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WBER is a listener and school district supported community radio station in Rochester, New York, USA, owned and operated by the Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Monroe #1. The station was founded by BOCES in 1985. Andrew Chinnici (also known as Chris Andrews) was the first program director, a position he held until it was taken over by the current program director, Joey Guisto. The call letters are said to stand for BOCES Educational Radio, but the station was once known as WRHR which stood for Rush Henrietta Radio after the original licensee of the station (the Rush-Henrietta Central School District). ==History== As WRHR, the station was a student-run club operated out of the Rush Henrietta School District. The station was granted a low power license (10 Watts) in 1975. The station operated during school hours under academic supervision, and then after school. The radio format at first was mainly structured- utilizing Top-40 radio formats and the accompanying bumpers and sounders. A handful of DJs spun what was termed "progressive" music, with longer LP cuts. School board meetings were also broadcast on a tape-delayed basis. Eventually, bands such as the B-52's and Talking Heads were aired by WRHR, exposing them to the station's listening area. The school district provided special support for students who broadcast live play-by-play basketball late into the evening from schools within the Section V conference. In the first year of operation, The Station Manager was Brad Landon, a High School Senior that was stricken by Muscular Dystrophy, and Brad had the first show that was broadcast on the frequency. The first song played was "Beginnings" by Chicago. The first words spoken on-air were those of Mike Morgan, when during initial compressor testing he said "Is this thing working?". Morgan installed and wired much of the production equipment for the station and was the News Director the first year WRHR was on the air. Some of the most notable announcers from the WRHR days include: * Doug Emblidge of WHAM-TV in Rochester. * ESPN producer Patrick Sloan, who got his start broadcasting basketball and football games for WRHR. Patrick also is a member of the Rush-Henrietta Alumni Hall of Fame. * Paul Jason Kolacki, currently with WLGZ-FM, who has worked as on-air talent in radio markets around the country, in addition to hosting a satellite show heard on over 40 affiliate stations. * Bill Flynn, who went on to work at area AM radio stations WSAY, WRTK, wxxi, and WHAM. He is a member of the Rush-Henrietta Alumni Hall of Fame and the Frontier Field Walk of Fame. * Jeff Michaels, host of the syndicated Music Expert Retro Countdown radio show and head of internet station WBME, was a DJ from 1992-1994. * Andy Anderson is a morning co-host at Rochester's WDKX-FM and has also worked as a traffic reporter. * Billy Kidd is program director for WBEE-FM, where he hosts the afternoon drive-time program. George Michel and Stan Katz, district administrators, and technical assistant Rich Bzura were instrumental in making WRHR a reality. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WBER」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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