The station’s broadcast signal has a 30-mile radius of its transmitter, which is located within the historic Armstrong Field Lab in Alpine, New Jersey. The AFL is the site of the world’s first FM station, W2XMN, built by the creator of FM technology, Major Edwin Howard Armstrong. As of 29th December, 2014, the FCC has granted WFDU a construction permit (CP) to increase output power from 650 watts ERP up to 3000 watts ERP directional.When the anticipated power increase occurs, WFDU will more than double its coverage area and its potential audiences will grow from 3.8 million to 8.2 million persons.

While WFDU(FM) and WNYU share the 89.1 location on the dial, each station maintains separate transmitter and studio facilities as well as discrete programming and personnel.

On August 30, 1971 at 12 noon, WFDU (FM) began broadcasting to the New York region and became a laboratory for students of Fairleigh Dickinson University to learn the art and craft of broadcasting. WFDU-FM now broadcasts live 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Because of the popularity of “on-line” and smartphone listening, WFDU (FM) was able to offer up and quickly fill all the time slots that normally fell into the periods when the transmitter was off at 89.1 MHz. The new & improved web & app stream boasts exciting new live programs that run the gamut from Jug Band Music to New Jersey Sounds to various Blues, Rock & Soul shows. WFDU is on iHeartRadio, iTunes Radio, TuneIn.com, and on the WFDU (FM) website, .

Programming

WFDU (FM)plays wide array of music ranging from Blues & Country/Bluegrass music to Eclectic, Folk, Gospel, Oldies Rock and Soul/R&B.

Blues

Big Frank Mirra, a well-known Blues musician in the Metro area for over three decades, serves up tasty treats on Fridays in Big Frank's Blues Kitchen. Dennis Gruenling is the host of Blues & the Beat, spinning everything from the legends of Chicago-style blues like Muddy Waters, the jump blues styles of Joe Liggins, New Orleans blues of Fats Domino, and even some vocal blues and R&B from the likes of The Spiders every Thursday. Friday Night Live is a veritable interactive playbill for what’s happening, particularly in blues and blues based music. Former blues radio producer, Music Director of Blues/Roots/Americana programming, and show host of “Big Apple Country, ”Michael Stokes hosts Mike's Roadhouse every Tuesdays. E.B. Fisher has been at WFDU for 17 years, with her Wednesday evening show, Nothin’ But the Blues, an eclectic blend of blues and upbeat rock ‘n’ roll music. Bob Putignano has worked at WFDU for 11 years, hosting his Sounds of Blue show every Wednesdays & Fridays and promoting the blues genre to the people of the Metropolitan area.

Country/Bluegrass

A photographer by heredity, Richard Haas hosts Bluegrass & Beyond. From Spangereid, Norway to hosting a bluegrass show on WFDU FM, Teaneck, N.J.,Earl Karlsen has been involved in the bluegrass music scene of New Jersey for 30 years, playing guitar and mandolin. In 2008 Kenny took his first broadcasting course with Professor Duff Sheffield as an undergraduate at Fairleigh Dickinson University. From then on it was hard to keep him away from a microphone. Kenny hosts 'Let There Be Country' every Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Eclectic Music

Lise Avery began broadcasting her show, Anything Goes!!, from WFDU-FM in 1998, which features a fun, unpredictable mix of standards, jazz & classic pop with a bit of almost anything else. Rob DeScherer started at WFDU in 1990 with his show Crescent City Roadhouse, featuring the best blend of Music America Blues, Country, & Singer/Songwriter Folk, with a special accent on Cajun & Zydeco music.

Evan Toth is the host of Garden State Sound, which showcases the brilliance of the written song and the majesty of the timeless performance – both modern and classic – featuring the musical acts from the great state of New Jersey. Paul Butler has been with WFDU since 1985 hosting The Imagination Parade, a blend of stories, songs and sometimes contests and prizes for kids and the families who love them. Recently, he also started hosting another kids show called, 'Kids Cross Roads'. Bill Shibilski, even after a decade in retirement, is back with Polka Party every Sunday evening. Vicki Solá has been hosting Que Viva La Música for over 30 years now and she has been associated with WFDU (FM) since 1981. Andres Padua aka “Mr. Hard Salsa,” a contributor to Que Viva La Música since 2012, and a regular on the show since May 2013, has come on board officially as co-host with Vicki Solá for Que Viva La Música. "THE MIGHTY ORGAN", hosted by noted organist Ed Alstrom features the rarely heard sound of mid-century pop organ, by some of the greatest organists ever: Ethel Smith, Lenny Dee, Klaus Wunderlich, Jesse Crawford, Eddie Layton, John Kiley, Don Baker, George Wright, and many more, from a time when the organ was justifiably called "The King of Instruments".

