WSNY

WSNY

City	Columbus, Ohio
Broadcast area	Columbus, Ohio
Branding	Sunny 95
Slogan	"Refreshing Music!" "Not Too Hard, Not Too Light!" (1980s) "Where Is Always Sunny & 95!" (1990s)
Frequency	94.7 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	November 11, 1948 (as WVKO-FM) December 15, 1983 (as WSNY)
Format	Adult Contemporary
ERP	22,000 watts
HAAT	230 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	22339
Transmitter coordinates	39°58′16.0″N 83°01′40.0″W / 39.971111°N 83.027778°W / 39.971111; -83.027778
Callsign meaning	We're SuNnY!
Former callsigns	WVKO-FM (1948-1983)
Owner	Saga Communications, Inc.
Sister stations	WNND/WNNP, WVMX
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	sunny95.com

WSNY is an FM radio station in Columbus, Ohio located at 94.7 MHz.

WSNY, known on the air as "Sunny 95" plays adult contemporary most of the year. The one exception is during mid November and most of December, when the station switches its format to both traditional and contemporary Christmas music. The station is currently owned by Saga Communications. The station broadcasts with 22,000 watts of power and can be heard throughout central Ohio. WSNY is the only adult contemporary in the Columbus market after WLZT flipped to oldies in 2011. Its studios are located in Upper Arlington and the transmitter site is northwest of Downtown Columbus.

History

The station began broadcasting a soft rock format on August 6, 1982 when DJ Chuck Martin played the Beatles, "Here Comes the Sun" as the first song to launch Sunny 95. Originally, the call letters in the 1960s and 1970s were WVKO-FM, the FM simulcast of WVKO (AM).

Before the change to Soft Rock, this station had a short successful CHR/Urban format under the WVKO-FM branding. WVKO (AM) now airs a Progressive Talk format.

Tom Collins, who consulted several Josephson International stations, was the Program Director who launched the new AC format for WSNY. The new jock lineup included long time Columbus radio personality Chuck Martin (from WVKO, WCOL) as morning man and Bob Simpson (afternoons).^[1]^[2]

Other notable personalities in the early Sunny 95 days include Bob Lewis, Bob Nunley, Tony Michaels, and Perry Joos.

Within the first year, legendary urban programmer Harry Lyles replaced Tom Collins as station Program Director. General manager Steve Joos introduced computerized music research and an effective listener focus group program.

WSNY were originally the call letters of an AM radio station in Schenectady, New York (1240-AM). WSNY changed its call letters to WWWD in the mid 1970s.

References

External links

WSNY official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WSNY

Radio-Locator information on WSNY

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WSNY

Radio stations in the Columbus, Ohio market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.7 90.5 91.5 92.3 93.3 94.7 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.9 99.7 100.3 101.1 101.7 102.1 102.1 102.5 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.9 105.7 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9

By AM frequency	610 820 880 920 1230 1270 1320 1430 1460 1550 1580

Digital Radio	89.7-1 89.7-2 92.3-1 92.3-2 93.3-1 93.3-2 93.3-3 94.7-1 97.1-1 97.1-2 97.9-1 97.9-2 98.9-1

By callsign	W252AY WBMO WBNS WBNS-FM WCBE WCKX WCLT WCLT-FM WCOL-FM WCRS-LP WCRX-LP WCVO WDLR WHKC WJKR WJYD WKCD WLOH WLVQ WMNI WNCI WNKO WNND WNNP WOBN WODC WOSA WOSB-FM WOSU-FM WQTT WRFD WRKZ WSNY WTOH WTVN WUFM WVKO WVKO-FM WVMX WVSG WWCD WXMG WXZX WYTS WZCB

Defunct	WSLN (98.7 FM)¹

¹ Now internet-only Ohio radio markets Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Lima Marietta Toledo Youngstown–Warren Other Ohio radio regions Ashtabula Ironton Mid-Ohio Sandusky Southern Ohio Wheeling/Steubenville See also List of radio stations in Ohio

Adult Contemporary radio stations in the state of Ohio

Stations	WBNV – Barnesville WCPZ – Sandusky WCSM – Celina WDOK – Cleveland WFRO – Fremont/Sandusky WGTZ – Eaton/Dayton WHIZ-FM – Zanesville WHOF – North Canton/Akron/Canton WJER – Dover–New Philadelphia WKKI – Celina WKTN – Kenton WMOA – Marietta WMVR – Sidney WMXY -- Youngstown WNDH – Napoleon WNTO – Racine WNWV - Elyria/Cleveland WPTW – Piqua WQAL – Cleveland WQIO – Mount Vernon WREO – Ashtabula WRRM – Cincinnati WRVF – Toledo WSNY – Columbus WTNS-FM – Coshocton WVNO – Mansfield WVNU – Greenfield WWJM – New Lexington WYNT – Caledonia WYVK – Middleport

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Ohio

Saga Communications, Inc.

Radio stations	KAFE KAZR KBAI KDXY KEGI KGMI KISM KICD KICD-FM KIOA/K260AM KJBX KMIT KMRR KMYR KPSZ KPUG KRNT KSTZ KUQL WAFX WAQY WBAE WBCO WCLZ WCNR WCVQ WDBR WFEA WGAN/WGIN WHAI WHBG WHCU WHMP/WHMQ/WHNP WHQG WINA WIII WINQ WISE WIXY WJMR-FM WJOI WJYI WKBK WKFN WKLH WKNE WKVT WKVT-FM WLFZ WLRW WLZX WMGX WMLL WMQR WNAX WNAX-FM WNND/WNNP WNOR WNRG-FM WNYY WOXL-FM WPOR WPVQ WQEL WQMZ WQNY WQPO WQQL WREE WRND WRND-FM WRSI WRSY WSIG WSNI WSNY WSVA WTAX WVAX WVMX WVVR WWRE WWWV WYMG WYNZ WYSE WYXL WYXY/W221CK WZAN WZBK WZID WZZP

Radio networks	Illinois Radio Network Michigan Farm Radio Network Michigan Radio Network Minnesota Farm Radio Network Minnesota News Network

Television stations	KAVU-TV (ABC) KOAM-TV (CBS) KFJX (Fox)¹ KVCT (Fox)¹ KXTS-LD (CBS) KMOL-LD (NBC) KVTX-LP (TMD) KUNU-LP (UNI)

¹Saga Communications operates these stations owned by Surtsey Media.

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