WSIA

08/31/2024

Michele Garner, Gary Zerilli and Finnola Hughes celebrate WSIA’s 43rd anniversary by sharing their favorite memories from the station!

Thank you to all Alumni and Community Volunteers involved in celebrating our anniversary today, and a special thank you to Finnoula Rose Hughes for helping us make this celebration happen❤️

08/31/2024

Dr. Greg Adamo, WSIA’s first General Manager, celebrates WSIA’s 43rd anniversary!

08/31/2024

In the 1970s, a group of students of the Staten Island Community College founded the precursor to WSIA, WB2BAZ. It was run out of the broom closet to the Middle-Earth Lounge in the B building on the Sunnyside Campus. The music they played was broadcasted to the college’s cafeteria. After a long battle, the students petitioned to apply for an FM license and got it.

The next group of students, somewhere in the late 70s, applied to the Student Government and Association for money to build studios. In 1980, the college hired a General Manager, Greg Adamo, to handle the daily tasks of the station and coordinate the construction of the studios. In early 1981, an agreement was reached with the Archdiocese of New York for an antenna site and the ability to install phone lines to the transmitter. This is located on the tower on top of Todt Hill (the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard, South of Maine).

On August 31, 1981, WSIA began regularly scheduled programming. We are a 10 watt, Class D station as licensed by the FCC to the College of Staten Island.

Since then, the station has been moved to the Willowbrook campus (where the college is now.)

WSIA is committed to being new and innovative in our programming. We are proud to serve the needs of our community here on Staten Island for 43 years.

To our Alumni, and listeners, thank you for supporting WSIA all those years, today we celebrate the beautiful history of the radio station and remember the beautiful memories and unforgettable friendships made in this place.

Happy 43rd birthday, WSIA!❤️

04/28/2024

Moments captured during Flip Circus saturday night show! We have a few tickets and family packages left to give out if you haven’t gotten yourself or your family and friends one already, head to our previous posts to find out how to win them! Flip Circus is operating only until 4/30, don’t miss out on this unforgettable night!!

(Note: Family Packages are only Valid Monday through Friday.)

📷 credits: Mariam Ibrahim

04/21/2024

Another giveaway? ABSOLUTELY‼️

If you wanted to go to flip circus and the family package giveaway did not apply to you, NOW IS YOUR TIME TO ENTER TO WIN 1 TICKET FOR YOURSELF!! 🎪

All you have to do is
🎟️ Share this post on your story
🎟️ Like this post
🎟️ Tag two friends who you think should go to

Entry is on a rolling basis until April 30th, winners must be over 18 and NY/NJ residents. Limited Supplies While They Last.

Note: If you are interested in winning a family package to which includes 2 Adult and 2 Children tickets, please see our previous post.

04/19/2024

Want to take your family out for a fun night? WSIA 88.9FM is partnering with to give away free Family Packages for 2 adults and 2 children (up to 10 years old) to go see Flip Circus at the Staten Island Mall!! 🎪

All you have to do is:
🎟️Share this post
🎟️ Like
🎟️ Tag 2 of your friends to let them know about the giveaway!!

Flip Circus is open from April 19th to April 30th, Deadline to enter is April 30th. Limited Supplies While They Last. Must be 18 years or older to enter and a NY/NJ resident.

Winners must visit our studios to pick up their prize.

09/27/2023

We have the pleasure of getting a chance to chat with the 8th President of the College of Staten Island, Timothy G. Lynch on October 2nd!

We will dive into who President Lynch really is, his goals and plans for CSI this year, and so much more! Tune into 88.9FM or you can stream our interview live on www.wsia.fm @ 10AM

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07/20/2023

We interviewed Grammy-winning rapper KayCyy at Govball this year and it was so much fun having a quick chat with him after his performance, check it out now‼️👇
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06/05/2023

WSIA IS DOING ANOTHER GIVEAWAY‼️

We’re giving away a pair of tickets for a lucky winner to come and watch NYC based Korean-American Adoptee, two-time daytime Emmy nominee, Executive Producer of Asian Comedy Fest and Hollywood Producer/Writer Edward Pokropski perform his “Case 84: Adopted in the USA” show at the Caveat in NYC!

The show is about the infleunce of American media on identity, connecting with your roots, qnd answers all the uncomfortable questions people have about being adopted in a comedic, light-hearted way!

Giveaway winner wil be announced on June 20th at 1PM, so enter now for a fun experience with Pokropski😎

(must be 21+ to enter)

For more information, contact [email protected] or 9294034839

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04/02/2023

Hello WSIA supporters! Are you in for a treat? Well we have the treat for you! WSIA is partnering with Chipotle to do a fundraiser! This fundraiser is to support Staten Island’s ONLY FM radio station with their operational expenses.
Stop by Chipotle at the Staten Island Mall to make a purchase and help support us. Come and enjoy this fun and delicious opportunity with some friends on a saturday night or get yourself some comfort food that you’ll enjoy!

