Since the
2010–11 NHL season, WRHU has been the radio home of
New York Islanders games. Current Hofstra students produce, engineer, and perform on-air duties on all NY Islander game broadcasts alongside veteran NY Islander play-by-play announcer Chris King.
The station was named the National Association of Broadcasters' Non-Commercial Station of the Year in 2014, 2017, and 2019. It has also been ranked the number one college radio station in the country in The Princeton Review's 2015 and 2016 college rankings.
Awards
2010s
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Marconi Awards – College Radio Station of the Year - 2019 (award formerly Non Commercial Station of the Year)[6]
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Marconi Awards – Non Commercial Station of the Year – 2017[7]
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Marconi Awards – Non Commercial Station of the Year – 2014[8]
2000s
Society of Professional Journalists. Mark of Excellence Award Finalist – Best All-Around Radio Newscast – Newsline – 2010[9]
Alumni
1950s
Dan Ingram (a radio air announcer of the 1960s & 1970s on 77 WABC New York City and 1980s-2000s on 92.3 WKTU and 101.1 WCBS-FM New York City)
Dick Maitland (multiple Emmy award-winning sound designer – Children's Television Workshop)
1960s
Alan Colmes (top rated national TV and radio talk show host)
John DeBella (long time highly rated radio host, WMGK Philadelphia)
1970s
Steven Epstein (Grammy award-winning Senior Executive Producer / Sony Classical)
References
^"Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved April 25, 2013.