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Radio station in Syracuse, New York, United States

WAER Syracuse, New York United States Broadcast area Central New York Frequency 88.3 MHz (HD Radio) Branding WAER 88.3 FM Programming Language English Format Jazz/News/Sports Subchannels HD2: Jazz 88 Affiliations NPR Ownership Owner Syracuse University[1] Sister stations WERW, WJPZ-FM History First air date April 1, 1947 (1947-04-01) Call sign meaning Alpha Epsilon Rho Technical information[2] Licensing authority FCC Facility ID 64354 Class B ERP 50,000 watts HAAT 84 meters (276 ft) Transmitter coordinates 43°02′12″N 76°07′41″W / 43.036624°N 76.128021°W / 43.036624; -76.128021 Links Public license information Public file LMS Webcast Listen live Listen live (via TuneIn) Website waer.org

**WAER** (88.3 [FM](/source/FM_broadcasting)) is a radio station in [Syracuse, New York](/source/Syracuse%2C_New_York). Its studios are located inside Haft Hall on Ostrom Avenue, and its transmitter is located atop Day Hall on One Mount Olympus Drive, both on the campus of [Syracuse University](/source/Syracuse_University), and is a part of the [S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications](/source/S._I._Newhouse_School_of_Public_Communications).[3] The station features a jazz music and [National Public Radio](/source/National_Public_Radio) format, with a news, [Syracuse Orange](/source/Syracuse_Orange) play-by-play, and music staff providing programming around the clock.

It is best known for its sports staff, which has produced the likes of [Bob Costas](/source/Bob_Costas), [Mike Tirico](/source/Mike_Tirico), [Nick Wright](/source/Nick_Wright_(sportscaster)), and [many others](#Alumni). [Lou Reed](/source/Lou_Reed) also hosted a free-format show on WAER during his time at Syracuse University; this free-format radio tradition at Syracuse is carried on by [WERW](/source/WERW_(student_radio)). Other alums include [Ted Koppel](/source/Ted_Koppel), [Jerry Stiller](/source/Jerry_Stiller) and [Dick Clark](/source/Dick_Clark). The station is managed by full-time professional staff and employs as many as 50 students each semester.[4][5][6]

## History

Radio programming began on the university campus as early as 1931,[7] the year when AM station [WSYR-WMAC](/source/WSYR_(AM)) in Syracuse built its new transmitter site on the university campus. This station employed the WMAC call sign only when it carried Syracuse University programming originating from [Crouse College](/source/Crouse_College).[8][9] In late 1933 the call sign was changed to WSYR-WSYU, with **WSYU**, being used when broadcasting the university programs.[10][11] In 1940, the use of dual callsigns was ended, and this station became just WSYR.

On April 1, 1947, an experimental low-powered educational FM station began broadcast on 88.1 [MHz](/source/MHz) as **WJIV-FM**, primarily as a practical workshop for SU radio students,[12][13] becoming first [class D](/source/List_of_North_American_broadcast_station_classes#Station_class_descriptions) educational station in the nation.[11] After three months, a license renewal from the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) allowed the students to change the call sign letters to WAER (W [**A**lpha **E**psilon **R**ho](/source/Alpha_Epsilon_Rho)), referring to the radio honorary society).[14][15][16] The call sign was also interpreted as **A**lways **E**xcellent **R**adio.[17] The studios, financial supported by [General Electric](/source/General_Electric), were located at *Radio House*, a set of prefabricated houses near the steps to Mount Olympus, immediately south of Carnegie Library.[14] *GE* provided the setup, valued at $150,000 in 1948,[18] and asked Syracuse university to experiment with this type of transmitter, in hopes of pioneering educational broadcasting by using the low-powered FM transmitters.[8][19]

The enterprise was overseen by the dean of Radio department Kenneth G. Bartlett and professor Lawrence Myers Jr. served as the faculty manager.[12] Student staff was soon appointed to create schedule of broadcast.[18][20] The broadcasts included classical music, sports, news, religious programs from the [Hendricks Chapel](/source/Hendricks_Chapel), immediate university news, student activities, as well as official university events. The station operated from 4 to 10 p.m. to avoid lecture hours.[20][21][22][23]

When it began in 1947, WAER was authorized an effective radiated power of only 2.5 watts, but in 1951 the FCC granted an increase in power to 1,000 watts.[8] The station began broadcasting seven hours a day, seven days a week, and became Syracuse University's permanent radio station.[20][24][25] By 1984, the station’s effective radiated power was 6,000 watts.[17] The station had moved to the then newly-built Newhouse II building by the seventies.[11]

