Fordham University's venerable Ceol na nGael program on station WFUV is reinventing itself yet again with two new on air personalities. Fordham students Ashling Colton and Kevin Quinn, both entering their junior years in the fall, are taking over the reins as co-hosts of the long-running Irish music and news program.

Heard every Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. on WFUV (90.7 FM, wfuv.org), Ceol na nGael will be produced by Liz Noonan and current co-host Maggie Dolan.

Colton, whose parents are from Northern Ireland's Co. Tyrone, grew up in Long Island's Massapequa Park listening to Ceol na nGael and has been a production assistant at WFUV since October 2006, assisting producers with song selection and announcing on-air bulletin boards. When the co-host position became available, she jumped on the opportunity.

"My parents always had Ceol na nGael on in our house growing up," says Colton. "We had it on during the ride home from church and then again in the house. I couldn't believe my luck when I started interning here last October. When I started on the air in June, it was completely surreal."

For Quinn, who credits his grandfather with instilling Irish culture into his household, Fordham's famous radio station was the big draw.

"When I started to look into Fordham and discovered the radio station, I really loved the great shows, including this one," he says.

"My late grandfather's family emigrated to the U.S. from Cork. He grew up in New York City and graduated from Fordham and did a lot to instill an appreciation of Irish culture in me, so taking on host duties at Ceol feels like a natural progression. I like a wide variety of music, from Pantera to Elliott Smith, and WFUV has that same variety of music and programming."

The duo gets to program their own music, a practice virtually unheard of within the tight programming restrictions on commercial radio. Colton in particular has immersed herself into the local New York music scene, renting an apartment near the swinging green neighborhoods of Yonkers.

Despite reports that the scene along McLean Avenue is on the decline, Colton is clearly energized by the club scene there.

"There are a lot of local bands from Woodlawn or the Bronx that I really like," she enthuses. "Rory Dolan's (in Yonkers) has bands like Shilelagh Law all the time, and of course you have bands like Black 47 at Connolly's and the Prodigals playing all around Manhat-tan. I love the fact that you can walk down the street and see Irish bands playing.

"I just moved to Woodlawn and I'm here every weekend. The ratio between Irish and Irish Americans is still huge, with the Irish still outnumbering the Americans."

The duo continually solicits feedback from friends and listeners on selecting the right music, and they are clearly delighted to receive the feedback. "Our listeners range from young who like the modern music," says Quinn. "We hear from fans and friends what people want to hear. That feedback produces this eclectic mix that includes tenors, traditional instrumentals, and modern groups."

WFUV is a non-commercial, listener-supported public radio station, licensed to Fordham University for more than 50 years. Weekly serving over 330,000 listeners in the New York area and thousands more worldwide on the web, and a leader in contemporary music radio, WFUV offers an eclectic mix music. If you can't get it on the radio dial, you can catch Ceol na nGael program online at www.wfuv.org.