The care and feeding of your
local community radio station

WDFH is community radio — the only station of its kind in the lower Hudson valley.  Community radio stations rely on local financial support from listeners and businesses.

There are at least three ways you can keep local noncommercial radio happening in your community:

• Become a listener-subscriber and make your pledge.  Get more info or

  $30 Student/Senior $35 Basic $120 Supporter $500 Patron $1000 Silver $2000 Gold Other...

If you don't see the donation button above, there may be an issue with your browser — but you can still make your contribution online by clicking here.

Or you can just send a check — here's how ►

We take your online privacy seriously — read about our policy.

• If you run a business, become a WDFH underwriter and get on-air acknowledgement for your gift.  This can give your business significant on-air exposure and identify you as a supporter of noncommercial grassoots media in your community, generating goodwill toward your business.  More info ►

• Join WDFH's staff — we're a rarity among radio stations: a station run by volunteers.   Previous experience is not required.  Passion is.

Why is it important for me to make my tax-deductible contribution to WDFH? 

Two reasons:

• WDFH is entirely noncommercial and nonprofit, but of course it costs a great deal of money to run the station.  Listener support provides a key connection between the station and our listeners.  More info ▼

• We are also working on a significant increase in our broadcast signal coverage.  This will bring our signal to many new communities in the lower Hudson valley, and we need you to show your support for this major and very special project as well. 

How can I contribute to WDFH?

Easy!  Use a major credit card or your PayPal account to make your contribution online.  Suggested contributions: $35, $120, or whatever you can contribute.

If you don't see the "make donation" button above, there may be an issue with your browser — but you can still make your contribution online by clicking here.

Note:  To use a credit card, press the donation button above, then on the PayPal page, press the button in the middle of the page ("If you do not currently have a PayPal account click here") and enter your credit card info on the next page.

Or you can just send a check to

WDFH-FM 90.3
21 Brookside Lane
Dobbs Ferry, NY  10522

Attention: Pledge

You can make the check out to WDFH or to Hudson Valley Community Radio, Inc., the local nonprofit that owns WDFH.

Please drop us a line at

to let us know it's coming.  Thanks!

Employer Matching Programs:  When you contribute, you may be able to leverage your donation into a larger contribution to WDFH — many employers will match donations made by their employees to charitable organizations including public broadcasting stations, so if, for example, you donate $50 to WDFH, the company you work for would also donate $50.  It's a great idea and it's worth checking out!

Why should I contribute to WDFH?  WDFH is committed to providing you with a thoughtful, commercial-free programming service. That means that your ears, and your intelligence, aren't assaulted by the 18-20 minutes per hour of ads you hear when you listen to commercial radio.  Think about it: that's one third of your listening time wasted on stuff you really don't want to hear. 

But (you knew there was a "but," didn't you?)... it costs a lot of money to run WDFH and to develop this relatively new radio station so that it can fulfill its potential — and while providing a rare program service with no commercials is a big plus for all of us, especially here in NY where even the public stations are all but running commercials, the downside is, of course, that we don't have the income that commercials bring.

Community radio is listener-supported radio, so we  need your financial support — the things we're working for can't happen without your help.  No contribution is too big or too small.

The fine print (and it's not half bad):  WDFH is owned and operated by Hudson Valley Community Radio, Inc., a local not-for-profit corporation that is tax-exempt as a charitable educational organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.  Contributions are deductible from your federal taxes.

To get more information about individual contributions or business underwriting opportunities, send us an e-mail and type "contribution" or "underwriting" in the subject area.  The e-mail address is

As an anti-spam measure, the address is not clickable, so please retype it into the address line of your e-mail.   Thanks!

Your help is needed (we've made that clear by now, don't you think?) — do your part to support independent local community radio today!