WFMU 91.1 East Orange, NJ

WFMU's 91.1 FM signal from East Orange broadcasts something rare in American radio: genuine eclecticism without irony. The station doesn't curate strangeness for attention. It simply plays what its volunteer DJs believe in, across an enormous range. You might hear Link Wray, then Eritrean jazz, then some underground UK garage rock, then soul ballads. The thread isn't genre. It's conviction. Community radio in the American context means something specific: non-commercial, listener-supported, run by people who want to put music on air for the love of it. WFMU's been doing this since the '70s. Th…