WRHU (88.7 FM) is a

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radio station

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Hempstead, New York The Town of Hempstead is the largest of the three towns in Nassau County (alongside North Hempstead and Oyster Bay) on Long Island, in New York, United States. The town's combined population was 793,409 at the 2020 census. It occupies the s ...

, owned and operated by

Hofstra University Hofstra University is a Private university, private research university in Hempstead, New York, United States. It originated in 1935 as an extension of New York University and became an independent college in 1939. Comprising ten schools, includ ...

and broadcasting an eclectic

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. Since the

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, WRHU has been the radio home of

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games. Current Hofstra students produce, engineer, and perform on-air duties on all NY Islander game broadcasts alongside veteran NY Islander play-by-play announcer Chris King. The station was named the National Association of Broadcasters' Non-Commercial Station of the Year in 2014, 2017, 2019, and 2022. It has also been ranked the number one college radio station in the country in ''The Princeton Review''s 2015 and 2016 college rankings. In 2023, WRHU and BUSH Radio launched th
1World Community Radio Network
an international collaboration highlighting community news from a positive solutions based perspective. Originally hosted by Andy Gladding, Jamie-Lee Freidricks, Mariama Kabbah and Cody Hmelar, the show now airs on multiple stations globally.

Awards

2020s

* National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Marconi Awards – College Radio Station of the Year - 2022

2010s

* National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Marconi Awards – College Radio Station of the Year - 2019 (award formerly Non Commercial Station of the Year) * National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Marconi Awards – Non Commercial Station of the Year – 2017 * National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Marconi Awards – Non Commercial Station of the Year – 2014

2000s

* Society of Professional Journalists. Mark of Excellence Award Finalist – Best All-Around Radio Newscast – Newsline – 2010

Alumni

1950s

Dan Ingram Daniel Trombley Ingram (September 7, 1934 – June 24, 2018) was an American Top 40 radio "disc jockey", in a 50-year career on radio stations, which included WABC and WCBS-FM, both ln New York City. Career "Big Dan" started broadcasting at ...

(a radio air announcer of the 1960s & 1970s on 77 WABC New York City and 1980s-2000s on 92.3 WKTU and 101.1 WCBS-FM New York City) * Dick Maitland (multiple Emmy award-winning sound designer – Children's Television Workshop)

1960s

Alan Colmes Alan Samuel Colmes (September 24, 1950 – February 23, 2017) was an American radio and television host, liberal political commentator for the Fox News Channel, and blogger. From 1996 to 2009, Colmes served as the co-host, along with Sea ...

(top rated national TV and radio talk show host) *

John DeBella John DeBella (born 1949 or 1950) is an American former DJ who played a major role in developing the morning zoo format. Until his retirement in June 2023, he hosted the morning ''John DeBella Show'' on 102.9 WMGK-FM in Philadelphia. Early lif ...

(long time highly rated radio host, WMGK Philadelphia)

1970s

* Steven Epstein (Grammy award-winning Senior Executive Producer / Sony Classical)

References

External links

* {{Authority control RHU Hempstead (village), New York Hofstra University Mass media in Nassau County, New York Radio stations established in 1978