Honor WUSB 40th Anniversary

Senate Resolution No. 3083 BY: Senator LAVALLE COMMEMORATING the 40th Anniversary of Stony Brook University's WUSB on June 25, 2017 WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that the quality and character of life in this great Empire State is indelibly enriched by the faithful and untiring efforts of those individuals who have helped shape the history of broadcasting in their area; and WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Stony Brook University's WUSB; this momentous occasion was celebrated at an Awards Recognition and Anniversary Luncheon on Sunday, June 25, 2017, at the Three Village Inn, Stony Brook, New York; and WHEREAS, WUSB is a noncommercial station located in Stony Brook, New York, broadcasting on 90.1 MHz and 107.3 MHz on the FM dial; the station is staffed by more than 150 volunteers who devote their time and energy for the love of music and free-form radio; and WHEREAS, WUSB's primary broadcast coverage area reaches from Western Nassau County to Suffolk's East End and southern Connecticut, with nearly 40,000 off-campus listeners tuning into its unique and live programming each week; and WHEREAS, The station began in 1962, as a carrier current station, broadcasting only within the confines of the then-new Stony Brook campus on 820 kHz on the AM band; during this time, WUSB was an integral part of Stony Brook University's once lively concert scene, which brought such bands and acts as Simon and Garfunkel, Thelonious Monk, The Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Arlo Guthrie, Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin, the Allman Brothers Band, Pink Floyd, Van Morrison, The Who, Jethro Tull, Cat Stevens, Hot Tuna, Santana, Stony Brook's own Blue Oyster Cult, the Beach Boys, Frank Zappa, Billy Joel, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Jerry Garcia and more; and WHEREAS, WUSB has been broadcasting on the FM band since June 27,

1977, and from its current location in Bald Hill since 1995; and WHEREAS, From 1977 to 1995, the station's transmitter and antenna were located on campus, atop the Graduate Chemistry building, prior to which the station broadcast only to the Stony Brook University campus via carrier current on 820 kHz on the AM band; and WHEREAS, WUSB began streaming at www.wusb.fm in 2008, and in 2017, an additional frequency was approved by the FCC on 107.3fm; WUSB's brand new studios were built in the West Side Dining Building, with its main advising office in the Student Activities Center; and WHEREAS, Since its inception, WUSB has provided free-form programming, encompassing a variety of different styles and genres, ranging from jazz and classical, to punk rock, reggae and world music, and many genres in between; and WHEREAS, Additionally, the station has aired a large variety of public affairs programs, ethnic programs, and programming of interest to students; and WHEREAS, For the past 10 years, WUSB has been under the able leadership of Isobel Breheny-Schafer, an Alumni of the Stony Brook University College of Business; as General Manager, she advises the radio station student directors and student media programs on campus; and WHEREAS, This Legislative Body would like to extend its highest commendation to WUSB in recognition of its history of achievement, innovation and service to its community and the State of New York, continuously striving to meet the needs of its listeners through entertainment and enlightenment; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Stony Brook University radio station WUSB on June 25, 2017; and be it further RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to WUSB, Stony Brook University.