WFMU's programming ranges from flat-out uncategorizable strangeness to rock and roll, experimental music, 78 RPM Records, jazz, psychedelia, hip-hop, electronica, hand-cranked wax cylinders, punk rock, gospel, exotica, R&B, radio improvisation, cooking instructions, classic radio airchecks, found sound, dopey call-in shows, interviews with obscure radio personalities and notable science-world luminaries, spoken word collages, Andrew Lloyd Webber soundtracks in languages other than English as well as Country and western music.
WFMU-FM is an independent freeform radio station broadcasting at 91.1 fm in New York and 90.1 fm in the Hudson Valley, with extensive online offerings. The station provides live audio streams, program schedules, podcasts, and archives of past shows and playlists. WFMU also hosts events at its venue, Monty Hall, and organizes an annual Record Fair.