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

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WONY

City of license	Oneonta New York
Branding	Red Dragon Radio
Slogan	Keep it locked!
Frequency	90.9 FM
Format	Campus radio
ERP	180 watts
Class	A Non-commercial Educational
Callsign meaning	Radio, Oneonta New York
Owner	State University of New York at Oneonta
Webcast	Webcasting via Live365
Website	Official Website

Description

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 a webcast run by Live365.

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 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 essential on-air equipment: the console, two microphones, CD players, a minidisc player, two turntables, and a computer. Also in Studio A are the various rotations and the main engineering rack.
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. This is also where live bands play when performing on-air.
The old News Studio ("Studio B") is somewhat in limbo. It currently houses the old console, several CD changers, a tape player, two turntables, one computer, and a minidisc player and recorder. The studio is not used for recording since the building of a new News Studio; however, the console is wired to Studio A and could be used as a backup control room.
The new News Studio ("Studio C") has been outfitted as a small digital studio. It contains an Alesis mixer, a Shure SM7B microphone, and a customized computer. The news is recorded into Windows Media Audio format using Adobe Systems' Audacity 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 stations Macintosh G3.
The Sparaco Lounge is a place for DJs and guests to relax. It is named after the first General Manager of WONY, Mr. Gary Sparaco.

The Executive Board for the 2007-2008 school year.

Position Name	Held By
General Manager (GM)	Christian Nachtrieb
Program Director (PD)	Jenny Vokral
Assistant Program Director (APD)	April Hilmer
Music Director	Nick Grasso
Training Director	Robbie Feldman
Public Relations Director	Mike Sokoly
Business Director	Yessica Orozco
Production Director	Ryan Keller
News Manager	Justin Vitacco
Operations Manager	Rick Heil

Other important figures at WONY include the station's faculty advisor, Dave Ring, and the Chief Engineer, Mr. Bob Kafarski.

Music Department

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. Genres and directors for the 2007-2008 school year are:

Genre Name	Director	Assistant Director
Indie	Jillian Divi, Keith Kruszeski	Lars Ewell, Jeff Goncalves
Metal and Loud Rock	Sara Baggerman
Jazz and Acoustic	Eve Baxter
Local	Bob Assante
Punk	Eric Jacoby
RPM	Michael Gorra
Hip-Hop	Julius Gordon
New World	Aaron Soto

Equipment Overview

The station uses professional-quality broadcast 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

Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college, university or other educational institution.
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The City of Oneonta is located within Otsego County, New York, and is surrounded by the Town of Oneonta, a separate political unit. The city was established in 1908 and as of the 2000 U.S. Census, had a population of 13,292.
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Motto
"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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State University of New York at Oneonta is a four-year liberal arts college in Oneonta, New York, United States, with approximately 5,800 students. The College offers many bachelor's degrees and a number of graduate degrees.
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A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.
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Slogans vary from the written and the visual to the chanted and the vulgar.
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1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s
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Year 1962 (MCMLXII
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Live365 is an Internet radio network where members can create their own online radio station or listen to other Live365 broadcasters' online stations. As of October 2006, there are about 6,500 active stations, some of which play niche genres seldom heard on AM/FM radio.
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State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY (IPA pronunciation: ['suniː]) is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States.
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Alesis is a manufacturer of electronic musical instruments owned by Numark and based in Cumberland, Rhode Island.

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Windows Media Audio

File extension: .wma
MIME type: audio/x-ms-wma
Uniform Type Identifier: com.microsoft.windows-?media-wma
Developed by: Microsoft
Type of format: audio file format Windows Media Audio (WMA
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Adobe Systems Incorporated

Public (NASDAQ: ADBE )
Founded San Jose (1982)
Headquarters San Jose, California, U.S.

Key people Charles Geschke, Founder
John Warnock, Founder
Bruce Chizen, CEO
Shantanu Narayen, Pres.
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Maintainer: The Audacity Team

OS: Cross-platform
Available language(s): Multilingual
Use: Digital audio editor
License: GNU General Public License
Website: [1]

In computing, Audacity
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Harris Corporation

Public (NYSE: HRS )
Founded 1895
Headquarters Melbourne, Florida

Key people Howard Lance, Chairman, President & CEO
Industry Conglomerates
Products Defense and Communications
Revenue $3.
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Denon
株式会社デノン

Corporation
Founded Japan (1910)
Headquarters

Key people Frederick Whitney Horn, founder
Industry Electronics
Products Audio, visual
Parent D&M Holdings
Website Denon Global
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CD-ROM
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Sony Corporation
ソニー株式会?

Public (TYO: 6758 ; NYSE: SNE )
Founded May 7 1946 (adopted current name in 1958) by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita^[1]
Headquarters Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan^[1]
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MiniDisc

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Encoding: ATRAC, linear PCM (with Hi-MD)
Capacity: 80 min (standard MiniDisc), up to 45 hours of audio (1 GB capacity) (with Hi-MD)
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