New York - New York public radio station WFUV (90.7 FM), which has been licensed to Fordham University for the past 60 years, announced on Thursday that it has been awarded a $500,000 grant from The New York State Music Fund to develop a second streaming radio station targeted to music fans in their 20s and 30s.

Programming on the Internet station -- which will also be available for mobile streaming and as a local HD Radio channel -- will include a blend of established and emerging indie rock, electronica, world, dance and other musical hybrids.

"Acts like Antibalas, Forro In The Dark and The Hold Steady have no problem selling out venues all over town, yet they presently don't have a home on the radio in New York City," said WFUV program director Chuck Singleton.

"A second stream enables us to play deserving local acts in the same set as Bjork, M.I.A. or Arcade Fire and, at the same time, better serve New York's musically-adventurous listening audiences by introducing them to something different."

WFUV's new streaming service is scheduled to launch in the fall of 2008.

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