WERW (student radio)

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Radio station in Syracuse, New York

WERW

* Syracuse, New York

Frequency| 1670 kHz
Programming
Format| Freeform
Ownership
Owner| Syracuse University

Sister stations

| WJPZ-FM WAER
History

First air date

| February 2, 1985

Call sign meaning

| WE aRe University Union (original)
What Everyone Really Wants (2010 – present)
Technical information

Transmitter coordinates

| 43°2′24.8″N 76°8′7.0″W﻿ / ﻿43.040222°N 76.135278°W﻿ / 43.040222; -76.135278
Links
Website| werwradio.org

WERW (1670 AM) is an independent student-run, free-format radio station at Syracuse University that broadcasts on the Web. The station programs an eclectic format similar to many other college radio stations in the United States of America, with blocks of programs featuring underground rock music, world music, folk music, occasional news, and some political or public affairs programs. The online station can be streamed at its website.

## History

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The station was formed by the largest student-run organization on campus, University Union, after a controversy involving the other student-run station, WJPZ-FM. WJPZ had incorporated as an independent entity broadcasting Top 40 music in a simulation of a professional radio station, in order to provide communications students attending the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with vocational training. It started, unlike WERW, as a low-power AM station with 100 milliwatts on 1200 AM with its antenna atop Day Hall, but later began broadcasting with a Federal Communications Commission issued license utilizing 100 watts on 89.1 FM on February 2, 1985. WJPZ did find some favor among students at Syracuse University and amongst Top 40 fans in the surrounding community that could hear it. However, there were protests among many university students who wanted the station to reflect more "diverse" programming, including a three-day sit-in at the station's studios by the Student Afro-American Society in the autumn of 1986.[citation needed]

The station was originally conceived in October 1986. University Union Concert Board Director Fred Feldman Creative Board Director Will Morrison and UU member Kevin Baier hatched the idea for an alternative radio station to exist under the University Union umbrella. They joined forces with SU freshmen Pete Wesenberg, Kyle Rosa, and Shane Francis, who also wanted to start a radio station. Baier became the station's first General Manager and Lori Teitler the first music director. The original turntables and records were those of the University Union members and its free-form format initially consisted of indie rock, rap and alternative dance music.

In response to the student complaints, and with the new team in place, the University Union organization established WERW in January 1987. University Union is commonly referred to as "U.U." and the station call letters, WERW, were chosen as shorthand for "We Are U.U.". During its first year, WERW broadcast out of the control room of CitrusTV (then UUTV) for a limited broadcasting schedule, and was heard only on cable television (WJPZ earlier had a similar arrangement).[1] University Union secured just enough funding for turntables, a mixing console and other basic broadcast necessities and WERW moved into a "real" studio over the summer of 1987 in Watson Hall just across the hall from WJPZ. The station was originally heard only through television monitors and over low-power FM.[2] By the early 1990s, WERW operated via carrier current on 750 AM and was available in Syracuse University's dorms and some other campus buildings.

A low-power AM broadcast transmitter was acquired and an antenna was erected atop Booth Hall in 1995 to allow WERW to broadcast with 20 watts of power at 1570 AM while simulcasting on 750 AM. It could then be heard all across campus at the Syracuse University and in adjacent areas of the city of Syracuse. [3]

By the late 1990s, the carrier current broadcast on 750 AM had been abandoned. WERW began to simulcast its programming on the Web in early 2001. A few years later, the 1570 AM transmitter began to broadcast a dead carrier signal when the cable that ran from the studio to the transmitter was cut or damaged from corrosion.

In 2002, WERW released an album of music from local artists in conjunction with the campus record label. [4]

In early 2010, WERW split from University Union and became an independent student organization. "What Everyone Really Wants" began to be used as an alternate meaning for the call sign instead of the original meaning of "We Are U.U." In October 2010, the station relaunched and began to broadcast from its new facilities in the basement of the Schine Student Center in the Jabberwocky Cafe.

