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| Rita Houston |
Rita Houston, a steady presence on New York radio — and an important musical tastemaker in her role as program director of Fordham University’s WFUV 90.7 FM NYC — died Tuesday after a battle with cancer, the station said in a statement Tuesday.
She was 59 years old, according to Variety.
“Rita was the north star of WFUV’s sound and its public service, guiding the station’s musical direction for decades,” said Chuck Singleton, WFUV’s general manager, in a statement. “She was a New York original, a trailblazing woman of exceptional talent who shaped a unique style behind the microphone — informed and informal, intimate, warm, genuine. But also, one of tremendous joy.” Her voice, husky and enthusiastic, typically waxed enthusiastic over a new sound, artist or release being featured in the station’s lineup.
WFUV said earlier this month that Houston was stepping away to tend to health issues and her family. She had been battling cancer for six years.
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