Fordham University AAA 90.7 WFUV New York General Manager Chuck Singleton will retire on June 30 after a 39 year career at the station.
Singleton joined WFUV in 1987 as News Director, was promoted to Program Director in 1992 and has served as General Manager since 2012.
Fordham University Vice Provost for Administration Ellen Fahey-Smith wrote in a memo:
After nearly four decades of dedicated service to WFUV and Fordham University, General Manager Chuck Singleton will retire on June 30.
Chuck’s stewardship has transformed WFUV into one of Fordham’s most visible and distinctive contributions to the cultural life of New York. Under his leadership, WFUV has received numerous industry awards at the local, state and national level, including being regularly recognized by The Princeton Review as being one of the top twenty college radio stations in the country.
Across the University, Chuck is known as a passionate advocate for the station’s one-of-a-kind mission of music discovery and student learning. Few people have shaped WFUV as deeply or across as many chapters of its nearly 80-year history, and we’re particularly proud of the countless careers that have been launched at WFUV.
Throughout his career, Chuck championed the expansion of WFUV’s partnerships with Bronx music organizations, and served the public media field as a board member and officer of national organizations including Eastern Region Public Media, the University Station Alliance, and the VuHaus Group.
Chuck has served the station in three leadership roles — News Director, Program Director, and General Manager. As WFUV’s first full-time News Director, he helped guide the station’s transition to public radio and secure federal funding and NPR membership. As Program Director, he built the station’s on-air staff, and refined its programming, leading to the expansion of its audience and listener support, and he led the way among public radio stations in live streaming its programming. As General Manager, Chuck secured three fundraising firsts: seven-figure gifts including a capital grant, a leadership gift supporting studio upgrades, and an endowment gift.
Chuck has led WFUV with steadiness and compassion through challenging moments — including the pandemic, periods of staff loss, and uncertainty around federal support for public broadcasting — while continually strengthening the ties between the station and the University, one personal relationship at a time.
As Chuck begins this next chapter, I invite you to join me in expressing our deepest gratitude for his remarkable contributions to Fordham and public radio, wishing him every success in his future endeavors.