Folk

Lynn Crystal has worked at WFDU for sixteen years, making her broadcast debut as the newscaster for Marc Copeland's Jazz Influences and later hosting her show Carnival of Song, which showcases exceptional songwriting and performances. Jerry Treacy is associated with WFDU as the host of Crash on the Levee, an eclectic and unique mix of weekend Music America.

Ron Olesko, a graduate from FDU began the WFDU-FM’s now longest running show, “Traditions” in 1980 and since 1994 Bill Hahn, the host of Sunday Simcha is the co-host of the show. The Traditions show is a mix of folk music that is not only traditional but modern and meaningful, incorporating much thematic material. Sunday Simcha offers Jewish music and humor from the past and present, including material that goes beyond the “box” of traditional.

Gospel

E. Denise started at WFDU in 2007, originally co-hosting with mentor and good friend Liz Black, then with Linda Bethea, and finally hosting her own show Breathin’ Eazy, playing the best of alternative gospel. Tony Smith has been working at WFDU for 11 years, hosting his show Gospel Jazzations, focusing on the jazz/instrumental side of gospel music. He’s also a gospel jazz saxophonist playing this special brand of music across the world. Linda Bethea has been a part of WFDU for 7 years, hosting Gospel Grooves, one of the most unique radio sounds that impacts people at 1:15 in the morning. Stacy Wendell has been with WFDU- FM for over twelve years, starting as a host of Classic Country and helping create a gospel format for the station. In 1999, her Gospel Revelations show was born and she was named Traditional Gospel Music Director. DJ D-Real is the host of Gospel Housing Authority, which features Gospel music in its many forms: Gospel Rap, R&P (Rhythm and praise), Contemporary, Traditional and Club. DJ Frankie Vibe is an Inspirational/Soulful House Mix Show DJ who has been a DJ for 16 years and has always been fascinated with the fact that people of all shades of color would come together under one roof just for the love of house music. Floyd Cray is the host of New Song Radio, with music that is beautifully composed melodies that touch the spirit of people across the world. Wilmer Rapozo is the host of New Song Radio International. He has been with the New Song Radio family since 2010. Sharon Addison has been with WFDU since 2008, hosting Spotlight on Gospel and taking her listeners island-hopping in different rhythms and languages with Caribbean & World Gospel music. Anita Elaine Rivers and Eric Johnson, known as Min. EJ host “The Sound of Victory”.

Oldies/Rock

Boomers, is a music preservation program, hosted by Brian Norton dedicated to keeping the music of the baby boomers era alive. John is a lifelong Jersey boy, and a Graduate of FDU (82'). He's also a former DJ and Music Director at WFDU-FM. John has worked in various jobs in the Music Biz for 25 years, working as a DJ in a number of clubs including Hitsville, The Blue Willow and Loop Lounge. Big Al has worked with WFDU for 30 years, playing a wide variety of independent releases (domestic and imported) from every genre in the new rotation, plus the occasional gem located deep within the dusty WFDU archives on his show, New Music Smorgasbord. Allyson is now the host of On the Fence With Ally Cat, bringing the sounds of the 70's and 80's, together with Rock and combining that with a special segment each week. Steve Nicholas, a graduate from the Metropolitan (Teaneck) campus at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Class of 1983 and a former General Manager at WFDU hosts “Ride the Wave”. Shaun McGann hosts the The Thursday Nite Show, a rock-based program that organically incorporates jazz, hip-hop, blues, and pop into its mix. Uncle Floyd's Garage Sale Music is a mix of what might be in someone's eclectic collection of LPs, 78s, 45s, etc. that might have been found at any garage sale over the last few decades. Ghosty spins top hits and lost gems from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s on his show, “The Vintage Rock & Pop Shop”.

Soul/R&B