Galaxy Communications combining WSEN with Sunny 102

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Radio station WSEN 92.1 FM is combining with Galaxy Communications’ Sunny 102 (WZUN 102.1 FM) to create what Galaxy CEO Edward Levine is calling a “superstation.”

WSEN has been operating at 8456 Smokey Hollow Rd. in the town of Lysander.

“We are thrilled to be able to continue the legacy of WSEN by combining it with Sunny 102 to create a superstation. We’ve expanded our playlists to incorporate a tremendously wide variety of music. Plus, we preserved several jobs for some of Syracuse’s best known radio personalities,” Levine said in a news release.

Syracuse–based Galaxy Communications owns WZUN. Galaxy describes itself as a “locally owned and operated company” that operates 14 radio stations.

Bath, New York–based Family Life Ministries bought WSEN and WMCR-FM in Oneida from Leatherstocking Media Group in December, according to a Feb. 18 posting on the website for RadioInsight, an industry trade publication.

Following the original assignment application, Family Life amended its plans to convert 92.1 WSEN-FM to non-commercial status, the RadioInsight article said.

The same article also noted that “anonymous” domain registrations had been made the previous day for addresses that included 1021WSEN.com and 102WSEN.com.

Sunny 102 will continue its operations from Galaxy headquarters on Walton Street in Syracuse. WSEN on-air personalities — including Gary Dunes, Diane Wade, and John Carucci — have joined the Sunny 102 on-air lineup.

Gary Dunes is now on the air with Big Mike & Cindy in the morning and John Carucci has joined Rick Gary in the afternoon from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Diane Wade is on air from Noon to 3 p.m.

Listeners can hear the combined programming of Sunny 102 and WSEN 92.1 on both frequencies through this weekend. The programming then moves to 102.1 FM only as of Monday, according to the Galaxy news release.

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