WFUV Offers Extensive Coverage From Bonnaroo 6/11-13

For the first time ever, WFUV (90.7 FM, wfuv.org) will air performances from the stages of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. Team FUV-including Rita Houston, Alisa Ali, Sarah Wardrop, and Laura Fedele-is heading to Manchester, Tennessee this year, on a mission to bring listeners all the backstage news and interviews from the annual festival. WFUV is also partnering with NPR Music to webcast Bonnaroo from June 11-13 at wfuv.org and thealternateside.org.

Listeners can tune in to 90.7 FM on Friday, June 11th from 7:00 PM - midnight for performances by The National, The xx, The Temper Trap, Diane Birch, Mayer Hawthorne and others from the Bonnaroo stage. On Saturday night, from 7:00 PM - midnight, the music marathon continues with performances by Norah Jones, LCD Soundsystem, Jimmy Cliff, The Gaslight Anthem and more. Then, the whole team will recap all the Festival highlights and lowlights and bring listeners even more performances by the likes of Dave Matthews Band and Phoenix the following Friday, June 18th from 7:00 PM - midnight.

Listeners looking for an extra dose of behind-the-scenes news can find it at the WFUV Blog, YouTube, Flckr, Facebook and Twitter. WFUV is heard on 90.7 FM in New York City and at www.wfuv.org around the world.

WFUV is a non-commercial, listener-supported public radio station, licensed to Fordham University for over 60 years. Serving the New York area as well as an international audience on the web, and a leader in contemporary music radio, WFUV is Rock & Roots Radio, offering an eclectic mix of rock, singer-songwriters, blues, world and other music, plus NPR headlines and local news.