WKWZ
City | Syosset, New York |
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Broadcast area | Township of Oyster Bay, NY |
Slogan | Magic from the Basement |
Frequency | 88.5 MHz |
Format | Educational |
ERP | 125 watts |
HAAT | 79 meters (259 ft) |
Class | A |
Facility ID | 64351 |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°47′48.00″N 73°27′44.00″W / 40.7966667°N 73.4622222°W |
Callsign meaning | random assignment by FCC |
Former callsigns | Pirate Radio |
Owner | Syosset Central School District |
Website |
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WKWZ (88.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Educational format, licensed to Syosset, New York, USA. The station is currently owned by Syosset Central School District.[1] Currently, the two station managers are senior Adam Braunstein and junior Ian Capell. The current Music Director is Jacob Sugarman. The current Production Manager is senior Skyler Green.
WKWZ broadcasts from 2:30 pm to 11:00 pm and shares time with Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School's WPOB in Plainview, New York.
History
Began as a pirate radio station by a Syosset High School Student in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Upon licensure by FCC in the 1970s, charter 10-Watt station sharing frequency with neighboring Plainview, NY, Kennedy High School. WKWZ (wik-wiz) fund-raisers during the late 1970s brought performers Peter Tosh and The Good Rats to the Syosset High School auditorium.
See also
References
- ↑ "WKWZ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
Further reading
- May 24, 2011, "Radio Profile: Marissa Greenberg Of WKWZ (Syosset)," CMJ
External links
- WKWZ official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WKWZ
- Radio-Locator information on WKWZ
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WKWZ