WCDB

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This article is about the current college radio station. For the defunct TV station, see WTEN.
WCDB
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City of license Albany, New York
Broadcast area New York's Capital District
Western Massachusetts
Branding Capital Districts Best
Frequency 90.9 MHz
Format Freeform
Alternative
ERP 100 watts
HAAT 64.0 meters
Class A
Facility ID 63125
Transmitter coordinates 42°41′12.50″N 73°49′12.60″W / 42.686806°N 73.820167°W / 42.686806; -73.820167
Callsign meaning We are the Capital District's Best[1]
Owner State University of New York
Webcast Yes
Website wcdbfm.com

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.

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[edit] History

WCDB FM was born from WSUA AM (1963-1980)[2] . The FM station first went on the air on March 1, 1978 with the Bruce Springsteen song Born to Run. The University's Carillon rang out the song at the same time.[1] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "A Brief History of Radio at UAlbany". http://www.wcdbfm.com/History.aspx. 
  2. ^ "The WCDB Historical Society". http://wcdb.org/history.asp. Joe Schepis. http://wcdb.org. 

[edit] External links
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² = Broadcasts in HD Radio

WAIH (State University of New York College at Potsdam) • WALF (Alfred University) • WARY (Westchester Community College) • WBSU (College at Brockport) • WCDB (State University of New York at Albany) • WCEB (Corning Community College) • WCVF (Fredonia State University) • WCWP (Long Island University, CW Post Campus) • WDWN (Cayuga County Community College) • WECW (Elmira College) • WERW (Syracuse University) • WETD (Alfred State College) • WFNP (SUNY New Paltz) • WFTU (Five Towns College) • WFUV (Fordham University) • WGCC (Genesee Community College) • WGFR (SUNY Adirondack) • WGSU (SUNY Geneseo) • WHCL (Hamilton College) • WHCR (City College of New York) • WHPC (Nassau Community College) • WHRW (Binghamton University) • WICB (Ithaca College) • WITC (Cazenovia College) • WITR (Rochester Institute of Technology) • WJPZ (Syracuse University) • WKCR (Columbia University) • WKRB (Kingsborough Community College) • WNYK (Nyack College) • WNYO (State University of New York - Oswego) • WNYU (New York University) • WONY (SUNY College at Oneonta) • WPNR (Utica College of Syracuse University) • WQKE (Plattsburgh State University) • WRCU (Colgate University) • WRHO (Hartwick College) • WRHU (Hofstra University) • WRPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) • WRUC (Union College) • WRUR (University of Rochester) • WSBU (St. Bonaventure University) • WSIA (College of Staten Island) • WSPN (Skidmore College) • WSUC (State University of New York - Cortland) • WTSC (Clarkson University) • WUSB (State University of New York - Stony Brook) • WVCR (Siena College) • WVHC (Herkiner County Community College) • WVKR (Vassar College) • WVWA (Colleges of The Seneca)
See also: adult contemporary, classic hits, college, country, news/talk, NPR, oldies, religious, rock, sports, top 40, urban, and other radio stations in New York
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