Up until 1983, WAER was student-run, but in a controversial decision in 1983, SU took over WAER and hired full-time professionals to run operations and train students.[7]

Former logo

In 2017, a full-length documentary titled *"The Miracle Microphone: The Impossible History and History Makers of WAER Radio"* chronicled the 70-year history of WAER.[14] The documentary was researched and produced by [Scott MacFarlane](/source/Scott_Macfarlane_(journalist)) and Keith Kobland and won New York state AP Press Association award in 2019.[19][26][27]

Formerly a component of the auxiliary services department, the station became part of the [S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications](/source/S._I._Newhouse_School_of_Public_Communications) in July 2021.[16] The station continues to be housed at Haft Hall, 795 Ostrom Ave, where it has been located since 2003.[11]

## Programming

The station programming includes jazz music,[28][29] [NPR](/source/NPR) programming, news,[30] [Syracuse Orange](/source/Syracuse_Orange) play-by-play,[31] and special reporting projects.[32][33]

### Sports

The WAER sports staff is made up entirely of students,[34] who report on home and away games.[35] It provides daily sports updates as well as play-by-play for Syracuse University football, men's basketball, and men's lacrosse. A pregame show begins 30 minutes before each broadcast (Countdown to Kickoff, Tipoff, or Faceoff) with a halftime segment (Orange at the Half) and a postgame wrap-up (Orange Overtime). The Double Overtime, a full-length postgame talk show, airs after every football, basketball, and lacrosse game. Sports Nite airs weekly on Friday nights.[36]

### Music

The WAER/88.3 transmitter, atop Day Hall.

The music department is organized by Eric Cohen, multiple-time winner of National Jazz Programmer of the Year.[28][29] Larry Hoyt is the longtime voice of *Common Threads* on WAER. Cora Thomas is the office supervisor and runs gospel music programming.

## Partnership with WERW

Since February 2010, WAER has partnered with Syracuse University's [WERW 1570 (later 1670)](/source/WERW_(student_radio)). WERW is a student-run, free-format station, which returned to the air in 2017 after six years of only being available through iTunes radio.[37] The partnership has resulted in a weekly, 3-hour show, called Real College Radio on WAER, which is hosted by alternating reps of a select cohort of WERW DJs. The genre is adult album alternative (AAA), and each DJ brings their own new flavor to the WAER offerings.

## Alumni

- [Marv Albert](/source/Marv_Albert), "the voice of basketball", the voice of the New York Knicks (1967–2004), WAER Hall of Fame Inductee (2017)[38][39]

- [Jason Benetti](/source/Jason_Benetti), television play-by-play announcer for [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers) baseball and [Fox Sports](/source/Fox_Sports)

- [Len Berman](/source/Len_Berman), eight-time, Emmy Award-winning Sports-Anchor for [WNBC-TV](/source/WNBC-TV) in New York City, WAER Hall of Fame Inductee (2018)[40]

- [Carter Blackburn](/source/Carter_Blackburn), football sportscaster for [CBS Sports](/source/CBS_Sports)

- [Tony Caridi](/source/Tony_Caridi), play-by-play voice of the [West Virginia Mountaineers](/source/West_Virginia_Mountaineers), WAER Hall of Fame inductee (2023)

- [Kevin Brown](/source/Kevin_Brown_(sportscaster)), play-by-play announcer for the [Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles) and [ESPN](/source/ESPN)

- [Joe Castiglione](/source/Joe_Castiglione), radio play-by-play announcer for the [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox)

- [Andrew Catalon](/source/Andrew_Catalon), announcer for [NFL on CBS](/source/NFL_on_CBS), [PGA Tour on CBS](/source/PGA_Tour_on_CBS), [College Basketball on CBS](/source/College_Basketball_on_CBS), and [NCAA March Madness](/source/NCAA_March_Madness).[41]

- [Dick Clark](/source/Dick_Clark), radio and television personality[42][43]

- [Bob Costas](/source/Bob_Costas), prime-time host of 11 Olympic Games from 1992 until 2016 for [NBC Sports](/source/NBC_Sports), WAER Hall of Fame Inductee (2015)[44][45][46]

- [Ian Eagle](/source/Ian_Eagle), play-by-play announcer for the [Brooklyn Nets](/source/Brooklyn_Nets) on the [YES network](/source/YES_network), [NFL on CBS](/source/NFL_on_CBS) and [College Basketball on CBS](/source/College_Basketball_on_CBS), WAER Hall of Fame Inductee (2013)[47][48]

