Prior to web casting, “The Burn” could only be heard for approximately 15 miles around the Radnor area. Now with the introduction of web casting, the station can be heard with the ease of an Internet connection. The station’s general manager, Krista Mazzeo, has been told that WYBF has attracted listeners in places as far as India and South Africa.
For almost a year, Mazzeo has dedicated her time to gaining knowledge of web casting. This past summer the equipment was delivered and set up. “After a few test runs, Todd Kern, senior network engineer, found a couple of very minor problems, the first being that only on campus listeners could hear the broadcast over the Cabrini network,” Mazzeo said. “After a few more days the station was officially web casting on and off campus.”
The web cast is currently running as planned, according to Mazzeo.
WYBF’s local music show, “Local Yokels,” airs on “The Burn” on Monday nights at 7 p.m. The show focuses on non-mainstream artists and local bands. WYBF’s goal with this show is “to get as much music in as possible and to make a bigger impact on campus.” With these shows being broadcasted over the web, local artists will get the chance to have their sounds and style listened to around the world.
Luke Stevenson, senior, hosts a show on Sunday nights at 6 p.m. “College students live on their computers, so web casting is the best thing for them.” Stevenson is happy that his friends from home and other schools will now have a chance to experience the effort he puts into his show.
Stevenson feels that his punk and hardcore show has the potential to draw many fans from the Philadelphia area now that the station can be heard over the Internet. “Web casting as a whole is great.I’m really excited to work with it,” Stevenson said.
Since the start of web casting, the new WYBF website has seen its number of daily hits increase on an average of 150 per day, according to Mazzeo.
Feedback from the students and parents has been nothing but positive. Tom Reing, father of music director Katie Reing, said, “It has been great to hear her live instead of having to wait months to hear her old radio tapes. She has a great radio voice.”
“It has been great to hear her live instead of having to wait months to hear her old radio tapes. She has a great radio voice.”