The AM transmitter was removed from the air in early 2011. In 2017, WERW returned to the airwaves on AM 1670 with a campus-only signal, but remains available online.[5]

## Notable WERW alumni

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* Ariel Helwani (sports host, 2000–2004)
* Sam Roberts (DJ, 2002–2006)

## References

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1. ^ "Mixed signals for CNY alternative radio". Syracuse Post-Standard. March 31, 1988. "Lori Tietler says it's a lot of fun being music director for an alternative campus radio station, but things would run smoother if she could just hear her own station. "Sometimes my roommate and I will get in her car and park it in front of Watson (Hall), just to be able to hear WERW," said Tietler, a junior at Syracuse University."
2. ^ "Low-power AM radio station will broaden coverage at SU". Syracuse Post-Standard. January 28, 1988. "Syracuse University will soon have a low-power AM radio station operating on campus, broadcasting contemporary college programming to the university area. The station, WERW, is carried on University Union cable, and is available only in the university's dormitories."
3. ^ WERW Real College Radio: Syracuse University | Campus Broadcaster Profile
4. ^ "WERW Presents: Real College Radio". werw.syr.edu. April 29, 2002. Archived from the original on June 1, 2002. Retrieved June 1, 2002.
5. ^ "Syracuse radio station returning to airwaves for first time in 6 years". Syracuse.com. February 10, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.

## External links

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* WERW Official website
* WERW Official Web Broadcast

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Syracuse University

Located in: Syracuse, New York

Schools|

* Architecture
* Arts and Sciences
* Citizenship and Public Affairs
* Education
* Engineering and Computer Science
* Graduate School
* Information Studies
* Law
* Management
* Professional Studies
* Public Communications
* Sport and Human Dynamics
* Visual and Performing Arts

Affiliated schools|

* SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Formerly affiliated schools|

* SUNY Upstate Medical University
* Utica College
* Binghamton University (as Harpur College)

Centers and Institutes|

* Burton Blatt Institute
* Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy and Astrophysics
* Institute for Security Policy and Law
* Institute for Veterans and Military Families
* Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse
* Tully Center for Free Speech
* Project Advance

Departments|

* Syracuse University Press
* African American Studies
* Setnor School of Music

Athletics|

| Teams|

* Football
* Men's basketball
* Track and field
* Men's lacrosse
* Men's soccer
* Women's basketball
* Women's lacrosse
* Women's field hockey
* Women's ice hockey
* Women's soccer

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Facilities|

* JMA Wireless Dome
* Manley Field House
* Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion
* SU Soccer Stadium
* Coyne Field

Rivalries|

* Pittsburgh
* West Virginia
* Penn State
* Colgate
* UConn

* Men's Basketball: UConn
* Georgetown
* Villanova
* Duke

* Men's Lacrosse:
* Johns Hopkins
* Cornell
* Hobart
* Virginia

* Women's Basketball: UConn

Other|

* Otto the Orange
* The Saltine Warrior
* "Down the Field"
* Syracuse 8

History|

* Feiner v. New York
* Genesee College
* Pan Am Flight 103 bombing

Campus|

* List of buildings
* Comstock Tract Buildings
* Crouse College
* Hall of Languages
* Hendricks Chapel
* Ranke Library
* Walnut Park Historic District

People|

* Alumni
* Faculty
* Chancellors

Media|

* Alma Mater
* CitrusTV
* The Daily Orange
* Syracuse Stage
* WAER (88.3 FM)
* WJPZ (89.1 FM)
* WERW (webcast)

Greek Organizations|

* Syracuse Triad
* Alpha Gamma Delta
* Alpha Phi
* Gamma Phi Beta
* Pi Chapter House of Psi Upsilon

Defunct|

* Archbold Stadium
* Genesee Wesleyan Seminary
* Orangemen baseball

* Founded: March 24, 1870

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Radio stations in the Syracuse, New York, metropolitan area

By AM frequency|

* 570
* 620
* 1070
* 1200
* 1260
* 1300
* 1340
* 1390
* 1440
* 1490
* 1540
* 1670

