WIOX
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 25, 2011 - 10:03 am
As we reported yesterday, the transmitter at WIOX 91.3 in Roxbury has been down since Monday night. Today, the station's management forwarded us an update from the radio station's managing consultant, Joe Piasek.
According to an email Piasek sent... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 24, 2011 - 11:38 am
We heard from fans of WIOX 91.3 in Roxbury this morning that the community radio station had mysteriously disappeared from the airwaves last night. We put in a call to the station's office and talked to Glen Pedersen, the station's business manager, who... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, May. 12, 2011 - 5:57 pm
A Roxbury police car plays 91.3FM on its speakers outside the WIOX FM headquarters during the radio station's grand opening last August. Photo by Julia Reischel.
In the 10 months since it launched, WIOX 91.3 FM, a full-power radio station, has been the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 - 4:30 pm
Stone & Thistle Farm in East Meredith is knee-deep in baby goats these days, as its latest blog post shows with lots of adorable pictures (including the one above). This means that, because many of the farm's goats aren't exactly the best mothers, the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011 - 1:09 pm
For the second time in the past year, a brand-new full-power community FM station is launching in the Catskills.
Last summer saw the debut of WIOX 91.3 FM, which serves Delaware and Schoharie counties out of the town of Roxbury. Now tomorrow, it's WGXC 90... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010 - 10:28 am
The hosts and broadcasters at Roxbury's WIOX radio station are celebrating today. The full-power FM station, which you can hear throughout much of Delaware County on 91.3 FM, is now also online. To listen to the streaming audio of the station's current... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 - 2:40 pm
WIOX on its launch day in August. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Big radio news across the Catskills today.
In Delaware and Schoharie counties, full-power WIOX station has won a $129,712 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The funds have been... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010 - 12:30 pm
Anybody catch members of the USA Shaolin Temple on WIOX recently? (Alas, the Roxbury radio station's signal doesn't reach Watershed Post HQ.) The kung fu fighters, who are building a temple dedicated to the study of martial arts and Chan Buddhism in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010 - 9:55 am
Yesterday at 5pm, Roxbury's new full-power FM radio station cut the ribbon on its broadcast headquarters on Bridge Street in Roxbury.
All sorts of local dignitaries were in attendance, inlcluding State Assemblyman Clifford W. Crouch (above left), Chairman... Read more