 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "WNAS" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(December 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| Broadcast area | Louisville, Kentucky |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 88.1 FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | High School |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | New Albany/Floyd County Consolidated Schools |
| History | |
First air date | May 28, 1949 |
Call sign meaning | New Albany High School |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 48372 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 2,850watts |
| HAAT | 1 meter (3.28 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°17′56″N85°48′45″W / 38.29889°N 85.81250°W /38.29889; -85.81250 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | wnas.org |
WNAS (88.1FM) is the student-runhigh school radio station ofNew Albany High School andFloyd 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-runhigh school radio station to be licensed by theFederal Communications Commission (FCC),[2] WNAS has been broadcasting live since May 28, 1949.[3]
![[icon]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aWiki_letter_w_cropped.svg) | This sectionneeds expansion. You can help byadding to it.(August 2016) |
WNAS (88.1FM) has been broadcasting live since the spring of 1949, when its first broadcast was of the New Albany High School commencement ceremony.[3][4] It was the first FM student-runhigh school radio station to be licensed by theFederal Communications Commission (FCC).[2] WNAS is the student-runhigh school radio station ofNew Albany High School andFloyd Central High School in southern Indiana. The station'scall letters reflect the ownership by the New Albany Floyd County School Corporation. In 1980, the corporation also began broadcasting WNAS-TV.[4]
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 thegeneral manager from 1960 to 1969, followed later by Lee Kelly who held this post from 1973 to 2013. Jason Flener, formerassistant principal 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.
Recently,[when?] 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 99.7WDJX 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."[citation needed]
WNAS can be picked up throughout all of theLouisville metropolitan area 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.