WCBN's Facilities

For all you techies out there, here's a list of the various pieces of equipment that make us function as a whole (according to Paul, our ex-engineer).

We are licensed by the FCC to broadcast at 88.3 Mhz, 220 watts transmitter output power, vertically polarized. It's stereo with no subcarriers.

Our transmitter antenna is located at 42 16' 37" N., 83 44' 7" W. which is on top of the Dennison Building (formerly the Physics & Astronomy Building) on the University of Michigan's Central Campus.

Audio Consoles

FM Air Studio: Broadcast Electronics Airtrack 90-12

Production Studio A: Yamaha 01V Digital Mixer

Production Studio B: Mackie VLZ-1402PRO

Production Studio C: Arrakis SC2000

Microphones

FM Air Studio: Electrovoice RE 20

Auxillary FM mics: 2 Shure SM-58

All others: Shure SM57

CD Players

We have lots of these, mostly TASCAM CD-450s.

Turntables

FM Air Studio: 3 Technics SL-1200MK4 (specially made to play 78 RPM!!)

Production Studio A: 2 Technics SL-1200MK2

Production Studio C: 2 Technics SL-1200MK2

Production Studio B: 1 Technics SL-1200MK2

Henry Engineering UTC (Universal turntable Controller)

Phono cartridges: Stanton 500 series

Styli: Stanton D-5107A

Preamps are either WCBN manufacture or RDL ST-PH1

Cart Machines
(being phased out)

Our sole operational cart machine:

Production Studio A: ITC Omega

Reel to Reel Decks

Production Studio B: Tascam 52

Cassette Decks 

These are all over the place....

Denon DN-720R

TASCAM 102MKII

Marantz PMD 201 (for remote use)

Distribution Amplifiers 

ATI DA208

RDL RUDA4D

RDL STA-1

Speakers, Amplifiers, etc. 

FM air studio monitor amp: Crown D-75A

FM air studio speakers: Tannoy PBM-8

Headphones (lot's of these): Fostex T20s

JBL Control 1 speakers

Emergency Alert System

ENDEC by Sage

 

The following EBS equipment was replaced by the Emergency Alert System as of Jan.1 1997

We have to keep it around just in case...

Receiver: McMartin AM3

Decoder: McMartin EBS-2

Encoder: Gordman-Redlich

Transmitter, Processing, misc.

Telephone Interface: Symmetrix TI 101

Digital signal processor: Yamaha REV 100

STL Line Drivers: Ozone Manufacturing Model 1 (Homemade using NE5534s opamps -- zero output impedance!!)

Remote Control : Advanced Microdynamics (now Burk) TC8

Signal Processor: Orban Optimod

Power Transmitter: Collins BT-250 (Serial # 1 !!! made in 1968)

Exciter: Collins 310Z-II

Backup Exciter: McMartin 910

Our (vertically polarized) antenna is an Algon Antenna AB S-184 00 made in Akersberga, Sweden

Modulation Monitors: TFT 844