WFMU

WFMU is an independent, listener-supported freeform radio station that broadcasts on FM frequencies in Jersey City, New Jersey, and the Hudson Valley, New York, as well as via online streaming. It offers a DJ-hosted programming schedule, archived shows, podcasts, and operates a venue called Monty Hall.www.wfmu.org

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Sep 12, 2026

Downtown Soulville with Mr. Fine Wine | WFMU

Downtown Soulville with Mr. Fine Wine | WFMU

I've got a story to tell you from Sep 11, 2026

Sep 12 · 5 Mentions

speaker_0SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER

2:16

That's my soul!

Mr. Fine WineHOST

3:26

You're tuned to the Downtown Soulville radio program on WFMU.

Mr. Fine WineHOST

3:30

I'm Mr.

Mr. Fine WineHOST

3:30

Fine Wine.

13 MINS LATER

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16:45

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speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER

17:55

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Mr. Fine WineHOST

18:01

Mr. Finewine here on the downtown Soulville radio program, WFMU.

Mr. Fine WineHOST

18:05

Glad to be back after a summer off.

THE BLACK & WYATT RECORDS PODCAST

THE BLACK & WYATT RECORDS PODCAST

The Black and Wyatt Records Podcast-Eric Friedl

Sep 12 · 1 Mention

Mike McCarthyHOST

35:25

Not New Jersey.

Eric FriedlGUEST

35:27

But yeah, Toddaphonic Todd from WFMU is a big fan.

Eric FriedlGUEST

35:30

He said, you've got to book the lots.

Eric FriedlGUEST

35:31

They're great and all this stuff.

Vinyl Community Podcasts

Vinyl Community Podcasts

Surface Noise | The Seven Deadly Sins of Record Collecting...Plus, What is the New Goodwill Record Store Really Like?

Sep 11 · 1 Mention

Jason RojasPANELIST

51:06

I'm just saying, sometimes you get a great deal and you cannot pass it up, you know? It's in front of you once in a lifetime.

Jason RojasPANELIST

51:15

That whole thing at WFMU when I found that Brazilian record, right?

Concert BuddieHOST

51:18

Sure.

Concert BuddieHOST

51:19

Yeah, Joanne, I can't pronounce the last part.

The Eternal Now with Andy Ortmann | WFMU

The Eternal Now with Andy Ortmann | WFMU

Neither Birds, nor Bards Sing Sardonic Songs from Sep 10, 2026

Sep 11 · 2 Mentions

Andy OrtmannHOST

4:47

Sometimes, not today.

Andy OrtmannHOST

4:52

Brought to you, of course, by WFMU.

Andy OrtmannHOST

4:58

Today, hitting the ground running, Nocturnal Emissions from their album Viral Shredding.

Andy OrtmannHOST

5:08

Of course, this was no separation.

51 MINS LATER

Andy OrtmannHOST

55:42

Here in the eternal now, my name is Andy Ortman.

Andy OrtmannHOST

55:45

You have Hopefully not been wasting the last hour.

Andy OrtmannHOST

55:56

WFMU.org. I'm outta here.

Andy OrtmannHOST

56:22

Thank you.

On The Scene with Martini

On The Scene with Martini

OTSwM #62 - Ray Cappo of Youth of Today & Shelter

Sep 9 · 1 Mention

Ray CappoGUEST

8:15

So this was what it was like back then.

Ray CappoGUEST

8:17

You'd find your FM dial, scroll all the way to the bottom of the numbers, and find 89.5 or WFMU in Stony Brook, Long Island or at WNYU in New York City or some peculiar ones in Connecticut, and that's how we heard about music for the first time.

Nick MartiniHOST

8:39

So you're saying, like, how you kind of had to, when you first got to New York, you were kinda doing it solo.

Nick MartiniHOST

8:44

Um, obviously, I would say now you have, like, a very core group of guys that you still play music with today that you started with.

Mid-Valley Mutations

Mid-Valley Mutations

Dimestore Radio Theater Presents: Movies On the Radio! (Labor Day Special, 2026)

Sep 8 · 1 Mention

Austin RichHOST

59:39

So you get a complete package today here in the last hour of the show.

