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WSEN

Mexico, New York
Broadcast area	Syracuse area
Frequency	103.9 MHz
Branding	103.9 The Dinosaur
Programming
Format	Classic hits
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Craig Fox (Wolf Radio, Inc.)
Sister stations	WFBL, WMBO, WMVN, WOLF, WOLF-FM, WOSW, WSIV, WVOA-LD
History
First air date	April 14, 1995 (as WUPN)
Former call signs	WUPN (1995–1996) WNDR (1996–1998) WVOQ (1998–2001) WVOA (2001–2002) WVOA-FM (2002–2009) WVOU (2009) WVOA-FM (2009–2013) WNDR-FM (2013–2016) WSEN-FM (2016–2017)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	67058
Class	A
ERP	3,000 watts
HAAT	89 meters
Transmitter coordinates	43°28′36.00″N 76°16′44.00″W / 43.4766667°N 76.2788889°W / 43.4766667; -76.2788889 (WSEN)
Translator(s)	See § Simulcasts and translators
Repeater(s)	See § Simulcasts and translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.dinofm.com

WSEN (103.9 MHz) is an FM radio station licensed to Mexico, New York, United States. The station serves the Syracuse area and is currently owned by Wolf Radio, Inc., owned by Craig Fox.

History

The station went on the air as WUPN on April 14, 1995, before giving those calls to the current WPNY-LD, a television station (as its call sign indicated, a UPN affiliate) in Utica, in May 1996. Then, on May 6, 1996, the station changed its call sign to WNDR (picking up the calls previously heard on the current WSKO); it became WVOQ in late 1998 (reflecting its simulcast of the original WVOA on 105.1 FM), WVOA on April 25, 2001 (picking up the call sign and programming from 105.1 after its sale to Clear Channel Communications), WVOU on May 19, 2009 (during a period in which the WVOA-FM call letters were moved back to 105.1 after Craig Fox reacquired that station), and then back to WVOA-FM on September 8, 2009 (after 105.1 became WOLF-FM). The -FM suffix was added to the WVOA call sign on May 7, 2002; this was the result of an unrealized construction permit for an AM station in DeWitt with the WVOA call sign that was commonly owned with the station. Despite a similarity in call signs, there was no relation between WVOA-FM and the Voice of America service.

Most of WVOA's programming was religious in nature; however, some non-religious programming aired on the station, including "The Wax Museum with Ronnie Dark," a program dedicated to garage rock, progressive rock, British Invasion music, and deep cuts from the 1960s and 1970s, and "Hablando con Central New York" (Talking with Central New York), a Spanish language talk show hosted by Hugo Acosta.

On October 5, 2013, WVOA moved its intellectual property to an existing analog low-power television station on channel 6 in Syracuse; such stations broadcast their audio feeds on 87.7 MHz, a channel generally receivable on most FM radios. The station then changed back to WNDR-FM and began stunting with Christmas music. On December 26, 2013 WNDR began stunting with all-Beatles, branded as "WBTL".

On January 20, 2014 WNDR-FM ended stunting and launched a classic hits format, branded as "The Dinosaur".

On April 6, 2016, the WNDR-FM call letters were swapped with WSEN-FM. The -FM suffix was dropped from the WSEN call sign on August 21, 2017.

Simulcasts and translators

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for WSEN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. "WSEN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
3. ^ "WSEN Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
4. Ronnie Dark's Wax Museum Opens on WVOA.
5. Hugo Acosta seeks home for new shows
6. "Dinosaur Roams into Syracuse".

External links

• Official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 67058 (WSEN) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WSEN in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

• Craig Fox stations
• Radio stations established in 1995
• 1995 establishments in New York (state)
• Radio stations in Syracuse, New York
• Classic hits radio stations in the United States