There is an eclectic level of diversity in WRSU's specialty programming, and many shows focus on one particular brand of music and are broadcast weekly.

The station commits its Sunday programming schedule to members of the diverse New Brunswick community.

The station helps select and present live local bands and musicians on stage at the annual Rutgers Day festival.

Since 1974, WRSU has hosted a post game show, called Knightline, for listeners to call-in and discuss Rutgers athletics after every Football and Men's Basketball broadcast.

These shows feature frequent interviews from members of the regional and national sports media, as well as those within the Rutgers athletic community, as well as listener phone calls.

In recent years WRSU has broadcast from both the Democratic and Republican Presidential Conventions Headquarters.

The first song ever played was Crosby, Stills, and Nash's "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" The seventies were also a time when live interviews with singers began and ranged from the local band Holme to Wonder Woman Linda Carter promoting her first album.

WRSU has a station playlist of current music, but it generally consists of several hundred entire albums, and individual DJs have a large amount of control over the format of their shows.

WRSU receives funding from Rutgers University, and is a strictly non-commercial radio station.