Austin RichHOST

59:44

So, yeah, that's how we're going to spend our Labor Day is enjoying some classic mystery theater here on Sheena's Jungle Room, WFMU and

speaker_14CORRESPONDENT

59:54

Dime Store Radio Theater.

Austin RichHOST

59:56

It's a little bit of a truncated episode of Dime Store Revelations because I don't want to skip anything.

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU

Listening to AI voices make no sense from Sep 7, 2026

Sep 8 · 1 Mention

Mark HurstHOST

55:07

Hope you've enjoyed the episode today, friends, and I'll see you next time.

Mark HurstHOST

55:17

You're listening to the greatest radio station in the world, WFMU East Orange, WMFU Mount Hope, in New York City and Rockland County at 91.9 FM and online at WFMU.org. Stay tuned for Dave Mandel.

speaker_11SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER

55:59

Ecosmo Ecosmo I hope they don't find me I hope they don't find me

Dave MandelHOST

58:07

greetings my friends and welcome to another installment of it's complicated an hour of prog and prog adjacent music i'm your host dave mandel i'm here i bring you this show right here every monday evening at 7 p.m jersey city time thanks so much for joining me and we're going to start i have so much music this week i just i am completely paralyzed A deer in the headlights, but I think I know what I'm going to start tonight's show with, and it is something from a vintage piece, let's call it, from the 70s.

Vinyl Community Podcasts

Vinyl Community Podcasts

Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: The Death Tax Hits a New Low + The Future of VinylCon

Sep 7 · 2 Mentions

Concert BuddieHOST

15:31

Let's make this happen because Kobe, he's playing hard to get.

Concert BuddieHOST

15:34

At WFMU, we pitched him.

Concert BuddieHOST

15:37

I got him.

Concert BuddieHOST

15:39

I got that guy.

14 MINS LATER

Concert BuddieHOST

29:43

to say that's still in america so

Amanda SchutzmanGUEST

29:44

that's true that's true

Concert BuddieHOST

29:46

hang on you know tom i knew it tom we were trying to summon the dragon my arena district says we don't need a live nation version of record fairs tom fair push fair push this is uh it's called fantasy booking fantasy booking Arnaldo, I know your love of maps, and I remember the show we did with WFMU and maps, so I'm probably playing to your strong suit here, but do you have a nominee for maybe the future VinylCon expansion location?

ArnaldoPANELIST

30:13

How about somewhere in the northwest? Seattle? Seattle has a lot of record stores.

Unknown podcast

College Radio and the Underground Pulse of Punk

Sep 5 · 3 Mentions

speaker_0UNKNOWN

8:06

Think of the New York punk scene in nineteen seventy-seven.

speaker_0UNKNOWN

8:10

They had limited outlets, but WFMU in Newark was an underground station that played everything from The Ramones to Patti Smith.

speaker_0UNKNOWN

8:20

Simultaneously, a Boston station like WURS gave airtime to Boston hardcore crews.

speaker_0UNKNOWN

8:27

And both stations shared contact lists and shared cassette copies during the winter months when bands could be on tour.

speaker_0UNKNOWN

8:35

So when a band from Detroit like The Stooges or MC5 released an EP, they found that someone in New Jersey had already uploaded the tape for the WFMU DJs to play.

speaker_0UNKNOWN

8:48

This cross-regional circulation built an interconnected web that was crucial for spreading punk's message beyond its local city limits.

speaker_0UNKNOWN

8:58

When we look at the evolution of tech and distribution, you can see college radio as a catalyst that turned DIY from an ethos into infrastructure.

speaker_0UNKNOWN

10:48

And let's not forget how college radio gave bands an alternative narrative to the mainstream media's view of punk.

Unknown podcast

The Clash and the 1980 Triple‑Album Gamble: How ‘Sandinista!’ Broke Punk Rules

Sep 5 · 1 Mention

speaker_1UNKNOWN

5:12

Yet in the US, it actually did fairly well, especially because some tracks were played heavily on college radio.

speaker_1UNKNOWN

5:21

College stations like KZSU at Stanford or WFMU picked up the experimental tracks and kept the underground vibe alive.

speaker_1UNKNOWN

5:31

That was a major factor in sustaining their reputation.

speaker_1UNKNOWN

5:35

critics initially panicked over its length and perceived incoherence.

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