WONY

WONY is the college radio station of the SUNY Oneonta. It was founded in 1962 and membership consists of over 80 students, faculty, and members of the community. It broadcasts at 180 watts on 90.9 FM and an internet webcast.

WONY is located on the State University of New York College At Oneonta campus. WONY's antenna latitude is 42.452N and longitude is 75.064W. The studios are located on the ground floor of Alumni Hall, behind the University Police and underneath the Admissions Office. The main control room of the station ("Studio A") contains the on-air equipment: the console, the main engineering rack, three microphones, two CD players (for rotation), a minidisc player, one turntable, a computer, and auxiliary cables to connect to DJs' personal equipment. The Music Library houses WONY's collection - at last approximation, it exceeded 12,000 CDs. The Library also doubles as a guest studio, as it is equipped with eight microphone jacks and a headphone amplifier for on-air performances from live bands. As of April 2013, "Studio B" is now being used to record News and Station ID's. The second News Studio ("Studio C"), which was outfitted as a small recording space, is now the Operations Director's workspace, as well as a storage space. Studio B contains an Alesis mixer, a Shure SM7B microphone, and a customized computer. The news is recorded into WAV format using Adobe Audition software. The Operations room houses WONY's important documents, miscellaneous equipment, and webcasting server. The Music Office is a place for the genre directors to work. CDs are sorted and reviewed here, using the station's 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.

As of March 2021, the station's official number, and all subsequent phone numbers at the station, are disconnected/no longer in service, however, the station still continues to broadcast.

The current executive board:

Past executive boards:

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.

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 Spring 2022 semester is as follows:

WONY's music department is separated into genres, with each genre having its own director. Each director is responsible for maintaining a suitable rotation for their genre as well as charting. After the Fall 2009 semester, the punk rotation was removed. Genres and directors for the 2018–2019 school year are:

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

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

• WONY Official Website
• WONY in the FCC FM station database
• WONY on Radio-Locator
• WONY in Nielsen Audio's FM station database