WFMU

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Description

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.

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Using live-steaming technology, Tim Pool involves his viewers in his reporting process live from the sites of protests around the world, and uses a...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:03:09
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http://radiovision.wfmu.org

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 56:52
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Can Open Source Technology Save Music? A conversation with Jesse von Doom & Maggie Vail of CASH Music

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 54:28
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The title of this panel comes from the always provocative Neil Young but this is not another debate about the morality of piracy. Anna Troberg (Swe...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:32
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WFMU's Radiovision Festival reminds us again of the many ways old fashioned radio is still powerful, connected, and intertwined with the dreams and...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 58:13
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How are today's musicians earning money? Thanks to the Future of Music Coalition's pioneering Artist Revenue Streams project, we finally have some ...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:01:45
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Join Andrea and her Grandma Phyllis for Radio Passover. While the two munch matza and bitter herbs, they'll present a selection of stories about th...

  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 58:27
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Multi award-winning producer and sound artist Francesca Panetta joins Radio Free Culture to discuss Hackney Hear, the winner of this year's Prix Eu...

  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 57:02
Caption: Casey Rae-Hunter, Credit: Image from sockmonkeysound.com
The Future of Music Coalition's Casey Rae joins the Free Music Archive's Jason Sigal and a panel of music bloggers to discuss the future of MP3 blogs.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
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G.S. recalls how bad karma took him from Devon, England to the C.U.T. bomb shelters in Montana. Author Robert Brockway explains how everything is g...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
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Hal Niedzviecki talks Peep Culture and tries to make his Facebook friends real. Peter Choyce recalls being the second person on the Internet. Eddie...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 54:01
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Your host visits Copenhagen in search of Kierkegaardian truth, Susan Anderson takes pictures of child beauty stars, Barry Gifford writes the last c...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
Caption: MP3 - The Meaning of a Format
WFMU's Benjamen Walker interviews author and academic Jonathan Sterne on the meaning of the MP3.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2012
  • Length: 58:53
Caption: Brewster Kahle at Free Bitflows Conference, Credit: http://future-nonstop.org
WFMU's Station Manager Ken Freedman interviews Brewster Kahle, Founder of Archive.org

  • Added: Jul 18, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
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Another edition of Kevin Nutt's sermon of sound, a collection of field recordings, gospel jubilation, and Americana.

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Part two of a special two-hour Mudd Up! special. This hour features a live mix by DJ/Rupture himself at the turntables.

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Part one of a special two-hour edition of Mudd Up!, featuring live mixes from DJ/rupture and guest DJ NK.

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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This edition of Mudd Up! showcases the rebetiko wave of Greek urban folk music, featuring special guests Andy Moor (The Ex, Dog Faced Hermans) and ...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 59:04
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The pop, hiss, and background rumble of rare and underappreciated gospel tunes on 78s and 45s -- akin to a piece of fatback thrown into a hot skill...

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  • Added: May 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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A ministry of music, a sermon of song: Kevin Nutt's weekly gospel extravaganza featuring the finest and rarest American religious music.

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: May 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1