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| City of license | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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| Broadcast area | [1] |
| Branding | WCBN FM |
| Slogan | Freeing Your Mind For Over 30 Years |
| Frequency | 88. A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting is the community that a Radio station or Television station Ann Arbor is a city in the US state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. 3 MHz |
| First air date | January 23, 1972 (1952 as a carrier current station) |
| Format | Freeform |
| Power | 200 watts |
| HAAT | 54 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 66316 |
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| Callsign meaning | Campus Broadcasting Network |
| Former callsigns | none |
| Owner | University of Michigan |
| Website | [2] |
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History
WCBN was created in 1952 when three existing carrier current broadcasting systems on campus pooled resources. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carrier current is a method of low power AM broadcasting that does not require a broadcast license in the United States, but is allowed on the Campus of WCBN-AM could be tuned to in University buildings at 650 kHz. Programming was coordinated between the existing broadcast facilities.
In 1956 WCBN hosted the first meeting of the National Association of College Broadcasters. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
1965 saw the consolidation of WCBN operations in the newly completed Student Activities Building. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar.
In early 1971 a proposal was approved by the Board of regents to expand the station to FM Radio. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. See also Frequency modulation, FM band FM broadcasting is a broadcast Technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that On January 23, 1972 WCBN-FM went on the air at 89. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 5 MHz with a 10 watt transmitter. At this time the carrier current station adopted the new callsign WRCN, and programming was divided.
WCBN was moved to 88. 3 MHz by the FCC in 1977. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays
In 1980 the station held its first fundraiser to supplement its University support. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)
WCBN's transmitter was upgraded to 200 watts in 1984. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar)
Disc jockey Ken Freedman famously marked the election of Ronald Reagan by playing Lesley Gore's "It's My Party (And I'll Cry If I Want To)" for 18 hours straight. Lesley Gore (born May 2, 1946 as Lesley Sue Goldstein) is an American Singer-songwriter of the " Girl group era"
In addition to on-air studio productions, WCBN also has a rich history of local concert sponsorship, recently hosting performances by Jad Fair, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Mount Eerie, The Books, and Jandek. Jad Fair is the singer and guitarist of Lo-fi Alternative rock group Half Japanese. Sunburned Hand of the Man are a band from Massachusetts that formed in 1997 from the remnants of the Boston psychedelic punk trio Shit Mount Eerie is an Anacortes, Washington -based band fronted by Phil Elverum. The Books are a band founded by and consisting of American Nick Zammuto and Dutchman Paul de Jong in New York City in 2000 Jandek is the musical project of an Outsider musician who operates out of Houston Texas.
Programming
While WCBN's programming format is primarily freeform, its also specialty programs focusing on specific styles or origins of music including Dance Hall Reggae, Nothin’ but the Blues, the extremely eclectic country program The Down Home Show, the Bluegrass show Bill Monroe for Breakfast, the techno show Crush Collision, and the Hip hop show The Prop Shop. Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. William Smith Monroe ( September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American musician who developed the style of music known as Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Several of these programs have aired continuously for over 20 years. Sunday programming is comprised mainly of specialty shows featuring the music of Africa, Asia, India, Israel and the Middleast, Japan, Turkey and the Mediterranean. The weekly, 2 hour Local Music Show features local artists performing live in-studio.
WCBN also broadcasts locally and nationally produced news, sports and issues programming, such as nationally produced FAIR's CounterSpin, and Free Speech Radio News as well as Dave Emory's commentary show For the Record. CounterSpin is a weekly half-hour Radio program produced by the progressive media watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR. Free Speech Radio News (or FSRN is an independently produced half hour daily national and international Radio news program focusing on peace and social justice issues David Emory (born New York City, 1949 also known as Dave Emory is an American Talk radio host based in the San Francisco Bay Area. For the Record is a two-disc 44-track Greatest hits package released by the American Country music band Alabama. The locally produced LGBT issues program Closets R4 Clothes has aired since 1975. LGBT (also GLBT) is an initialism referring collectively to Lesbian, Gay, bisexual, and Transgender / transsexual Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Experimental children's radio program The Show and Tell Machine was started in 2006 by Brendt Rioux.
The WCBN News Department was revitalized beginning in 2004, when a group of students converged to conduct live coverage of the presidential elections. Out of this grew a more long term project called BlackBox Radio, which produced over 50 episodes of its weekly show. BlackBox radio stopped production in 2006.
Other information
- In addition to its FM broadcast, WCBN can be heard via the Internet at wcbn.org. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks
- The University of Michigan also funds and operates the NPR station WUOM-FM, which is run as a service to the community and does not directly involve students in its operation. Michigan Radio is the collective name for the network of Radio stations operated by the Michigan Public Media unit of the University of Michigan.
- Ken Freedman, general manager of WFMU-FM, worked at WCBN from 1977-1983. WFMU is a listener-supported non-commercial Radio station based in Jersey City New Jersey, broadcasting at 91
- Gilda Radner was weather girl at WCBN from 1965-1966. Gilda Susan Radner ( June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an Emmy Award -winning American Comedienne and Actress
- WCBN's news alumni include Ted Oberg (reporter for KTRK-TV, Houston, Texas) and Fanchon Stinger (morning anchorwoman at WJBK-TV). KTRK-TV, channel 13 is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company -owned American Broadcasting Company, located in
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