WNAS (88.1 FM) is the student-run

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station of New Albany High School and Floyd Central High School in southern Indiana, (along with WNAS-TV). The station's call letters, WNAS, reflect the ownership by the New Albany Floyd County School Corporation. The first FM student-run

station to be licensed by the

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(FCC), WNAS has been broadcasting live since May 28, 1949.

History

WNAS (88.1 FM) has been broadcasting live since the spring of 1949, when its first broadcast was of the New Albany High School commencement ceremony. It was the first FM student-run

station to be licensed by the

(FCC). WNAS is the student-run

station of New Albany High School and Floyd Central High School in southern Indiana. The station's

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s reflect the ownership by the New Albany Floyd County School Corporation. In 1980, the corporation also began broadcasting WNAS-TV.

Management

Assistant Principal Marvin Oakes guided WNAS through its formative years. Robert Willman, an English teacher, assumed the management role in 1954. Jerry Weaver served as the

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from 1960 to 1969, followed later by Lee Kelly who held this post from 1973 to 2013. Jason Flener, former

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for NAHS, and a former WNAS student staff member, replaced Kelly beginning in the 2013–2014 school year. Since the beginning of the 2017–18 school year, Brian Sullivan has been the general manager. For a brief period of time, former North Oldham program director Joe Biega headed the Floyd Central program, but left after 1 year in the program serving from 2023 to 2024. Floyd Central's program is currently headed by Tim Dench, who was the former program director, but left temporarily to join 98.5 WHJI at Jeffersonville High School. He returned to Floyd Central in 2024.

Studio

Recently, Floyd Central completed entire renovations of its TV and radio studios. These studios are considered by many local TV and radio personalities to be better than their own. Sarah Jordan of 99.7

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even told students at Floyd Central, "Become a part of the Radio/TV program because the stuff you all are using is a lot better than what I have."

Programming

WNAS can be picked up throughout all of the

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and is known for its electric programming. The station broadcasts music 24 hours a day when it's not covering boys and girls basketball, football, baseball, and volleyball for both New Albany and Floyd Central. The station also provides streaming audio from its website and through their TuneIn feed.

References

External links

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New Albany, Indiana High school radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1949