WONY

Oneonta, New York
Broadcast area	Oneonta, New York West End, New York Laurens, New York Otego, New York
Frequency	90.9 MHz
Branding	Red Dragon Radio
Programming
Format	Campus radio
Affiliations	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 / 42.4672778; -75.0606944
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 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. 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.

E-Board

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.

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:

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

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