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WDFH is the only community radio station in the lower Hudson River Valley.  Community radio stations are noncommercial stations that are owned by independent, non-institutional not-for-profit organizations.  There are only about 200 community stations in the United States out of, what, about 15,000 radio stations altogether?  Most of the rest of the country's noncommercial stations are licensed to schools, colleges, universities, and other institutional organizations — so community radio is a rare breed in several ways:

• We're powered by volunteers from the community — your friends and neighbors, not a staff of "full-time professionals" who may or may not have any real commitment to the communities the station serves.  Get info on joining the staff as a community volunteer or student intern).

• We're local and focused so we can be much more responsive to the needs and interests of our communities.

• We're noncommercial and not beholden to the corporate drive toward the lowest common denominator (info on making your pledge to support WDFH). 

Our music programming includes a freeform mix of progressive and alternative rock, jazz, blues, and folk.  We regularly feature in-studio musical guests.  We also broadcast a significant schedule of news and public affairs programming (schedule).

Community stations are institutions in their communities, and we are working to build WDFH so that it can be worthy of that description.

Licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as a noncommercial educational FM radio station, WDFH broadcasts on 90.3 MHz with an effective radiated power equivalent to 100 watts at 100 feet above average terrain.  Modest?  Most definitely — but we're less than 30 miles away from midtown Manhattan and we reach a highly desirable audience in the near northern suburbs of the city.

WDFH has received FCC authorization for a power and height increase which will greatly expand our listenership in the lower Hudson River valley.  More>>

WDFH is a member of the Pacifica Radio Network, the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, and the New York State Broadcasters Association.  Click here for links to other related radio web sites.