As a child, Gary Osbrey was glued to the radio.  Every day after school he would call the local radio station in West Warwick, WSVP-1450 with requests and contest attempts.  He dragged his mother to every live broadcast to meet the DJ’s and get a free record.  While attending Coventry Middle School, he learned about the Coventry High School radio station, WCHS, which later went on the air as WCVY 91.5.  He immediately began his countdown to high school so he could join the radio station.  He and the other students, under the leadership of Ken Grady, worked hard to raise the money required to put WCVY on the air. 

The dream became a reality in 1978.  Also in 1978, just before he returned to Coventry High School as a senior, he was hired as a part time announcer at WKRI in West Warwick, a job he held through his senior year and beyond.   After graduation in 1979, an additional stint was added at WSAR, Fall River and he purchased and started a mobile DJ company.  He was hired full time at WNRI in Woonsocket in January of 1980.  In 1981, at age 20, he began his 34 year run at WINY in Putnam, CT, which he and his wife Karen purchased in 2001.  Community service is the backbone and lifeblood of WINY and Gary and Karen and the radio station have received numerous awards and recognition over the years for their efforts including Business Leader of the Year, Civic Achievement Award and citations from the CT General Assembly.  Gary has served as President of the Northeastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce and Putnam Rotary Club as well as Assistant District Governor for Rotary International District 7890. 

He is currently vice president of the church council at St. John Lutheran Church in Brooklyn and is also founder and chairperson of The Holiday Dazzle Light Parade, an annual event which draws nearly 20,000 people to Putnam, CT.  Gary lives in Putnam with Karen, his wife of 28 years and starts each day the same way he has for his entire adult life, by giving humble thanks to God for His abundant blessings and grace.