WCDB
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WCDB is a college radio station
run by students attending The University at Albany
in Albany, New York
. Located at 90.9 FM
WCDB's programming includes a wide range of music, news, sports and public affairs programs. WCDB underwent extensive renovations in late May 2007 and returned to its regular program schedule later that year on November 16.
The station has a website with streaming capabilities and is now airing worldwide.
song Born to Run
. The University's Carillon
rang out the song at the same time.
It enjoyed a power boost in 1984 that brought capacity from ten to 100 watts, enabling the station to be heard as far away as Southwestern Vermont and Berkshire County, Massachusetts
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Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
run by students attending The University at Albany
University at Albany, The State University of New York
The State University of New York at Albany, also known as University at Albany, State University of New York, SUNY Albany or simply UAlbany, is a public university located in Albany, Guilderland, and East Greenbush, New York, United States; is the senior campus of the State University of New York ...
in Albany, New York
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
. Located at 90.9 FM
Frequency modulation
In telecommunications and signal processing, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency. This contrasts with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant...
WCDB's programming includes a wide range of music, news, sports and public affairs programs. WCDB underwent extensive renovations in late May 2007 and returned to its regular program schedule later that year on November 16.
The station has a website with streaming capabilities and is now airing worldwide.
History
WCDB FM was born from WSUA AM (1963-1980) . The FM station first went on the air on March 1, 1978 with the Bruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
song Born to Run
Born to Run (song)
"Born to Run" is a song by American singer songwriter Bruce Springsteen, and the title song of his album Born to Run.- Songwriting :Written at in Long Branch, New Jersey in early 1974, the song was Bruce Springsteen's last-ditch effort to make it big. The prior year, Springsteen had released two...
. The University's Carillon
Carillon
A carillon is a musical instrument that is typically housed in a free-standing bell tower, or the belfry of a church or other municipal building. The instrument consists of at least 23 cast bronze, cup-shaped bells, which are played serially to play a melody, or sounded together to play a chord...
rang out the song at the same time.
It enjoyed a power boost in 1984 that brought capacity from ten to 100 watts, enabling the station to be heard as far away as Southwestern Vermont and Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Berkshire County is a non-governmental county located on the western edge of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of the 2010 census, the population was 131,219. Its largest city and traditional county seat is Pittsfield...
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Declaration of Intent
WCDB is the broadcast radio station of SUNY Albany. WCDB's format is primarily music. WCDB serves as a venue for matters that are relevant to continued public discourse regarding issues of social importance. The underpinning rasion d'etre for the existence of a student radio station is to provide a viable alternative to mainstream discourse and mass culture.Notable alumni
- Bill Daughtry - 1050 ESPN Radio New YorkWEPNWEPN is a 24-hour sports talk formatted radio station in New York City featuring national and local sports talk programs and live broadcasts of sports matches. It is the New York affiliate for ESPN Radio...
- Brian LehrerBrian LehrerBrian Lehrer is a radio talk show host on New York City's public radio station WNYC. His daily two-hour 2007 Peabody Award-winning program, The Brian Lehrer Show, features interviews with newsmakers and experts about current events and social issues...
- CUNY TVCUNY TVCUNY TV is a non-commercial Educational-access television cable station in New York City, part of The City University of New York's university system. It provides tele-course programming varying from mathematics, physics and biology to history, art and social studies. It also provides cultural... - Larry Berger - MSG Varsity
- Jody McDonald - 1050 ESPN Radio New YorkWEPNWEPN is a 24-hour sports talk formatted radio station in New York City featuring national and local sports talk programs and live broadcasts of sports matches. It is the New York affiliate for ESPN Radio...
- Holly Schomann - Director, MTV2 - Music Programming and Talent, former Director at Warner Brothers
Renovation of Spring 2011
The renovation of Spring 2011 consisted of several equipment upgrades and new installations as well as repurposing of existing station facilities.- The Broadcast studio was moved to the defunct AM studio space which had fallen into junk storage.
- The old broadcast studio space was repurposed for recording and production with two 8+8 Pro Tools interfaces and WCDB's first proper DAW along with a full gamut of microphones.
- IP connections were installed in the transmitter site and a computer installed to allow much better monitoring and control of transmitter equipment.
- Tieline audio codecs were installed at the studio and transmitter site to bypass the old and failing copper lines installed in the early 80s
- A new digital emergency alert system was installed to comply with the new EAS-CAP.
- A new IP remote broadcast system was introduced to phase out the old POTS system.