WONY

WONY
	Pacifica Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	State University of New York at Oneonta
History
First air date	1976
Call sign meaning	Oneonta, New York
Technical information
Facility ID	63109
Class	A
ERP	180 watts
HAAT	−22 meters (−72 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°28′02.20″N 75°03′38.50″W / 42.4672778°N 75.0606944°W
Links
Webcast	Webcasting
Website	Official Website

WONY is a campus radio station based out of Oneonta, New York, United States, on the campus of the State University of New York at Oneonta.

Description

WONY is the college radio station of the

SUNY Oneonta

. It was founded in 1962 and current membership consists of over 50 students, faculty, and members of the community. It broadcasts at 180 watts on 90.9 FM and an internet webcast.

Physical

WONY is located on the

Macintosh

G3. WONY is also home to the Sparaco Lounge, which is named after the station's first General Manager, Mr. Gary Sparaco.

In January 2018, the State University of New York College At Oneonta announced the station's move from Alumni Hall to Hunt Union with an expected completion before the beginning of the following semester.

In January 2020, official plans were confirmed for the station's move to Hunt Union, which anticipated completion in September 2020.

In October 2020, the move from Alumni Hall to Hunt Union was completed, a month after the anticipated completion.

E-Board

The current executive board:

Position Name	2022-2023
General Manager (GM)	Louis Gabay
Program Director (PD)	Gideon Dean
Communications Director	Irene Flanagan
Business Manager	Evi Dedek
Music Director	Faith Logue
Public Relations Director	Joseph Suhovsky
Training Director	Azules Rule
Production Director	Jessica Nicholas
Operations Manager	Sara Donovan
Events Director	Eliana Moyer

Past executive boards:

Position Name	2021-2022	2020-2021	2019-2020
General Manager (GM)	Riley Brown	Abby Perrin	Natalie Costanza
Program Director (PD)	Ryan Mastrelli	Miranda Seymour	Angelina Beltrani
Communications Director	Gianna Palmieri	Rachel Dobkin	Kathryn Coffin (2019)
Business Manager	Lena Vazquez	Baylee Bruno	Zach Boudreaux
Music Director	Louis Gabay	Ryan Mastrelli	Alec Feldherr
Public Relations Director	Joseph Suhovsky	Chiamara Uruakpa	Talia Bautista
Training Director	Chiamara Uruakpa	Riley Brown	Liz Caccavale
Production Director	Christoper Peguero Liriano	Anthony Barone	Tanner Danz
Operations Manager	Lindsey Geoghegan	AnnMarie Lang	Abby Perrin
Events Director	Heavenlee Vazquez	David Jimenez	Rob Guerrero

Other important figures at WONY include the station's faculty advisor, Dr. Andrew Bottomley, former faculty advisor Dr. Dave Ring, Alumni Chair Liz White, baconer Mike Engelbrecht, digital archivist Alan Stevens, website manager Rick Heil, and the Chief Engineer, Dr. Bob Kafka.

Schedules

WONY is operated on a 24/7 freeform broadcast. Each show is 2 hours in length, beginning at the initial start time.

Schedule for the Fall 2022 semester is as follows:

Time	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
8am	This is The Dawn					Wake Up with WONY
10am		After Hours		Spreading Rumors
12pm	Soulful Vibes			Signals, Calls, and Marches			Midday Madness
2pm	Celestial Ceilings	SuperBad	The Papaya Stand		Blue's Grooves	Babygirl Beats	Oak Shrew
4pm		Penny Lane	Brain Food	Nothing is Real	American Bottom 40	Radio Ga Ga
6pm	Acoustic Cat	Ball & Beats	Strangest of Places	OJ	Good Music Radio Show	Equal Play	Fruit Salad
8pm		Vibes w/ Dakota	The Crypt	TBD	Sophia's Shuffle		Color Theory
10pm	WHIPLASH!!	Fascination Street	Don't Bug Me...I'm on the Radio!		Ten Million Pounds of Sludge	Episodic Episodes

Equipment Overview

The station uses older, retired (and potentially obsolete), professional broadcasting equipment, including:

Pacific Research and Engineering (now the Harris Corporation) Airwave Digital Console
CD
players
minidisc
players
Comrex codecs
TFT EAS 911 Emergency Alert System
Electrovoice and Shure
microphones

External links and sources

WONY Official Website
WONY in the FCC FM station database
WONY in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

42°28′02″N 75°03′39″W / 42.4673°N 75.0607°W / 42.4673; -75.0607