WFDU'S TOWERING TRANSMITTER
WFDU-FM first went live on August 30, 1971, and was transmitted from the historic Armstrong Tower in Alpine, N.J,, the site of the world’s first FM radio station. The tower was built by scientific genius Major Edwin H. Armstrong, inventor of a number of circuits that helped improve transmission and reception of AM radio. He also developed FM radio, which improved the sound and fidelity of speech and music and eliminated static. As part of his early experimentation, Armstrong built the tower to test his inventions and eventually serve as the transmitter of his first station. Located atop of New Jersey’s Palisades, the tower rises more than 400 feet above ground level, in addition to already being 400 feet above the Hudson River. From this height, WFDU can reach a 50-mile radius from the tower’s location, serving the New York metropolitan area and New Jersey. WFDU is now the only FM station that transmits daily from the Armstrong Tower.
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