WSNY
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WSNY is an FM radio station
in Columbus, Ohio
located at 94.7 MHz.
WSNY, known on the air as "Sunny 95" plays adult contemporary most of the year. The one exception is during mid November and most of December, when the station switches its format to both traditional and contemporary Christmas music
. The station is currently owned by Saga Communications
. The station broadcasts with 22,000 watts of power and can be heard throughout central Ohio. WSNY is the only adult contemporary in the Columbus market. WLZT, after stunting with a Top 500 countdown over the Labor Day holiday weekend, shifted to an Oldies format.
, "Here Comes the Sun
" as the first song to launch Sunny95. Originally, the call letters in the 1960s and 1970s were WSPO, the FM simulcast of WVKO (AM)
.
Before the change to Soft Rock
, this station had a short successful CHR
/Urban
format under the WVKO FM branding. WVKO (AM) now airs Catholic
programming.
Tom Collins, who consulted several Josephson International stations, was the Program Director
who launched the new AC format for WSNY Sunny 95. The new jock lineup included long time Columbus radio personality Chuck Martin (from WVKO, WCOL) as morning man and Bob Simpson (afternoons).
Other notable personalities in the early Sunny 95 days include Bob Lewis, Bob Nunley, Tony Michaels, and Perry Joos.
Within the first year, legendary urban programmer Harry Lyles replaced Tom Collins as station Program Director. General manager Steve Joos introduced computerized music research and an effective listener focus group program.
WSNY were originally the call letters of an AM radio station in Schenectady, New York (1240-AM). WSNY changed its call letters to WWWD in the mid 1970s. The call letters WSNY represent W Sunny.
Radio station
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in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
located at 94.7 MHz.
WSNY, known on the air as "Sunny 95" plays adult contemporary most of the year. The one exception is during mid November and most of December, when the station switches its format to both traditional and contemporary Christmas music
Christmas music
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...
. The station is currently owned by Saga Communications
Saga Communications
Saga Communications is a broadcasting company that owns and operates stations in 26 markets in the United States. The company, which is based in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, primarily operates radio stations , but it also operates 9 television stations Saga Communications is a broadcasting...
. The station broadcasts with 22,000 watts of power and can be heard throughout central Ohio. WSNY is the only adult contemporary in the Columbus market. WLZT, after stunting with a Top 500 countdown over the Labor Day holiday weekend, shifted to an Oldies format.
History
The station began broadcasting a soft rock format on August 6, 1982 when DJ Chuck Martin played the BeatlesThe Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, "Here Comes the Sun
Here Comes the Sun
"Here Comes the Sun" is a song by George Harrison from The Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road. It is regarded as one of the most popular Beatles songs. The song was written while Harrison was away from all of these troubles...
" as the first song to launch Sunny95. Originally, the call letters in the 1960s and 1970s were WSPO, the FM simulcast of WVKO (AM)
WVKO (AM)
WVKO is an American AM radio station licensed to broadcast in Columbus, Ohio.WVKO changed from a progressive talk format to Catholic radio programming, provided by Columbus-based St. Gabriel Radio....
.
Before the change to Soft Rock
Soft rock
Soft rock is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer, more toned-down sound. Soft rock songs generally tend to focus on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of acoustic guitars, pianos, synthesizers and sometimes...
, this station had a short successful CHR
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
/Urban
Urban contemporary
Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...
format under the WVKO FM branding. WVKO (AM) now airs Catholic
Christian radio
Christian radio is a category of radio formats that focus on transmitting programming with a Christian message. In the United States, where it is more established, many such broadcasters play popular music of Christian influence, though many programs have talk or news programming covering...
programming.
Tom Collins, who consulted several Josephson International stations, was the Program Director
Program director
In service industries, such as education, a program director or programme director researches, plans, develops and implements one or more of the firm's professional services...
who launched the new AC format for WSNY Sunny 95. The new jock lineup included long time Columbus radio personality Chuck Martin (from WVKO, WCOL) as morning man and Bob Simpson (afternoons).
Other notable personalities in the early Sunny 95 days include Bob Lewis, Bob Nunley, Tony Michaels, and Perry Joos.
Within the first year, legendary urban programmer Harry Lyles replaced Tom Collins as station Program Director. General manager Steve Joos introduced computerized music research and an effective listener focus group program.
WSNY were originally the call letters of an AM radio station in Schenectady, New York (1240-AM). WSNY changed its call letters to WWWD in the mid 1970s. The call letters WSNY represent W Sunny.