WKWZ

WKWZ

City	Syosset, New York
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 / 40.7966667; -73.4622222
Callsign meaning	random assignment by FCC
Former callsigns	Pirate Radio
Owner	Syosset Central School District
Website	www.wkwz.org

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.

References

↑ "WKWZ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

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

Radio stations in the Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island) market

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Nassau County	1100 1240 1520

Suffolk County (western & central)	540 740 1370 1440 1580

Suffolk County (eastern)	1390 1570

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Nassau County	88.1 88.5¹ (Plainview) 88.5¹ (Syosset) 88.7 90.3 92.7 98.3 101.5 103.5² 105.5

Suffolk County (western & central)	88.1 88.9 89.3 90.1 91.3 91.9 93.3 94.3 94.9 97.5 98.1 102.3 103.1 104.5 105.7 106.1

Suffolk County (eastern)	88.3 88.7³ 89.9 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.9 93.3 93.9 94.5 94.7 95.3 96.1 96.5 96.9 (East Hampton) 96.9 (Manorville) 98.5 100.3 (Bridgehampton) 100.3³ (Westhampton) 100.7 101.7 102.5 103.9 104.5 104.7 105.3 105.7 106.5 107.1 107.5

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¹ = Under a "Shared Time" agreement. ² = Transmits from atop the Empire State Building. ³ = Station is silent.

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WKWZ

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