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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10 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

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Can Open Source Technology Save Music? A conversation with Jesse von Doom & Maggie Vail of CASH Music

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 54:28
  • Purchases: 1
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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...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 1
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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...

Bought by KPIP-LP and KZYX


  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 58:13
  • Purchases: 2
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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 ...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:01:45
  • Purchases: 1
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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...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and KPIP-LP


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 2
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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...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 57:02
  • Purchases: 1
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.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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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