WINY pg 3 2-21-19
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Add FM
Osbrey Broadcasting Company owners Karen and Gary Osbrey. Courtesy photo.
WINY adds
FM, 97.1
PUTNAM --- WINY, 97.1 FM signed on the air Feb. 6 under program test authority granted by the Federal Communications Commission. The 250-watt FM translator will simulcast programming heard on 1350 AM.
WINY owners Gary and Karen Osbrey said they are extremely pleased with the signal coverage and the immediate feedback from listeners.
Gary Osbrey said: “People started posting the news on Facebook within 5 minutes after the sign-on. We have received dozens of texts, emails, FB messages and phone calls from people reporting the signal from locations throughout the region.”
Gary Osbrey said: “We have been working on this project for two years and one government shut-down. The government shut-down actually held us up as the FCC was closed and we needed to file the final paperwork with the commission before we could begin broadcasting.”
The new platform will enhance the 5,000-watt AM signal, especially at night when the FCC requires 1350 AM to reduce power.
Karen Osbrey said: “This is a game-changer for night coverage of high school sports, which is a mainstay of our programming. We broadcast our first night basketball game on Thursday and we received thank-you messages from people who were grateful to hear our signal at night.”
Gary Osbrey added: “Our legacy 1350 AM signal, on the air since 1953, will remain intact and on the air while simulcasting on 97.1 FM”. WINY can also be heard online at winyradio.com, on your smartphone, iPhone or iPad with the TuneIn Radio app and you can even tell Alexa to “Play WINY Radio”.