WARY is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a Variety

Variety (radio)

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 format. Licensed to Valhalla, New York

Valhalla, New York

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, USA, the station is currently owned by Westchester Community College

Westchester Community College

Westchester Community College is a public, two-year community college in Valhalla, New York, sponsored by Westchester County, New York, and the State University of New York . The college is one of 30 community colleges affiliated with SUNY....

 (WCC). The station is officially licensed from the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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WARY broadcasts from in the basement of WCC's student center. The station is mainly run by the students of WCC with an all student E-Board with a school faculty member as the station manager. Each year, the station tries to have their very own concert during the month of May which is often referred to "WARY-Fest" or the "WARY-Showcase".

The station includes shows based around talk radio

Talk radio

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, rock music

Rock music

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, hip-hop, disk jockey, indie music, and a wider variety of other formats.

Former students from WARY went on to work for employers such as WXRK, Goom Radio

Goom Radio

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, The Opie and Anthony Show, Sirius Satellite Radio

Sirius Satellite Radio

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, and The Howard Stern Show.