City Syosset, New York Format Educational | Frequency 88.5 MHz ERP 125 watts | |
Broadcast area Township of Oyster Bay, NY Slogan Magic from the Basement | ||
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. Currently, the two station managers are senior Jack Santoro and junior Anna Dilenna. The current Music Director is Michael Hirschhorn. The current Production Manager is junior Dean Marx.
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.