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'''WPOB''' (88.5 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a [[high school radio]] station [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Plainview, New York]]. WPOB is a [[community radio]] station funded by the [[Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District]] and has been broadcasting since 1972. WPOB is broadcast by students at [[Plainview – Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School]] partaking in a three-year course in radio engineering, producing and broadcasting. The station airs from 7:00&nbsp;a.m. to 2:30&nbsp;p.m. weekdays and shares time with [[Syosset High School]]'s [[WKWZ]] in [[Syosset, New York]].<ref>((cite web |url= https://wpobfmradio.wixsite.com/wpob |title=WPOB official website |accessdate=April 28, 2013))</ref>

== Early days ==
WPOB was a project sponsored by Plainview-Old Bethpage School Board member Joseph Scholnick, a sound-effects pioneer<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2821017/ |title=Joseph Scholnick |work=IMDb |accessdate=April 28, 2013))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045456/ |title=Winky Dink and You |work=IMDb |accessdate=April 28, 2013))</ref> of the 1950s broadcast radio scene, who also was the original FCC licensed engineer responsible for regulatory compliance at the station.  Student run, with oversight from Dr. Louis Brown, WPOB initially broadcast, almost exclusively, news and educational programming.  By the mid-1970s however, WPOB's programming format had shifted to include student-generated content and popular music programming, eventually adding more modern Rock & Roll content.

The content produced by students was composed, directed and engineered as a learning experience and included regular episodic comedy, such as "The Adventures of Captain Kwizdo" (a thinly veiled homage to the "Mark Time" routine performed by the professional comedy troupe '[[Firesign Theater]]'), a weekly sports review (which mimicked the styling of the famous sportscaster [[Howard Cosell]]), alternative music and current events programming, such as "Music You Dont Know From a Guy You Don't Care About", and various informational news magazines. Students were also encouraged to produce their own promotional material, jingles, and other content. Often recruiting school music students, actors, and athletes to contribute content such as jingles and other broadcast promotions for their work.

== WPOB Today ==
The station updated their music library and computer systems in 2023 to include a mix of new popular music and all-time favorites. This update was spearheaded by the station managers Sawyer Bogaty, Logan Todisco and Idreis Karimzada.((citation needed|date=July 2021))

WPOB DJs get approximately 40 minutes to do what they want with their shows, the station also livestreams music, public service announcements (PSA), and the news every Friday to WPOB’S official website The station is a member of the [[Emergency Alert System]] (EAS) and will alert the greater Plainview area of any dangerous situations. The newest update to the WPOB station is a TV being added to their booth and over 3,000 CDs donated to the station.((citation needed|date=July 2021))

The station's programming is student generated and there are courses available to further the student knowledge on broadcast communications. WPOB is run through the English Department at POB-JFK High School.

WPOB now transmits to the local community through a [[Radio over IP|RoIP]] system to provide the best quality sound, this update was conducted in July 2020.((citation needed|date=July 2020))

== See also ==
* [[WKWZ]]

== References ==
((Reflist))

== External links ==
((FM station data|WPOB))

((Long Island Radio))

[[Category:Radio stations in New York (state)|POB]]
[[Category:Plainview, New York]]
[[Category:Old Bethpage, New York]]
[[Category:Mass media in Nassau County, New York]]

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