A companion to WFUV's highly acclaimed flagship programming, which will continue in its present format, the new channel will provide the city's burgeoning indie music scene with a full-time local radio outlet and connect artists and music lovers in New York and across the globe. The new channel will be available at wfuv.org and on HD Radio at 90.7 FM in the New York City area beginning in Fall 2008. The channel is supported in part by The New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. It will also feature a unique social networking website, created with support from the Public Media Innovation Fund of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

"WFUV has always taken full advantage of its situation in New York City-the media and music capital of the world-and we have an opportunity to tap even more local and national talent with the new channel," said WFUV Music Director Rita Houston. "Just as `FUV has long championed artists like David Byrne, Norah Jones, Patti Smith, and Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, the new service will feature acts like The Teenage Prayers, Antibalas, Budos Band, TV on the Radio and many others to be discovered, alongside established international artists including Arcade Fire, Bjork, and Death Cab for Cutie."