The Radio Club began at SUNY Brockport in the late 1950’s and, shortly thereafter, efforts began to acquire a FM frequency.  Starting in 1957, the Radio Club began broadcasting via public address to the student union on the Brockport campus.  On May 1, 1964, the station, then known as WBSN began transmitting to the entire campus via telephone lines. In January 1970, the station moved into its present facilities in the Seymour College Union and became WBSU-AM.

Following many years of hard work and patience, WBSU-FM was born on January 14, 1981 with 10 watts at 88.9.  Thanks to the efforts of many people including the FM Task Force, Lloyd Trufelman, Dr, Melvin Smagorinsky, Edward Rothstein, Chief Engineer Bernard Lynch, Brian Issacson, Dr. Fred Powell, Martha Walstrum, Frank Filardo, Terrin Hover, Harry Goldberg, Scott Fishman and many others, the dream finally became a reality.  Our first General Manager was David Van Wie and he spearheaded an immediate power increase to 150 watts in May of that year.  Following Van Wie four years later was Timothy Lyman who was instrumental in the May, 1989 move to 89.1 at 7,338 watts where we now stand.

The 1990’s brought much technological change to the station starting with a computerized music playlist in 1992, new studio consoles in 1992 and 1994, and digital equipment during the summer of 1995.  Our web site was created in 1997 and we began webcasting in 1999.  Our latest digital upgrade came in January 2005 and we installed a digital phone editing system in August 2005.

WBSU-FM became 89.1 The Point with a new logo on June 10th, 1998 in an effort to simplify the stations nickname.  Our hope was to make us easier to remember and make the station more marketable.

The station has been recognized four times by the New York State Broadcasters Association for excellence in broadcasting in competition with other professional stations around the state as well as ten other awards from national organizations since 1988.  The station received two awards from the Broadcast Education Association in 2003 and two from the now-defunct National Association of Collegiate Broadcasters in the 1990’s. College Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI) has recognized the station as a national finalist in their National Student Production Awards competition once in 2003, twice in 2004, once in 2005 and twice more in 2007.  The success of our alumni is our ultimate legacy as they continue to represent Brockport in their broadcast and related careers in New York City, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Atlanta and Tampa nationally and Rochester, Utica, Buffalo, Binghamton, Albany and Syracuse more locally.

To all those who have come before us, we thank you for helping to make the station all that it is today.  To all those yet to come, we hope that you will continue the legacy started several decades ago.

New! The Point is currently completing steps to move the Circuit to the current FM Studio and to move the FM Studio to the Circuit Room. The Circuit room will allow FM to have more space and it will balance out the layout of the station. Along with the move, the Point will be undergoing a FM Digital Upgrade. It includes buying new studio furniture, a digital board, and new swing doors. Expected completion date of this switch is summer 2008. The 31 steps with photos are below and will continuously be added as phases are completed, so check back every now and again.

Phase 1 - Clean out Circuit room [Completed]
Phase 2 - Remove shelfing units [Completed]

Phase 3 - Soundproof floor tiles so they don't creak [In progress]
Phase 4 - Soundproof walls
Phase 5 - Paint current logo on back wall
Phase 6 - Install 3 new push doors on studio entryways
Phase 7-13 - Order new studio furniture, temperature gauge, CD players, cassette aircheck machine, mic booms, and speakers [Completed]
Phase 14 - Disassemble existing Circuit Board, equipment, and furniture
Phase 15-24 - Install new transmitter line wiring, phone lines, temperature gauge, EAS monitor wires, new door light, studio furniture, mic booms, studio speakers, CD players and order digital board
Phase 25-30 - Move FM CD cases, 360 phone recording system, AudioVault computer, show prep computer, Telos phone unit, microphones, and EAS unit to new studio
Phase 31 - Install digital board