| City of license | Middletown, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Branding | Super 91 |
| Frequency | 91.1 MHz |
| Format | Easy Listening, Adult Contemporary, Oldies, Alternative |
| ERP | 450 watts |
| HAAT | 22.4 meters (73 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 42004 |
| Owner | Middletown Area School District |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wmssfm.com |
WMSS (91.1 FM, "Super 91") is a high school operated high school radio station broadcasting several different radio formats depending on the time of day. The station's apparent mission is to play genres of music that have been abandoned or not represented at all by local commercial stations. Although the station currently suffers from a lack of publicity and a relatively small coverage area, the station has received tremendous praise from all types of listeners for its eclectic programming.
On weekday mornings (from 6 AM to 3 PM), the station airs a hybrid of Soft Adult Contemporary and mainstream Adult Contemporary formats, generally focusing on material from the 1960s to the 1990s, including very little post-2000 music. This programming segment features a high percentage of songs that were major or moderate hits from the 1970s through 1990s but are essentially "forgotten" today, hence the relatively high prevalence of easy listening songs, as this genre has been abandoned by mainstream AC stations. During this time period, the station's variety of music can range from The Beatles to Neil Diamond to Phil Collins to Bon Jovi to Vanessa Williams. After 3 PM on weekdays, the station broadcasts an alternative music format.
On Saturday mornings, the station broadcasts a True Oldies format, featuring material from the late 1950s and 1960s (particularly the early 1960s, since this era has been abandoned by all local commercial oldies/classic hits stations). This programming segment features the slogan "We don't just play the greatest oldies; we play the B-sides too"; which means that they feature many obscure songs and moderate hits from the Oldies era, rather than focusing on only top 10 hits. On most Sundays from 12 to 1 PM, Oldies material that was aired on previous weekends is often rebroadcast by the station.
[1] Licensed to Middletown, Pennsylvania, USA, the station is currently owned by Middletown Area School District.[2]