- [Noah Eagle](/source/Noah_Eagle), play-by-play announcer for [NBC Sports](/source/NBC_Sports)

- [Steve Gelbs](/source/Steve_Gelbs), reporter for [SNY](/source/SNY)

- [Hank Greenwald](/source/Hank_Greenwald), play-by-play announcer for the [San Francisco Giants](/source/San_Francisco_Giants), WAER Hall of Fame Inductee

- [Scott Hanson](/source/Scott_Hanson), host of [NFL RedZone](/source/NFL_RedZone) and reporter for [NFL Network](/source/NFL_Network)

- [Brian Higgins](/source/Brian_Higgins_(sportscaster)), radio and television sportscaster working for the SU athletic department, the Syracuse IMG sports network and Time Warner Cable sports

- [Todd Kalas](/source/Todd_Kalas), television play-by-play announcer for [Houston Astros](/source/Houston_Astros) baseball

- [Steve Kroft](/source/Steve_Kroft), journalist & long-time correspondent for [60 Minutes](/source/60_Minutes), WAER Hall of Fame Inductee (2018)[40][49]

- [Ted Koppel](/source/Ted_Koppel), anchor for [Nightline](/source/Nightline) (1980–2005)[50] first inductee of the WAER Hall of Fame (2012)[51]

- Ed Levine of [Galaxy Media Company](/source/Galaxy_Media_Company), WAER Hall of Fame Inductee (2017)[39]

- [Sean McDonough](/source/Sean_McDonough), sportscaster currently employed by [ESPN](/source/ESPN) and [Boston Red Sox Radio Network](/source/Boston_Red_Sox_Radio_Network), WAER Hall of Fame Inductee (2014)[52]

- [Beth Mowins](/source/Beth_Mowins), play-by-play announcer and [sports journalist](/source/Sports_journalist) for [ESPN](/source/ESPN) and [CBS](/source/CBS)

- [Andy Musser](/source/Andy_Musser), play-by-play announcer for [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) baseball from 1976-2001,[53] WAER Hall of Fame Inductee

- [Dave O'Brien](/source/Dave_O'Brien_(sportscaster)), lead play-by-play announcer on the [New England Sports Network](/source/New_England_Sports_Network) (NESN)

- [Greg Papa](/source/Greg_Papa), radio play-by-play announcer for many [Oakland](/source/Oakland) & San Francisco pro-teams, WAER Hall of Fame inductee (2025)[17][54]

- [Dave Pasch](/source/Dave_Pasch), radio play-by-play voice of the [Arizona Cardinals](/source/Arizona_Cardinals) and [ESPN](/source/ESPN) announcer[41]

- [Cory Provus](/source/Cory_Provus), radio voice of the [Minnesota Twins](/source/Minnesota_Twins)[55]

- [Lou Reed](/source/Lou_Reed), musician, singer, songwriter[56]

- [Bill Roth](/source/Bill_Roth_(sportscaster)), play-by-play voice of [Virginia Tech Hokies football](/source/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football) and men's basketball (1988–2015), WAER Hall of Fame Inductee (2014)[52]

- [Adam Schein](/source/Adam_Schein), radio host on [Sirius XM](/source/Sirius_XM) since 2004[46]

- [Andrew Siciliano](/source/Andrew_Siciliano), sports television anchor, reporter and radio broadcaster, WAER Hall of Fame inductee (2025)

- [Lakshmi Singh](/source/Lakshmi_Singh), national midday newscaster for [NPR](/source/NPR), WAER Hall of Fame Inductee

- [Bill Spaulding](/source/Bill_Spaulding_(sportscaster)), play-by-play announcer for the [New Jersey Devils](/source/New_Jersey_Devils)

- [Jerry Stiller](/source/Jerry_Stiller), comedian, actor, and author known for his roles in [Seinfeld](/source/Seinfeld) and [King of Queens](/source/King_of_Queens)

- [Dick Stockton](/source/Dick_Stockton), play-by-play announcer for NFL on [Fox Sports](/source/Fox_Sports)[57][41]

- [Mike Tirico](/source/Mike_Tirico), [NBC Olympics](/source/Olympics_on_NBC) host and *[Sunday Night Football](/source/NBC_Sunday_Night_Football)* play-by-play, former ESPN personality, WAER Hall of Fame Inductee (2014)[58][59][60]