Show this flyer at the counter while making an order or you can use code 2RDYXQY to make an online order for pick up, and dont forget, fundraiser will only be happening for one day, April 15th 4-8PM so mark your calendars‼️

WSIA thrives off of community and we wouldnt be here without your constant support, so lets make it happen!

02/07/2023

We’re giving away tickets!! WSIA is collaborating with Brooklyn Made Presents on giving away tickets for their spring shows, and we want you to win!
Tune in to 88.9FM everyday 12-12:30 PM to hear a “password”, exclusively announced on air, and give us a call at 718-982-3050 and tell us the password for a chance to win tickets for you and your friends!

For any questions or more information, please email [email protected] or DM us.

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01/30/2023

Hey , join us for Local Fashions Night Out, a charity fashion show in honor of Chanelle Scott, aka Cool Chellz, and to support local creativity this

Chanelle Scott was a beautiful human being of many talents. She was a model, radio host, dancer, and true .

Local Fashions Night Out was created to remember her strengths, passions, vibrance, and grace.

This charity fashion show will be hosted by & at with the support of , , and

01/28/2023

Thank you so much for sending us your music, always a pleasure!!!

Home page of The Crista Carroll Band, a group from Los Angeles

01/26/2023

Are you interested in sports? Do you want to learn how to become a sports broadcaster? Join WSIA and you can have your own sports show, gain experience in sports braodcasting, and so much more! For more information, contact [email protected] or DM us!

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01/26/2023

Amazing news! Our Interview with Staten Island Rock band Our Own Yokos is now available to hear on air at 88.9FM and to watch on our Youtube channel

We had so much fun speaking with Our Own Yokos, really cool people!! Also Dont forget to catch their show on February 3rd at the Hop Shoppe, check out ‘s page to find out more about the event as well as the release of their newest single “Sir Chunk” also on February 3rd😎

01/23/2023

Calling anyone interested in joining WSIA, now’s your time! Our first round of workshops are starting on January 26th. WSIA fits all kinds of interests, whether you’re interested in business, sports, music, tech, content creation, you name it, we have it! Most importantly, if you’re a music lover, WSIA is the right for you. Dont miss out on this great opportunity to join a college radio station and make possible new life long friends, for more info about how to join contact [email protected] or DM us, cant wait to see all your lovely faces on the 26th!!

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01/21/2023

We’re very excited to announce that we will be at the Local Fashion’s Night Out event doing sound! This event will be done in honor of our late WSIA member, Chanelle Scott aka “Cool Chellz.”
If you are a local business, fashion model, etc. and is interested in partaking in the event, contact [email protected] or The Badass Bootcamp
Dont forget to stop by Badass Bootcamp at Empire Outlets Mall on February 12th to see us, cant wait!!

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01/19/2023

We’re excited to annouce that our interview with Award-winning author and CSI Alumni, AuthorHadiatou Wann is now available to hear live on air at 88.9FM as well as our youtube channel at !! We’re so grateful for getting the opportunity to speak to Wann about her experience at CSI and in her career as a Muslim in American and we can wait for you to see and hear our interview! Tune in to 88.9FM to listen to Wann’s interview as well as many interviews to come. Don’t forget to also subscribe to our Youtube channel

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01/14/2023

We had the pleasure of interviewing award-winning author and CSI Alumni, Hadiatou Wann. We spoke with Wann about her experience as a Muslim woman in America, how she combated stereotyping and islamophobia in her life, and hearing her wonderful success story! Be sure to tune in to hear our interview on air only at 88.9FM as well as on youtube very very soon!
CSI Dolphins Alumni College of Staten Island AuthorHadiatou Wann

Check out Hadiatou Wann’s “Modest in the West” book on Amazon, Apple and Google Books and many more!

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01/05/2023

Check out the Brooklyn Made upcoming shows calendar! For more information on specific shows or to buy tickets, visit brooklynmadepresents.com

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12/23/2022

We’re happy to annouce our full interview with Curious Volume will be posted very very soon! We had so much fun getting to know them and being one of the first people to talk to them about coming back better than ever! We’re as excited as they are for their comeback, and to celebrate, Curious Volume will hold their reunion show tomorrow , Friday December 23rd at the Edgewater Hall stage at 691 Bay St. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.😎

12/23/2022

Thank you for sending us your music, always a pleasure!!😆

To send music to WSIA 88.9 FM, send it to [email protected]

A big shoutout to WSIA for putting our new album, , on their playlist! THANKS SO MUCH GUYS!!

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