WONC
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WONC (89.1 FM) is a 1500-watt radio station in Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. North Central College is the station licensee, authorized by the Federal Communications Commission.
[edit] History
The station has been in operation since 1968 and currently broadcasts from studios in a renovated house at 232 E. Chicago Ave. in Naperville. Prior to 1997, WONC's studios were located on the fourth floor of the Old Main campus building at 30 N. Brainard St. The broadcast tower is located at 1805 High Grove Lane on the western edge of Naperville.
Since 1980, John V. Madormo has been the faculty advisor and general manager of WONC. Formerly a producer for Chicago's WGN radio, Madormo's experience has led WONC to being recognized as one of the premiere college radio stations in the country. The station has won 20 Marconi awards during his tenure; no other college station has won more.
[edit] Format
Unlike many college radio stations, WONC operates with a format and playlists. The primary purpose of operating in this manner is to prepare North Central's broadcast communications students for employment at a professional radio station after college. The format has been album-oriented rock (commonly known within the radio business as AOR) since approximately 1987 and uses the slogan Pure Rock FM 89. From the station's inception to the 1980s, it was a more typical college free-form station. An adult contemporary format was aired for a time in the 1980s prior to the switch to the current format.
Playlists are currently generated using the Selector XV software package, developed and sold by Radio Computing Services of White Plains, New York. Disc jockeys have a fair amount of discretion and are permitted to alter the playlist a specific number of times per hour for purposes of airing requests received on the phone and via instant messaging.
Several specialty shows air at various times throughout the week, featuring music that is generally not heard as a part of the regular format.
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