WZUN is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a classic hits

Classic hits

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 format. Licensed to Phoenix, New York

Phoenix, New York

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, USA, the station serves the Syracuse area. The station is currently owned by Galaxy Syracuse Licensee LLC

Galaxy Communications

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Personalities

The station features "Big Mike" Fiss as the morning jock, who hosts weekdays and also hosts a smooth jazz

Smooth jazz

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 program on Sundays from 6:30am to 10am. Rick Gary, formerly the morning host at rival WYYY

WYYY

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 and longtime TV host on ABC affiliate WSYR, hosts afternoons from 3pm to 7pm. Other personalities include Steve Kelley, Keith Kobland, Melanie Sands, Cindy Humble. The station, like many adult contemporary and classic hits stations do, has a "no repeat workday" that stretches from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., during which no songs air twice in that time span.

Special programs

Smooth Jazz Sunday, hosted by Big Mike, airs Sunday mornings from 6:30am to 10am.
Backtrax USA

Backtrax USA

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 airs Sunday nights from 10pm to Midnight.

The station is one of a select few stations (KOSY-FM

KOSY-FM

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 in Salt Lake City and WLIT

WLIT

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 in Chicago being among the others) that regularly changes its format to Christmas music

Christmas music

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in the beginning of November, as opposed to the week before Thanksgiving as its competitors do.

History

The station went on the air as WRDS on 25 January 1994. on 26 December 2000, the station changed its call sign to the current WZUN.

On September 12, 2009 WZUN changed their format from adult contemporary to classic hits.

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