By FM frequency|

* 87.71
* 88.3
* 88.7
* 88.9
* 89.1
* 89.9
* 90.1
* 90.3
* 90.5
* WBXL
* WMVQ
* 91.3
* 92.1
* 93.1
* 94.1
* 94.5
* 95.3
* 95.7
* 96.7
* 99.5
* 100.3
* 100.9
* 101.7
* 102.1
* 102.9
* 103.9
* 104.7
* 105.1
* 105.5
* 105.9
* 106.5
* 106.9
* 107.9

| LPFM|

* 103.3

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Translators|

* 93.7
* 94.1
* 95.3
* 96.5
* 97.7
* 98.3
* 98.9
* 99.1
* 99.7
* 101.3
* 103.5
* 106.1
* 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio
frequency|

* 162.550

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel|

* 88.3-1
* 88.3-2
* 91.3-1
* 91.3-2
* 92.1-1
* 92.1-2
* 92.1-3
* 94.5-1
* 94.5-2
* 99.5-1
* 99.5-2
* 100.3-1
* 100.3-2
* 100.3-3
* 104.7-1
* 106.9-1
* 106.9-2
* 107.9-1

By call sign|

* W229CU
* W231CS
* W237AY
* W243AB
* W249BC
* W252AC
* W255DC
* W256AC
* W259DJ
* W267AL
* W278AH
* W291CV
* W298DC
* WAER
* HD2
* WAQX-FM
* WBBS
* WBXL
* WCIO
* WCIS-FM
* WCNY-FM
* HD2
* WERW
* WFBL
* WGKV
* WHEN
* WJPZ-FM
* WKRH
* WKRL-FM
* WKLZ
* WMBO
* WMHR
* WMVN
* HD2
* HD3
* WMVQ
* WNTQ
* WNYO
* WOLF
* WOLF-FM
* HD2
* HD3
* WOSW
* WRCU-FM
* WRVD
* WRVO
* WSEN
* WSGO
* WSIV
* WSKO
* WSPJ-LP
* WSYR
* WSYR-FM
* HD2
* WTKV
* WTKW
* HD2
* WTLA
* WTMI
* WVOA-LD1
* WWHT
* WYYY
* HD2
* WZUN
* WZUN-FM

Internet|

* SGNL

Defunct|

* WBVG (1050 AM)
* WJBS

Radio stations in Central New York
Ithaca
Syracuse
Utica-Rome

Other nearby regions
Binghamton
Elmira-Corning
Rochester
Watertown

See also
List of radio stations in New York

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Notes
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New York college radio stations

* WAIH (State University of New York College at Potsdam)
* WALF (Alfred University)
* WARY (Westchester Community College)
* WBNY (Buffalo State College)
* WBSU (College at Brockport)
* WCDB (State University of New York at Albany)
* WCEB (Corning Community College)
* WCVF (Fredonia State University)
* WCWP (Long Island University, CW Post Campus)
* WDWN (Cayuga County Community College)
* WECW (Elmira College)
* WERW (Syracuse University)
* WETD (Alfred State College)
* WFNP (SUNY New Paltz)
* WFUV (Fordham University)
* WGFR (SUNY Adirondack)
* WGSU (SUNY Geneseo)
* WHCL (Hamilton College)
* WHCR (City College of New York)
* WHPC (Nassau Community College)
* WHRW (Binghamton University)
* WICB (Ithaca College)
* WITC (Cazenovia College)
* WITR (Rochester Institute of Technology)
* WJPZ (Syracuse University)
* WKCR (Columbia University)
* WKRB (Kingsborough Community College)
* WNYK (Nyack College)
* WNYO (State University of New York – Oswego)
* WNYU (New York University)
* WONY (SUNY College at Oneonta)
* WPNR (Utica College of Syracuse University)
* WQKE (Plattsburgh State University)
* WRCU (Colgate University)
* WRHO (Hartwick College)
* WRHU (Hofstra University)
* WRPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
* WRUC (Union College)
* WRUR (University of Rochester)
* WSBU (St. Bonaventure University)
* WSIA (College of Staten Island)
* WSPN (Skidmore College)
* WSUC (State University of New York – Cortland)
* WTSC (Clarkson University)
* WUSB (State University of New York – Stony Brook)
* WVCR (Siena College)
* WVHC (Herkiner County Community College)
* WVKR (Vassar College)
* WXBC (Bard College)

See also
adult contemporary
classic hits
college
country
news/talk
NPR
oldies
religious
rock
sports
top 40
urban
other radio stations in New York
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