# WONY

WONY is a campus radio station based out of Oneonta, New York, 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 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 basement floor of the Hunt Union, across from the Red Dragon Theater and next to the Dragon Express mailroom. The main control room of the station ("Studio A") contains the on-air equipment: the console, the main engineering rack, five microphones, two CD players (for rotation), a minidisc player, two turntables, 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. "Studio B" is used to host on-air tests and as another recording space. 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. There are two production booths located in front of the Music Office where news and Station IDs are produced. The news is recorded into WAV format using Audacity software. The Operations room houses WONY's important documents, miscellaneous equipment, and webcasting server. The Music Office is a place for the Music Director to work. Digital emails are sorted and reviewed here, using the station's computer. 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.

## 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
* Denon CD players
* Sony minidisc players
* Comrex codecs
* TFT EAS 911 Emergency Alert System
* Electrovoice and Shure microphones

## E-Board

There are ten members of the executive board that help run WONY operations, as well as one faculty advisor Dr. Andrew Bottomley.
* General Manager - Joshua Youngquist
* Programming Director - Manny Katz
* Music Director - Faith Logue
* Communications Director - Amanda Metakis
* Public Relations Director - Maya Marsich
* Production Director - Mars Lezama
* Events Director - Isabel Obrycki
* Business Manager - Dakota Keats
* Training Director - Estephanie Gomez
* Operations Manager - Magnus Chenel

## External links and sources

* Official website
* Facility details for Facility ID 63109 (WONY) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* 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
* ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WONY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.