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Non of the hits, all of the time! WFMU is a really great radio station which has a well rounded music based blog and covers just about every genre of music out there, found sound, soundscapes, 60′s garage punk, turkish ragga etc… 100% funded by their listeners through an annual on-air fund-raising marathon as well as their annual record fair in Manhattan that occurs the first weekend of November, info for which can be found on the website here.
They are the longest running “Freeform” radio station in America. This is an approach to radio programming in which a station’s management gives the DJ complete control over program content. Freeform shows are as different as the personalities of DJ’s, but they share a feeling of spontaneity, a tendency to play music that is not usually heard. Their ideology tends to be liberal or radical, though their program content is not usually overtly political. WFMU has been the only one of the early freeform stations to survive into the present day (since 1968), with it’s philosophy and (lack of) format intact.
Rolling Stone Magazine, The Village Voice, CMJ and the New York Press have all at one time or another called WFMU “the best radio station in the country”. In recent years the station has gained a large international following due its online operations and counts Simpson’s creator Matt Groening, film director Jim Jarmusch and Velvet Underground founder Lou Reed, among others, as devoted fans of the station.