- [Nick Wright](/source/Nick_Wright_(sportscaster)), sports talk personality for [Fox Sports 1](/source/Fox_Sports_1)

## See also

- [WJPZ](/source/WJPZ)

- [The Daily Orange](/source/The_Daily_Orange)

- [CitrusTV](/source/CitrusTV)

- [WERW (student radio)](/source/WERW_(student_radio))

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## External links

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- [Facility details for Facility ID 64354 (WAER)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=64354) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

- [WAER](https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP26&band=fm&callLetter=WAER) in [Nielsen Audio](/source/Nielsen_Audio)'s FM station database

v t e Radio stations in the Syracuse, New York, metropolitan area By AM frequency 570 620 1070 1200 1260 1300 1340 1390 1440 1490 1540 1670 By FM frequency 87.71 88.3 88.7 88.9 89.1 89.9 90.1 90.3 90.5 WBXL WMVQ 91.3 92.1 93.1 94.1 94.5 95.3 95.7 96.7 99.5 100.3 100.9 101.7 102.1 102.9 103.9 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.5 106.9 107.9 LPFM 103.3 Translators 93.7 94.1 95.3 96.5 97.7 98.3 98.9 99.1 99.7 101.3 103.5 106.1 106.3 107.5 NOAA Weather Radio frequency 162.550 Digital radio by frequency & subchannel 88.3-1 88.3-2 91.3-1 91.3-2 92.1-1 92.1-2 92.1-3 94.5-1 94.5-2 99.5-1 99.5-2 100.3-1 100.3-2 100.3-3 104.7-1 106.9-1 106.9-2 107.9-1 By call sign W229CU W231CS W237AY W243AB W249BC W252AC W255DC W256AC W259DJ W267AL W278AH W291CV W292EY W298DC WAER HD2 WAQX-FM WBBS WBXL WCIO WCIS-FM WCNY-FM HD2 WERW WFBL WGKV WHEN WJPZ-FM WKRH WKRL-FM WKLZ WMBO WMHR WMVN HD2 HD3 WMVQ WNTQ WNYO WOLF WOLF-FM HD2 HD3 WOSW WRCU-FM WRVD WRVO WSEN WSGO WVOA WSKO WSPJ-LP WSYR WSYR-FM HD2 WTKV WTKW HD2 WTLA WTMI WQSE-LD1 WWHT WYYY HD2 WZUN WZUN-FM Internet SGNL Defunct WBVG (1050 AM) WJBS Radio stations in Central New York Ithaca Syracuse Utica-Rome Other nearby regions Binghamton Elmira-Corning Rochester Watertown See also List of radio stations in New York Notes 1. Audio from channel 6 TV station

v t e NPR member stations in the state of New York WAMC stations Albany WAMC Albany WAMC-FM Canajoharie WCAN Kingston WAMK Middletown WOSR Mount Kisco WWES Plattsburgh WCEL Stamford WANZ Ticonderoga WANC Utica WRUN WCNY stations Syracuse WCNY-FM Utica WUNY Watertown WJNY WNED stations Buffalo WBFO Jamestown WUBJ Olean WOLN Buffalo WNED-FM Jamestown WNJA NYPR stations New York City WNYC New York City WNYC-FM WRVO stations Oswego WRVO Clayton WRVH Cortland WSUC-FM Hamilton WRCU-FM Syracuse WRVD Utica WRVN Watertown WRVJ WSKG stations Binghamton WSKG-FM Corning WSQE Hornell WSQA Ithaca WSQG-FM Oneonta WSQC Binghamton WSQX-FM Greene WSQN NCPR stations Canton WSLU Blue Mountain Lake WXLH Boonville WXLB Cape Vincent WSLZ Gouverneur WSLG Indian Lake WXLE Lake Placid WXLL Lowville WXLD Malone WSLO North Creek WXLG Peru WXLU Saranac Lake WSLL Tupper Lake WXLS Watertown WSLJ Whitehall WXLJ WXXI stations Rochester WXXI Rochester WXXI-FM Rochester WXXO Houghton WXXY Rochester WRUR-FM Other stations Brooklyn WNYE Fredonia WCVF-FM Geneva WEOS Jeffersonville WJFF New York City WFUV Noyack WSUF Schenectady WMHT-FM Poughkeepsie WRHV Schuyler Falls WOXR Southampton WLIW-FM Montauk WEER Southampton WRLI Syracuse WAER See also List of NPR stations See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York

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