WPOB

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WPOB
Broadcast area Oyster Bay, New York
Frequency 88.5 MHz
Programming
Language(s) English
Format High school radio
Ownership
Owner Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District
History
First air date
1972
Call sign meaning
Plainview Old-Bethpage
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 52782
Class A
ERP 125 watts
HAAT 79 meters (259 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 40°47′48″N73°27′44″W / 40.79667°N 73.46222°W / 40.79667; -73.46222
Links
Public license information
Webcast https://live365.com/station/WPOB-Plainview-Old-Bethpage-High-School-a41985
Website https://wpobfmradio.wixsite.com/wpob

WPOB (88.5 FM) is a high school radio station licensed to Plainview, New York. WPOB is a community radio station funded by the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District and has been broadcasting since 1972. WPOB is broadcast by students at Plainview – Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School partaking in a three-year course in radio engineering, producing, and broadcasting. The station airs from 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. weekdays, handing off to Syosset High School's WKWZ in Syosset, New York (which is on the air from 2:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.). [2]

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Early days

WPOB was a project sponsored by Plainview-Old Bethpage School Board member Joseph Scholnick, a sound-effects pioneer [3] [4] of the 1950s broadcast radio scene, who also was the original FCC licensed engineer responsible for regulatory compliance at the station. Student run, with oversight from Dr. Louis Brown, WPOB initially broadcast, almost exclusively, news and educational programming. By the mid-1970s however, WPOB's programming format had shifted to include student-generated content and popular music programming, eventually adding more modern rock and roll content.

The content produced by students was composed, directed, and engineered as a learning experience and included regular episodic comedy, such as "The Adventures of Captain Kwizdo" (a thinly veiled homage to the "Mark Time" routine performed by the professional comedy troupe The Firesign Theatre), a weekly sports review (which mimicked the styling of the famous sportscaster Howard Cosell), alternative music, current events programming (such as "Music You Don't Know From a Guy You Don't Care About"), and informational news magazines. Students were also encouraged to produce their own promotional material, jingles, and other content. Station personnel often recruited school music students, actors, and athletes to contribute content such as jingles and other broadcast promotions for their work.

WPOB Today

The station updated their music library and computer systems in 2023 to include a mix of new popular music and all-time favorites. This update was spearheaded by the station managers Sawyer Bogaty, Logan Todisco, and Idreis Karimzada.[ citation needed ]

WPOB DJs get approximately 40 minutes to do what they want with their shows. The station livestreams music, public service announcements (PSA), and the news every Friday via WPOB'S official website. The station is a member of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and will alert the greater Plainview area of any dangerous situations. The newest update to the WPOB station is a TV being added to their booth and over 3,000 CDs donated to the station.[ citation needed ]

The station's programming is student generated and there are courses available to further the student knowledge on broadcast communications. WPOB is run through the English Department at POB-JFK High School.

Since July 2020, WPOB transmits to the local community through a RoIP system to provide the best quality sound.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WPOB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WPOB official website" . Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  3. ↑ Joseph Scholnick at IMDb
  4. ↑ Winky Dink and You at IMDb
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