WSUC-FM
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| City | Cortland, New York |
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| Branding | 90.5 WSUC The Dragon |
| Frequency | 90.5 MHz |
| First air date | November 29, 1976 |
| Format | Variety |
| ERP | 210 watts |
| HAAT | −18 m (−59 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 63111 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°35′48.00″N 76°11′23.00″W / 42.5966667°N 76.1897222°W |
| Callsign meaning | W State University of New York at Cortland |
| Former callsigns | WCSU-AM |
| Affiliations | WRVO |
| Owner | State University of New York at Cortland |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | web.cortland.edu/wsuc/ |
WSUC-FM (90.5 FM) is a college radio station broadcasting a variety format from the State University of New York at Cortland (SUNY Cortland). The station is owned and licensed by the State University of New York at Cortland in Cortland, New York, United States.
WSUC-FM went on the air officially on November 29, 1976. Prior to becoming WSUC-FM, the university radio station broadcast in AM with the call sign WCSU. The station had expected to retain the WCSU call sign but the FCC's FM license application required 5 potential call sign choices.
The 5 choices given on the application were WCSU, WMLF (Station Manager Michael Flaster's initials), WCJL (Corey Leibow, the Program Director's initials), WRTC (the Chief Engineer, Dick Crozier's initials), and as a joke, WSUC. It turned out the first 4 had already been assigned so the station was assigned WSUC for its FM license.
On January 7, 1993 the radio station was fined $23,750 by the FCC for a June 21, 1992 mid-afternoon broadcast which included the uncensored version of the lead single "Yo-Da-Lin in the Valley" from the Kid Rock album Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast and the explicit lyrics version of "I'm Not Your Puppet" from the Hi-C album Skanless.
At the time, this was the largest fine the FCC had ever levied against a non-commercial radio station for a violation of the commission's "obscenity, indecency, and profanity" regulations.
The university appealed the $23,750 fine stating that the fine was excessive and that due to a lack of a playlist and with no identifying announcements on the recording submitted to the FCC, SUNY was unable to ascertain if the alleged broadcast had actually aired on WSUC.
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