WNYT (internet radio)

WNYT was the college radio station for the New York Institute of Technology. It was closed down at the end of the Spring 2023 semester after the Communication Arts program was discontinued.

History
Located on the Old Westbury campus of New York Institute of Technology, WNYT Radio was formed in 1964 as a student organization, where it began and still is a completely student-run station. WNYT also operated as a separate closed-circuit station at the college's New York City campus when it was located at 888 7th avenue in Manhattan in the early to mid-1970s. It was entirely student operated and featured a rock format.

With the lack of available frequency allocations in the area, WNYT has gone through an array of changes through the years in its broadcasting mediums — carrier current, closed circuit, the background music for Cablevision’s on-screen program guide, and most recently, Internet streaming audio. In addition changes have occurred in the programming formats WNYT has relied upon, from all rock music to its current open format.

WNYT Radio has served as a springboard for a wide array of talent and air personalities, with its members going on to become prominent members the New York media market. In addition, it has acted as a voice of the NYIT campus since it was established in the 1960s. It is one of the few college radio stations on Long Island, or the greater metropolitan area, that is entirely run by its students. From its air personalities, to the programming, all aspects of the station are overseen by the students of NYIT.

WNYT Radio programming has been successful; many shows, including the political talk show Elephant Bangs Donkey, Entenmann's and M 80s, Sound System, The Verk and Santro Show, The Dream team and The Extreme Metal Show, have brought a large amount of interest and praise from record labels and bands in the Long Island area.

Starting in 2012, WNYT Radio began broadcasting NYIT Bears sports on their station, a move that brings a larger audience.

At the end of the Spring 2023 semester, NYIT discontinued it's Communication Arts program and closed down WNYT and they held a Sunset Gala at The DeSeversky Mansion to celebrate the program, the station and the people.

Noteworthy WNYT alumni

 * Alan Statsky '72, producer and news writer, NBC-TV, WCBS-TV, WOR-TV
 * Bryan Jackson '73, Press Officer to Governor Mario Cuomo, Owner WCDA-FM (Albany, New York)
 * Carol Silva '76, former anchor News12 Long Island
 * Jim Douglas '82, former morning personality, WKJY
 * Donna Vaughan '86,'87, former news director, WALK-FM
 * Tracy Burgess '88, news editor, “Imus in the Morning”
 * Dennis Falcone '79, nationally syndicated program producer, Premiere Radio Networks, regular on the Opie and Anthony Show, and regularly appears on Opie with Jim Norton and owner of his own entertainment company, www.dennisfalcone.com.
 * Maria Milito '83, mid-day air personality, WAXQ
 * Don Faithfull '80, engineer, WABC-TV
 * Scotty Hart '92, former air personality, WLNG and currently at Big 98.1.
 * Frank DiMaulo '87, audio engineer and editor, As the World Turns
 * Steve Singer '79, audio engineer; NBC;
 * John Caracciolo, vice president and general manager of The Morey Organization’s radio group, founder of JVC Broadcasting
 * Tom Mortensen, morning show producer, WDRE
 * Mark Alan Biggs International broadcaster. Died on September 20, 2010.
 * Peter K Fallon, '76 (BA), 80 (MFA), News Editor for NBC News' Today Show (1982-99), Professor of Journalism, award-winning author.
 * Bruce Perens, while at Pixar was credited on Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life
 * Mark Rosenman Host, Producer WLIE 540am SPORTSTALKNY, Sports Author
 * Matt Craig '80 Formerly of WGLI-AM and WNYG-AM Babylon, NY and WEBE 108 Bridgeport, CT. He also produces and hosts an internet radio show New York's Best Rock, now on 31 different internet stations. In addition, Matt also hosts the internets largest hobby site documenting his collection of radio audio, www.bigappleairchecks.com.
 * John Albertson’ 87 Photo Journalist: News 12 Long Island, NY 1987-88, WNHT Concord, NH 1988-89, DP freelance New York,NY 1989-2004, WNBC New York 2004
 * Dan Moore '06, engineer, air personality, WLNG