WOAS is an American educational high school radio station that broadcasts a variety style music format at 88.5 Mhz FM. The studio and transmitter tower is located at the Ontonagon Area School building. The Ontonagon Area School District holds ownership and U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licensing for the station. Operation of the station is conducted by an all volunteer staff that includes students of the Ontonagon Area Schools and local community members. Hours The WOAS radio station broadcasts on weekdays from 8 am to 10 pm EST during the school year. The station also does selective broadcasting in August in conjunction with the Porcupine Mountains Music Festival, held at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. Station office hours are on weekdays from 9 am to 3 pm EST during the school year. The station office is located within the Ontonagon Area School building. Programming WOAS features on-air student disc jockey programs typically in one-hour blocks from 8 am to 3:30 pm. After 3:30 pm, the station features an assortment of on-air disc jockey programs hosted by local community members and syndicated shows. Weekly syndicated shows include: "Beale Street Caravan", "Midnight Special", "PorkiesFest Radio", "Dr Duck's Rx for Guitar", "Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour", "Acooustic Rainbow" and a variety of artists from the "Home Grown Music Network." The variety format allows students and community staff to program their personal preference of genre during their respective on-air shows as long as it complies with the "terms-of-broadcast" concerning profanity and other points. Some local production of PSAs and promotional materials is also done by the station volunteers. WOAS features a complete digital media system including three Compact Disc (CD) players, a Computerized Media Processor (CMP) and input jacks for MP3 or headphone based media devices. The only exception to the digital system is a single cassette tape player that is used for select syndicate programs and legacy media. Live feed The audio feed has been on and off the internet for the past 10 years due to web platform difficulties and lack of resources. In early 2014, the WOAS radio station completed implementation of its live internet audio stream. The audio stream broadcasts on the public internet in stereo at 128 KBps. As of March 2016, the main server has been replaced and it is now feeding the weather station on line (also to Weather Underground), video and audio. History The first