WHWS is an 100-watt low-power radio station broadcasting at 105.7 FM from the Hobart and William Smith Colleges campus to Geneva, Waterloo, Seneca Falls, and surrounding communities in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York.
On campus, the station is located in the Scandling Center, next to the post office. It is in that space that all DJs do their live broadcast, as well as where our staff hold office hours. We also share that space with our sister station, WEOS 89.5 FM/90.3 FM, which is our NPR branch operated by WXXI-FM 91.5 in Rochester in conjunction WITH 90.1 in Ithaca and WVWA 90.3 FM in Auburn. We have also shared our space with the Offices of Student Affairs and of Sustainability.
At WHWS, students can have roles as DJs and participate, specializing in music or in sports broadcast, in the various inner workings of station management!
WHWS has a three-fold mission to serve to residents of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, the residents of Geneva, New York, and the residents of the surrounding communities in Ontario and Seneca counties.
First, to provide a broadcast service to the Hobart and William Smith community! We provide increased availability for HWS students to host on-air shows on an eclectic platform. Additional newscasts and related special-programming is also aimed at the HWS community. This includes live coverage of Hobart and William Smith sports events.
Second, to provide a Spanish-language program service, Radio Bilingüe, including music and relevant news to the Hispanic community in and around Geneva. You can learn more about Radio Bilingüe here.
Third, to provide local news, music, and information based on the interests of the local Geneva community as a whole, as well as surrounding communities.
WHWS is grateful to be broadcasting on the historic land of the Seneca Nation, and conscious of their forced removal in the 18th century from what is now called Geneva. The Seneca people were also known as the People of the Great Hill and Keepers of the Western Door, and one of the six nations comprising the Haudenosaunee.
