Cheyenne Hohman, current Director of the Free Music Archive, spoke with Kevin MacLeod about composing music, why he chooses to sha...

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  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 21:39
  • Purchases: 1