Radio station

WWLR goes international with streaming
Blurb; WWLR is ready for the web! It took some time but the LSC radio station is finally ready to broadcast online. Which is causing some excitement on campus.

The Lyndon State College radio station WWLR can soon be listened to around the world. The station recently completed streaming, which enables it to broadcast online, allowing any individual with Internet access to listen to the shows.
“I think it's awesome,” Carmen Henry, DJ “smallz” said. Henry who hosts a techno/hip-hop show feels that streaming will greatly impact the school. “I think it will up our publicity, more people will listen around the United States and outside of this area. “My high school friends and family will now be able to listen.”
With months of preparation, the station wired the first floor of Vail to obtain Internet access. Streaming takes the music that's played over their FM transmitter and coverts it into a digital signal that goes out over the Internet.
The idea of streaming was brought up about 16 months ago by the management of WWLR. They began discussing their strategic goals for the future of the organization and streaming online became their number one priority.
The strategic plan had started to yield results through improvements to the station. This included renovating their transmitter, streaming, and through agreement with northeastsportsnet.com and Eric Berry using his live remote equipment to broadcast school events.
Reaching Their Goal
The process to stream was a long and complicated process including preparing a budget and speaking with engineers. The first floor of Vail had never been wired for Internet access, and the college wanted to wait on adding the Internet connection, Jeremy Lacey, general manager, said.
However, the station wanted to continue with the streaming concept and decided to pay for the installations through fundraising. The total cost for just WWLR to wire was $1,200, and to wire all of first floor Vail was $8,600 which the station paid for out of their underwriting funds. “The radio station has become a great asset to LSC,” Lacey said. “Streaming represents one of the major historic evolutions for LSC.”

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Jeremy Lacey, General Manger of the station, said that some of the long-term goals and benefits of streaming would include recruitment, community outreach, and allow families to become better connected with the school. The programs will soon be heard at www.lyndonstate.edu/wwlr.
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