Chuck Singleton Named New General Manager for WFUV

Chuck Singleton has been named the general manager of WFUV, New York’s Rock and Roots station (90.7 FM) licensed to Fordham University.

Chuck Singleton will officially take the reins as WFUV General Manager on July 1.

Singleton, who is currently the station’s interim general manager and veteran program director, will hold the permanent position beginning July 1, 2012. He assumed the interim post in June 2011.

Singleton joined WFUV in 1987 as its first director of news and public affairs. He developed WFUV’s coverage of community issues and its student training programs, and created and hosted the program Cityscape. As interim director, he has presided over a highly successful annual gala, chaired WFUV’s strategic planning committee, and has helped guide the staff toward a unified vision for the station and increased audience and revenue.

Singleton has more than 30 years of experience in public radio as a programmer, host, producer and contributor to stations and national programs. He has directed WFUV’s programming since 1992, including recruiting its on-air staff and expanding its schedule of Adult Album Alternative (or “Triple A”) music programming. He led the development of WFUV’s indie music service, “The Alternate Side.” Singleton began his radio career in 1980 at Philadelphia’s WXPN, hosting and producing music shows, interviews, news and cultural features.

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