WBSU

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WBSU
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City of license Brockport, New York
Broadcast area Rochester area
Branding the Point
Slogan Your Home For the Best New Music First
Frequency 89.1 MHz
First air date 1957[citation needed]
Format Pop, Rock,Rap
ERP 7,300 watts
HAAT 53.0 meters
Class B1
Facility ID 63118
Transmitter Coordinates 43°12′45.00″N 77°57′17.00″W / 43.2125, -77.9547222
Affiliations AP Radio
Owner Brockport State University
Website 891thepoint.com

WBSU, branded as 89.1 the Point is the highest-powered college radio station in New York State[citation needed]. The Point is operated by students at the College at brockport, and is one of the many on campus clubs funded by the Brockport Student Government[1].

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[edit] Programming

The Point's format is top 40, alternative and rock. The core of its playlist can be heard Sunday's from 3 -6pm on 35 Live, the Point's Top 35 Countdown.

Besides music, the station covers many local sports teams, including professional teams in Buffalo and Toronto, minor league teams throughout Western New York, and many local high school contests. The Point is the official broadcaster of all College at Brockport sports. The Sports Department currently hosts a three-hour talk show called "The Point After" which airs every Sunday from 6 - 9pm and is podcast on 891thePoint.com.

In addition to music and sports, the station covers breaking Western New York news stories. Traditionally, each Election Night, the news department interviews local state, county and village candidates, and reports live from the local Democratic and Republican Election Night headquarters. News and sports reports are given daily throughout the morning, and at 5 and 11 PM.[citation needed]

Finally, the station has its own in-house student meteorologist who voices hourly weather reports for the Western New York/Southern Tier/Niagara Frontier area.[citation needed]

[edit] Coverage Area

The station's signal is available to over half a million residents from suburban Rochester to suburban Buffalo[citation needed]. The station covers all of Orleans County, Genesee County, and large portions of Monroe County, Wyoming County and Niagara County. Small parts of Erie County and Livingston County are also covered.[citation needed]

Besides Western New York the signal can be heard over a good part of western Lake Ontario and Canadian towns along the northern shore of Lake Ontario (including Toronto).[citation needed] The station's website streams the radio station's programming live online at 891thePoint.com, so the station can be accessed, in practice, anywhere in the world.

Major towns and cities in New York receiving "The Point" signal include: Rochester, Greece, Brockport, Batavia, Lyndonville, Medina, Lockport, Warsaw, Attica and Le Roy.[citation needed]

[edit] History

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SUNY Brockport students began a radio club in the 1950s. In 1957, the radio club acquired an AM frequency and began broadcasting over the public address system in the student union. On May 1, 1964, WBSN began transmitting to the entire campus via telephone lines. In January 1970, the radio station moved its offices to the present facility in the Seymour College Union and became WBSU-AM.[citation needed]

On January 14, 1981, the radio station began broadcasting on an FM frequency: WBSU 88.9 FM. The FM Task Force was set up to manage the transition[citation needed]. Notable members were: Lloyd Trufelman, Dr. Melvin Smagorinsky, Edward Rothstein, Chief Engineer Bernard Lynch, Brian Issacson, Dr. Fred Powell, Martha Walstrum, Frank Filardo, Terrin Hover, Harry Goldberg, Scott Fishman. The first general manager of the FM radio station was David Van Wie and he spearheaded an immediate power increase from 10 watts to 150 watts in May of that year. Following Van Wie, in May 1985 Timothy Lyman led the radio stations change to 89.1 at 7,338 watts. In September 1989, Warren Kozireski took over as the station general manager and has been there ever since.

The 1990s brought much technological change to the station starting with a computerized music playlist in 1992[citation needed], new studio consoles in 1992 and 1994, and digital equipment during the summer of 1995[2].

WBSU-FM became 89.1 the Point with a new logo on June 10, 1998 in an effort to simplify the stations nickname.

In the summer of 2008, the station will transform an old AM studio into a new digital FM studio[3].

[edit] On Air Personalities

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  • Chris Grattan
  • Dale Budziszewski
  • DJ Daniela
  • DJ Joe
  • Justine
  • DJ Mike
  • Scott Brooks
  • Josh Stallworth
  • Adam King[4]

[edit] Awards

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  • New York State Broadcasters Association - Four time recognition for excellence in broadcasting in competition with other professional stations.[citation needed]
  • Seven other awards from national organizations since 1988.
  • Broadcast Education Association - one award in 2002 and two awards in 2003[citation needed]
  • National Association of Collegiate Broadcasters (defunct) - one award in 1996 and one award in 1997[citation needed]
  • College Broadcasters, Inc. - one in 2003, two in 2004, one in 2005, and two in 2007[5][unreliable source?]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Brockport Student Government. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
  2. ^ 89.1 the Point History. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
  3. ^ 89.1 the Point History. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
  4. ^ 89.1 the Point On Air Personalities. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
  5. ^ 89.1 the Point Awards. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
logo used during winter months
logo used during winter months


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