Top of the Rock

Posted on August 16, 2007 by David

Some good news, for a change, in the Times:

WFUV says it has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the New York State Music Fund to support the development of a second full-time radio station for listeners in their 20s and 30s, which will emphasize independently and locally produced music. The fund, a grant program of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, helps make contemporary music of all genres more available and accessible to diverse audiences in New York State. The station, which will cost $1.2 million to create and is scheduled to make its debut in the fall of 2008, will be available via the Internet at wfuv.org and mobile streaming audio and, in the New York area, as a high-definition radio channel at 90.7 FM. Programming will include established and emerging indie rock, electronica, world, dance and other musical hybrids. “Our city boasts one of the greatest, most multicultural local music scenes in the world,” said Chuck Singleton, WFUV’s program director. “Acts like Antibalas, Forro in the Dark and the Hold Steady,” he added, “have no problem selling out venues all over town, yet they presently don’t have a home on the radio in New York City.” WFUV is a noncommercial, listener-supported public radio station licensed to Fordham University.

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  1. Bags on August 17th, 2007 1:19 pm

    best station in NYC!