Re: "former" college stations

[Scott Saloway <saloway@bu.edu>]

Interesting. Not only because, now that I look again, you're 100% right,
but because the old WFMU web site used to have a tribute to Armstrong and,
at the end, mentioned that they were on that tower today. Now, of course,
the page has disappeared...

Was 'FMU ever on the Alpine tower?

--Scott--

On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Scott D Fybush wrote:

> Scott Saloway is thinking along the right lines...but had the wrong
> station when he claimed WFMU is the only FM station transmitting
> from the historic Armstrong tower in Alpine, NJ.
> 
> WFMU's tower is on First Mountain in one of the Oranges (West Orange?)
> near Newark, at the same site that's home to WFME 94.7 and was home
> to WVNJ-FM 100.3 in the seventies.  
> 
> The one on the Armstrong tower is WFDU (89.1), licensed to Teaneck and
> operated by Fairleigh Dickinson University, share-time with WNYU at
> New York University.
> 
> The Armstrong site is a must visit for anyone heading to the NYC area!
> 
> -s
>