WFMU

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WFMU

East Orange, New Jersey
Broadcast area	New York metropolitan area
Frequency	91.1 MHz
Programming
Format	Free-form radio
Ownership
Owner	Auricle Communications
History
First air date	April 1958; 66 years ago (1958-04)
Call sign meaning	FM Upsala College (former owner)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	3249
Class	A
ERP	1,250 watts
HAAT	151 meters (495 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°47′19.00″N 74°15′20.00″W / 40.7886111°N 74.2555556°W / 40.7886111; -74.2555556
Translator(s)	91.9 W220EJ (Weehawken)
Repeater(s)	90.1 WMFU (Mount Hope, New York)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	wfmu.org

WFMU (91.1 MHz) is a non-commercial, listener-supported, independent community radio station licensed to East Orange, New Jersey, with studios in Jersey City. It is owned by Auricle Communications, broadcasting a free-form radio format. The station holds periodic on-air fundraisers and seeks donation on its website.

WFMU is a Class A station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,250 watts. The transmitter is on Prospect Avenue and Mount Pleasant Avenue in West Orange.^[2] Programming is also heard on 10-watt FM translator W220EJ at 91.9 FM in Weehawken.^[3] The Lower Catskills, parts of Northern New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania can hear simulcast sister station WMFU at 90.1 MHz, licensed to Mount Hope, New York, with its tower in Otisville.^[4] That station also has a 10-watt translator at 91.9 MHz in New City, New York, serving Rockland County.^[5]