Welcome to WFNP Radio @ SUNY New Paltz!
WFNP will sign on Thursday, February 1st for the Spring 2024 semester. We are already training new DJs and hosts for our team, and invite you to get in touch if you too are interested in hosting a show, writing/reporting news, providing concert or album reviews, learning how to engineer, or volunteering at our campus and community events.
WFNP, 88.7FM The Edge broadcasts live from the 4th floor of the Student Union Building at SUNY New Paltz! Our web stream runs 24/7 with student DJs hosting shows live in the studio each day anytime from 9am am until 6pm, while our FM DJs are in studio live, both on the web stream, and 88.7FM (if you are local to the Hudson Valley), Monday-Friday from 7pm-12am, Saturday and Sunday from 10pm-midnight. SUNY New Paltz DJs are live during the months of February, March, April, September, October and November.
You can listen to your favorite student DJs on 88.7FM and wfnp.org!
Interested in getting involved with the station? Sign up HERE. WFNP is open to all majors, all class years, all students. We have opportunities for anyone to get involved in a number of departments both on the air and off. We are always looking for people to join our News Team (covering local news stories, writing stories for our newscasts, engineering, and reporting). Want to talk sports, both professional and college? Join our Sports Department! We also need student volunteers for promotions, album and concert reviews for our website, and more. Learn about different ways to get involved with WFNP by clicking HERE.
Feel free to visit our studios in the Student Union Building, Room 423, or speak to our advisor, Val Turco, in SUB 431!
WFNP & ‘The Big 88’ – November 2023
WFNP participated in the inaugural “The Big 88” Broadcast. On November 8th, several stations in the tri-state area joined forces to create “New York’s Largest Radio Station” for one day only. From 12pm to 7pm, each participating station had time to talk about their programming, feature student DJs and broadcast on “The Big 88′ in celebration of college radio.
College Radio Day – October 2023!
WFNP Celebrates College Radio Day 2023!
Check out CRD information here!
Or, That Time We Got Mentioned on Colbert?
“It’s all on you now, SUNY New Paltz WFNP 88.7 The Edge. Don’t let me down”
We won’t let you down, Stephen Colbert, we promise.
Click above to read more about our Late Show with Stephen Colbert mention.
Cutting Edge Music Reviews
About Our Station
WFNP is the official student run radio station of the State University of New York at New Paltz. We are an educationally affiliated, non-commercial station, striving to serve the community’s best interest. The station provides innovative, cutting-edge music, news, and talk programming. WFNP broadcasts to the campus community, the entire Hudson Valley, and beyond via our web stream and 88.7 FM.
Our DJs work hard to give listeners great shows and keep them coming back for more. Each DJ has the ability to create their own masterpiece for the community!
Learn about the history and development of our station, as told through one of our alumni Maggie Zielinski.