WARY (88.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

Valhalla, New York Valhalla ( ) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Mount Pleasant, in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the New York City metropolitan area. Its population was 3,162 at the 2010 U.S. Census. The name wa ...

, United States, the station is currently owned by

Westchester Community College Westchester Community College (WCC) is a public community college in Valhalla, New York, in Westchester County. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. History New York state opened five coed technical institutes in 194 ...

(WCC). The station is officially licensed from the

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. WARY broadcasts from in the basement of WCC's student center. The station is mainly run by the students of WCC with an all student Executive Board with a school faculty member as the station manager. Each year, the station tries to have their very own concert during the month of May which is often referred to "WARY-Fest" or the "WARY-Showcase". Programming includes

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, rock music,

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, disk jockey,

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, and a variety of other formats. Former students from WARY went on to work for employers such as WXRK, Goom Radio, The Opie and Anthony Show,

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, and

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* * ( Guide to reading History Cards) 1973 establishments in New York (state) ARY Radio stations established in 1973 {{NewYork-radio-station-stub

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