Wmss Information

WMSS is one of the few High School operated broadcast stations in the country. WMSS is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and is owned by the Middletown Area School District. WMSS Broadcasts on 91.1MHz, FM, and has an output power of 475 Watts, more than many college radio stations! We are owned and operated by the Middletown Area School District. Students in the Middle School (grades 7 through 8) may join the Radio Club. At the High School level, radio becomes a credit course that meets outside regular school hours. What can you expect to hear when you tune in to WMSS? That is a difficult question to answer. If you tune in during a weekday during the school year, you could hear just about any kind of music from Jimmy Buffet to Jim Morrison and anything and everything in between. In the evenings (after 3), WMSS plays mostly alternative style music. The students on the air get to choose what they want to play during their air shifts. While there are guidelines concerning inappropriate content, the students in the program are free to choose from the large library of music at WMSS, and they supplement what the station has with music from their own CD and tape collections. Mixed in with all of this are various pre-recorded shows and live sports events. On Sundays, WMSS carries a number of local church services, some of them are broadcast live.