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32-473: Occupying Room 301 in Olmsted Administration Building for its entire run, WJWA was first known as WEVC when it was built in 1950. Before that time, Evansville College maintained a radio broadcasting program through an agreement with 1280 WGBF , a local radio station. On March 31, 1951, WEVC went onto the air for the first time at 10 watts, monaural, at 91.5 MHz. It ran programming two hours

64-557: A Dell rack mount system. WUEV was in jeopardy early in 2006 when the University of Evansville administration were recipients of an offer to buy out the station by an undisclosed bidder. The receipt of the offer was announced on 31 January 2006 in AceNotes (the University's daily email to its students, staff, faculty and other members of the university community) along with a request for reader input. This prompted concerned alumni and students to

96-524: A case that student DJs had been censored by the University of Evansville from speaking about the sale on the airwaves at WUEV to garner support from the community. The University of Evansville went so far as in October 2018 to refute WUEV on-air claims of sale to the public with a press release. Earlier that fall in September 2018, an email from the University of Evansville Michael Austin was circulated email within

128-464: A day, five days a week. By 1975, stereo equipment was purchased by a benefit held at Mesker Amphitheatre in Evansville featuring Ted Nugent. On January 1, 1977, WEVC became WUEV to reflect the new University of Evansville name (The Buzzard (aka) "Skipper T." Spence, along with, then, director; Dr. Gil Clardy announced the change at midnight). By 1984, WUEV had increased power from 3000 to 6100 watts and

160-462: A licensed facility in 1925. The station, which was the pioneer station in the Evansville area, later became an NBC Radio affiliate, and went under ownership by the Leich family in the 1940s. The station was purchased by Metro Radio of Evansville, presided by Vernon Nolte, who converted the station into a Top 40 outlet in 1975. The station changed its call sign to WWOK on October 23, 1989, following

192-503: A major grassroots campaign to protest the sale of the station and its operating bandwidth. According to local sources, including the University Crescent, over 400 letters were received on the subject, with an overwhelming majority against the proposed sale. In fact, according to every news report, the University of Evansville never offered one letter that supported the sale nor provided an example of anyone stating they were in favor of

224-508: Is a radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. Licensed to Evansville, Indiana , United States, the station serves the Evansville area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media and features programming from Fox News Radio , Compass Media Networks , Premiere Networks , Radio America , and Westwood One . The station currently carries a conservative programming line-up, including Sean Hannity , Laura Ingraham , Mark Levin , Dennis Miller , and Glenn Beck . Also heard on

256-565: Is part of the project. Icecast was created in December 1998/January 1999 by Jack Moffitt and Barath Raghavan to provide an open-source audio streaming server that anyone could modify, use, and tinker with. Version 2, a ground-up rewrite aimed at multi-format support (initially targeting Ogg Vorbis ) and scalability, was started in 2001 and released in January 2004. Icecast was originally developed by Moffitt in 1998 for SMU 's radio station. At

288-599: The University later admitted in 2019 the decision was made over a two-year study since 2016 which they previously never mentioned. UE President Chris M. Pietruszkiewicz was said to have refused to meet with UE students who objected to the sale. This was an accusation made and observed publicly a number of times and never refuted by the President nor University. The community of Evansville and WUEV supporters rallied behind keeping WUEV through protests on campus and letter writing campaign. Students, alumni, and supporters also made

320-504: The University of Evansville specifically saying that WUEV had already been sold. This email from Michael August was reported by both Courier & Press and InsideRadio.com. According to a report from NPR, Tamara Wandel, a journalism professor at the University of Evansville, criticized the decision to sell WUEV, stating that it was made without input from the university's radio and television department. Transparency and communication with students, staff, and faculty were highly criticized on

352-529: The WUEV issue. "The sale of WUEV to Way-FM was not done with transparency or proper communication with students, staff, or faculty. The decision was made without input from the radio and television department," Tristan Richard, senior and general manager of WUEV told NPR. Inside Higher Ed, the Washington, D.C.-based publisher covering higher education stories, reported that the proposed sale of WUEV would negatively impact

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384-404: The action due to the bandwidth, but it was progress towards something new. A Diamond Rio MP3 player was purchased and taken to every remote broadcast, and once the signal was switched from terrestrial to remote feed, Clark or the field engineer would run the commercial breaks live in the field. It became possible to run an entire broadcast from the field without the assistance of the control booth or

416-550: The annual conference Men's Basketball Tournament in St. Louis, MO . Students from the MVC schools would do the play-by-play and color while their teams were on the floor at the tournament. At the same time, WUEV engineers investigated new ways of bringing the experience to the Internet listener. Webcams were purchased and taken to every home basketball game. It was little more than a half-court shot of

448-472: The control room's input line to a Marti or Comdex input line. Listeners could now "tune in" to the internet broadcast. When the game was over, someone would call back and switch the signal back to the terrestrial feed. With WUEV's new foray into the world of internet radio, Clark made a key partnership with the Missouri Valley Conference to offer a sports broadcasting workshop in conjunction with

