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WNYU Radio WNYU saturates the airwaves with what is fresh and vital in new (and classic-stats) music. Drop out

 TAKES OVER NAS TOMORROW @ 5:30 PM!WNYU.ORG OR 89.1FM
03/20/2025

TAKES OVER NAS TOMORROW @ 5:30 PM!

WNYU.ORG OR 89.1FM

 ON NAS TODAY @ 4:30 !WNYU.ORG OR 89.1 FM
03/19/2025

ON NAS TODAY @ 4:30 !

WNYU.ORG OR 89.1 FM

NYC-based rock band  joined us for an exclusive Alive in the Basement session! Tune in tomorrow at 8:30 PM EST to hear t...
03/16/2025

NYC-based rock band joined us for an exclusive Alive in the Basement session! Tune in tomorrow at 8:30 PM EST to hear their new single, Shade Store, and more!

Come to the station and confess away…see results next week…
03/14/2025

Come to the station and confess away…

see results next week…

🚨WE ARE GIVING AWAY A PAIR OF  TICKETS! TO ENTER, YOU NEED TO:1. Follow 2. Tag a friend you want to join you3. And share...
03/14/2025

🚨WE ARE GIVING AWAY A PAIR OF TICKETS! TO ENTER, YOU NEED TO:

1. Follow
2. Tag a friend you want to join you
3. And share this post on your story!

GOOD LUCK

tag someone you spot on the wall 📸
03/13/2025

tag someone you spot on the wall 📸

.nyc ON NAS AT 6:30 TODAY!WNYU.ORG OR 89.1 FM
03/11/2025

.nyc ON NAS AT 6:30 TODAY!

WNYU.ORG OR 89.1 FM

 DJ set is now LIVE on our YouTube channel!Check it out in our bio.
03/04/2025

DJ set is now LIVE on our YouTube channel!

Check it out in our bio.

 ON NAS @ 6:30 TODAYWNYU.ORG OR 89.1 FM
03/04/2025

ON NAS @ 6:30 TODAY

WNYU.ORG OR 89.1 FM

 TODAY NAS AT 6 PMWNYU.ORG OR 89.1 FM
02/26/2025

TODAY NAS AT 6 PM

WNYU.ORG OR 89.1 FM

 ON NAS 4:30 TODAY!89.1 FM OR WNYU.ORG
02/26/2025

ON NAS 4:30 TODAY!

89.1 FM OR WNYU.ORG

 LIVE ON NAS FRIDAY, 2/21 at 4:30pm!WNYU.ORG OR 89.1 FM
02/20/2025

LIVE ON NAS FRIDAY, 2/21 at 4:30pm!

WNYU.ORG OR 89.1 FM

happy valentine’s day from wnyu
02/14/2025

happy valentine’s day from wnyu

Tune in TONIGHT at 6pm to hear  chat about hometowns, touring, and the tiny web that is the nyc music scene. Only on wny...
02/12/2025

Tune in TONIGHT at 6pm to hear chat about hometowns, touring, and the tiny web that is the nyc music scene.

Only on wnyu 89.1 FM and wnyu.org!

🚨ONE MORE DAY UNTIL OUR SHOW! Tickets and RSVPS are running LOW… so make sure to secure your spot now! Join us at  to ce...
02/12/2025

🚨ONE MORE DAY UNTIL OUR SHOW! Tickets and RSVPS are running LOW… so make sure to secure your spot now! Join us at to celebrate 75 YEARS OF WNYU!!
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NYU students: free with RSVP
Non-NYU: 10$
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Doors: 7 PM
Show: 8 PM

.band session + interview airs at 5:30 PM today on NAS, tune in!!WNYU.ORG or 89.1FM
02/05/2025

.band session + interview airs at 5:30 PM today on NAS, tune in!!

WNYU.ORG or 89.1FM

TODAY .wax LIVE SESSION IN NAS AT 4:30!WNYU.ORG OR 89.1FM
02/05/2025

TODAY .wax LIVE SESSION IN NAS AT 4:30!

WNYU.ORG OR 89.1FM

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Our History

WNYU started as the New York University Radio Club Workshop in 1949. The station broadcasted from studios in the basement of McCracken Hall at NYU’s then University Heights campus (now Bronx Community College) in the Bronx. The station used the call sign WNYU, but due to its carrier current signal, it was only accessible on campus. Meanwhile in the mid-1950’s, Bruce Morrow aka. Cousin Brucie, a student from NYU’s Communications Arts Group, started another carrier current station at NYU’s Washington Square Campus with the call sign, WCAG. While WNYU was started in NYU’s engineering school with a focus on training engineers to the technical responsibilities of radio, WCAG was founded by students studying journalism and communications.

In the early 1960’s the two stations merged to form the NYU radio network, WNYU. With a single telephone wire connecting each station, the students would alternate programming blocks between the studios in Manhattan and the Bronx. Currently, WNYU’s signal was only accessible on both NYU campuses, however, the students sought an FM signal.

With New York City’s airwaves crowded, the students of NYU finally found an open FM channel, 89.1fm. 89.1fm was (and is still) reserved for the United Nations, however, in 1964 the U.N. agreed to waive their rights. Since this was the last available FM channel in New York, the FCC held an open application for educational institutions. Two schools applied for the channel, New York University and Fairleigh Dickinson University. Each application had errors or was late, so the FCC held several meetings over the next few years to determine which school would be awarded the coveted frequency. An intense rivalry developed between the two schools as to who would become the owner of the frequency. Finally, in 1969 a rare timeshare was agreed upon. WNYU-FM would possess 89.1fm Monday through Friday 4pm to 1am, while WFDU took the rest.

WNYU-FM made its first broadcast on May 3rd, 1973 from its University Heights studios. A few months later, on the brink of bankruptcy, NYU was forced to sell its University Heights campus. Even though the school, it’s students, and WNYU studios moved, WNYU’s antennaremains at the University Campus as of today.