WBXL is a high school radio

High school radio

High school radio within the United States is almost as old as radio broadcasting itself. Simply defined as a radio station, with its studios located at a high school and usually operated by its students with faculty supervision, stations fitting this description existed in the mid-1920s...

 station located in Baldwinsville, New York

Baldwinsville, New York

Baldwinsville is a village in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 7,053 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Syracuse Metropolitan Statistical Area....

, broadcasting Monday to Friday, 7 am till 11 pm.

WBXL can be heard by listeners in the Syracuse, New York

Syracuse, New York

Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...

 area. The station is housed inside Charles W. Baker High School

Charles W. Baker High School

Charles W. Baker High School is the high school in Baldwinsville, New York. It has 1,421 students, 110 teachers, and 29 support personnel....

in Baldwinsville and is student-operated.

WBXL was started by Al Jenner, a former teacher at Baker High and a student. Over the years the station grew and became an integral part of the school culture. Eventually, a class was created around the radio station. The class was centered on teaching students effective communication techniques as well as broadcasting history and the intricacies of radio broadcasting.

WBXL has a student administration consisting of a General Manager, Music Director, and others.

Due to the varying tastes of music within teenage culture today, WBXL boasts a huge variety of musical genres, from jazz to death metal.