WYSO 91.3FM began broadcasting with 10 watts of power on February 8, 1958 as a student-run station on the campus of Antioch College. We were on the air four hours a day back then, with local public affairs and music programming. Today we broadcast and stream 24 hours a day, seven days a week with 50,000 watts of power and we reach twelve counties in Southwest Ohio with a potential audience of more than one million. We also have a dedicated music channel, Novaphonic.fm, which plays music 24/7 online and on over the air on WYSO-HD2.

Our mission is to serve the Miami Valley and beyond with information and inspiration that improves lives and builds community. Our vision for our programs, staff, boards and volunteers to be fully reflective of the communities we serve and strive to serve. These are our values:

• Relationships are WYSO’s superpower. We achieve our mission by building authentic relationships across the community and across the country. It is through relationships that we create content, share music, and amplify voices that have historically been excluded from mainstream media; maintain our organization, as we add staff, volunteers and board members; and position WYSO as a thought leader within our industry.
• Equity. WYSO has a role to play in undoing centuries of inequality in all its forms. Our news, music and storytelling further conversations about inequality and highlight solutions emerging to tackle it.
• Independence. WYSO is independent and belongs to this community. Independent also describes the ways we approach journalism and the music we share. Our staff, boards and hosts / producers will not be unduly influenced by corporate interests or wealthy individuals.
• Trustworthy journalism that is fact-based, researched, transparent, intellectually curious, pushes beyond the obvious answers, local, fair, and, when it’s called for, embraces the search for solutions. We believe an educated citizenry is essential to the functioning of our democracy.
• Education and lifelong learning. Our programming allows our listeners to learn and discover new things every day. And through our Center for Community Voices we provide hands-on learning opportunities for local citizens in the art of audio storytelling.
• Preservation of the records of conversations, cultural events, news, and decisions that shape our station, our community, and sometimes the world is a form of public service. The WYSO Archives ensures that people in the region we serve and beyond have access to these primary sources.