WWSE (93.3 FM) is a

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licensed to

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. It is owned by the Media One Radio Group. WWSE has an

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(ERP) of 26,500

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Programming

The station broadcasts a

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, featuring hits from the 1990s through today. Local personalities heard on the station include Lee John, the longest running FM Morning Show in the region (beginning on April 1, 2001) and Andrew Hill, who has been with the station since 2000.

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personalities

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and

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are heard each weekday. Weekend programming includes the iHeartRadio Countdown, Roula, RetroMix, RetroPop Reunion and Nina Blackwood's Absolutely 80's. Weather forecasts are provided by WGRZ. WWSE is also a longtime

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of Buffalo Bills Radio Network, broadcasting all the team's

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games during the season.

History

In , the station first

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the air.Broadcasting Yearbook 2010
page D-382,

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It was the FM counterpart to

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WJTN 1240 AM. It originally

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most of WJTN's programming. In the late 1970s, it began broadcasting its own separate contemporary hits format. The station hosted the popular Chautauqua Lake Idol for 11 years in Bemus Point, attracting thousands of spectators to The Floating Stage on Monday night's during the summer.

References

External links

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FCC History Cards For WWSE (FM) (1948-1980)
Jamestown, New York WSE Hot adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1947 1947 establishments in New York (state) {{NewYork-radio-station-stub