STORY BLOG: FRIDAY EVENINGS AT WARY F.M. 88.1

                                           EVENINGS AT WARY F.M. 88.1

                                            Author: Randy Daryl McNair

It’s September 2007, the Fall Semester at Westchester Community College. Westchester Community College is located in Valhalla, New York 10595. It was my second semester at WCC (Westchester Community College), and my regular scheduled school day on Friday was over. It was 5 PM and I sat in the Student Center Lounge, preparing for my Friday evening Radio on WCC’s radio station WARY-F.M.88.1

I started on WARY F.M. 88.1 in June, after the end of the Spring Semester of 2007. I took the FCC test administered by the Station Manager Radimus (Richard Casio). I passed the test and was given the Thursday Morning 10 AM-12 PM slot. From June 2007 to August 2007, I opened up the station with my radio program, The McNair Show. My show consisted of talk (commentaries), W.C.C. promotion, and the best of Old School Music Classics.

In September of 2007, the station manager asked me to switch my radio program (The McNair Show) from Thursday Mornings (10 AM-12 PM) to Friday Evenings (6 PM-8 PM). Now I’m broadcasting in the evenings following the Randall Hayes Show. Mr. Hayes’s show was also interesting, he had celebrity guests on his radio show. He engaged in public conversations with powerful politicians of Westchester based on current events on the phone or in person. Mr. Hayes also played the current R & B music selections.

 Mr. Hayes always advertised and promoted the McNair, towards the end of his radio program. I always complimented, promoted, and advertised the Randall Hayes Show at the beginning of my Radio program. I used to turn the transmitter off and close down WARY at 8 PM Fridays. My career as a Disc Jockey resurfaced and I became famous at W.C.C. Campus for playing quality music and an entertaining Master-Mix Party session on my radio program. I enjoyed nine successful Internships at WARY-F.M. 88.1. During my years on WARY-F.M., I recorded every broadcast on CD-R discs.

When the station manager realized that my recordings were of professional quality, I was asked to record for the Radio Station and train the new students that wanted to broadcast their own Radio programs on WARY-F.M. The McNair Show aired from June 2007-May 2011. Since I left WARY-F.M., the station has been remodeled in 2012, with the latest broadcasting system with computers situated inside the professional CD Players. I miss those college days at Westchester Community College and WARY-F.M.   

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Photos of Power 88.1, Randall Hayes, and W.A.R.Y. F.M.  Available at: Google.com