This station employed the WMAC call sign only when it carried Syracuse University programming originating from Crouse College.

[11] After three months, a license renewal from the FCC allowed the students to change the call sign letters to WAER (W Alpha Epsilon Rho), referring to the radio honorary society).

[8][19] The enterprise was overseen by the dean of Radio department Kenneth G. Bartlett and professor Lawrence Myers Jr. served as the faculty manager.

[14] The documentary was researched and produced by Scott MacFarlane and Keith Kobland and won New York state AP Press Association award in 2019.

The Double Overtime, a full-length postgame talk show, airs after every football, basketball, and lacrosse game.

[36] The music department is organized by Eric Cohen, multiple-time winner of National Jazz Programmer of the Year.

Cora Thomas is the office supervisor and runs gospel music programming, as she maintains a Sunday morning show on WAER airing from 6-8AM.

[37] The partnership has resulted in a weekly, 3-hour show, called Real College Radio on WAER, which is hosted by alternating reps of a select cohort of WERW DJs.