480-552: The death of Princess Diana and were subsequently recognized by the Indiana Society of Professional Journalists. The bureau also made the University of Evansville the first American university project with a student-run news bureau on a foreign campus. By the fall of 1998, WUEV had purchased and installed additional streaming equipment and started research into branding and educational uses for streaming media technology. On hand in

512-470: The early evenings, current pop music was played. Later, the station went to rock or dance. On Saturdays, WUEV aired blues, and Sundays it ran Christian music . UE students program much of the broadcast day. On May 17, 2019, the University of Evansville made what members of the Evansville community claimed to be a controversial decision to sell the students' station to WAY-FM, a non-profit nationwide network that plays contemporary Christian music. The issue

544-487: The fall of 1998 were: The Internet gave WUEV great opportunities to share many things to the world. WUEV carried the World Radio Network signal from WRN-1, North America, during the early morning hours and into the early afternoon. Before the noon news, the station operator at the time would spool up one of several pre-recorded syndicated shows. After the noon news, on-air talent would take over until 1 or 2 a.m., when

576-541: The necessity of FCC licensing or a transmitter upgrade. Initially developed to support mp3 files, Vorbis support was added shortly after. The Icecast server is capable of streaming audio content as Opus or Vorbis over standard HTTP , video as WebM or Theora over HTTP, and MP3 , AAC , and NSV over the SHOUTcast protocol. Theora, AAC, and NSV are only supported in version 2.2.0 and newer. Icecast requires external programs, called "source clients", to originate

608-451: The sale. On 9 February 2006, President Stephen Jennings announced that the offer would be rejected, giving administration time to evaluate and change the way that WUEV has been managed on campus. After an unspecified time, the station would be re-evaluated for viability and options would again be considered. In January 2009, WUEV moved from its original location in Olmsted 301 to a new home on

640-492: The second floor in the new Ridgway University Center. The new station included a much larger productions studio, storage, and "The Fishbowl", the DJ booth with a large window for passers-by to view the inside of the studio. With more room, the station planned on hosting more in-studio interviews and live performances. The station's musical format was dayparted. Overnights and daytime hours were devoted to jazz , branded as "JazzFlight." In

672-492: The station are Dave Ramsey and Coast to Coast AM . Purdue University , Indianapolis Colts and local high school football broadcasts can also be found on WGBF. WGBF broadcasts from a two tower array near the intersection of Morgan Ave. and Burkhardt Road in Evansville. However, only one tower is used for daytime operation. WGBF first broadcast in 1923 under ownership of the Finke Furniture Company, and became

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704-483: The station operator would switch back to WRN-1. Thus, anyone listening to WUEV in the late 1990s could hear anything from progressive rock to metal, from jazz to hip-hop, news to sports, anywhere in the world. Before the launch of the Internet Center, the only source for University of Evansville Men's basketball coverage was local sources inside Evansville, particularly Adam Alexander on WKDQ . Evansville basketball

736-516: The station's purchase by Aiken Communications. Then, on August 28, 1995, the station changed its call sign back to WGBF. This article about a radio station in Indiana is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Icecast Icecast is a streaming media project released as free software maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation . It also refers specifically to the server program which

768-473: The station. Roughly around the spring of 2000, WUEV began to experiment with the Icecast streaming technology for the terrestrial signal by using a testbed of MP3 songs on the local server. As early as 1999, student producers at the station were using MP3 encoded songs during live sessions in the on-air studio, and attempts were made to create playlists using MusicMatch and a computer for automation. However, much

800-503: The terrestrial signal heard in Evansville to the world. A Xing Streamworks encoder and server were procured and installed, and the audio lines from the control studio were run into a little-used back corner of the WUEV newsroom. WUEV simulcasted for the first time on January 16, 1996. On July 30, 1997, WUEV opened the Harlaxton Bureau at Harlaxton College, Lincolnshire, England. Shortly thereafter, Harlaxton Bureau correspondents covered

832-441: The time, the station was constantly losing its FCC license and was at the time only able to reach listeners in the same building. Given that all of the dorms throughout campus had Ethernet connectivity, using streaming audio to broadcast was a natural solution, but currently available audio streaming software, such as RealAudio, was too expensive. Moffitt created Icecast, allowing the station to easily reach everwhere on campus without

864-464: The university's media and communications programs and reduce opportunities for hands-on learning. Christopher M. Pietruszkiewicz, the president of the University of Evansville, told The New York Times in a February 25, 2019 article that he believed that U.E. could do without owning a radio station. The FCC finalized the transfer of WUEV's license to WAY-FM on November 25, 2019. The terrestrial signal went silent at 11 pm CST. The final song played on WUEV

896-467: Was "Closing Time" by Semisonic. The station began broadcasting WAY-FM programming on November 26, 2019, and changed its call sign to WJWA on December 4, 2019. Supporters of WUEV brought forth arguments that the University of Evansville had not followed proper FCC procedure with regard to the sale. [REDACTED] 37°58′23″N 87°31′48″W  /  37.973°N 87.530°W  / 37.973; -87.530 WGBF (AM) WGBF (1280 AM )

928-437: Was brought to light in September 2018 when a group of University of Evansville alumni, community, and students began to uncover information that the University of Evansville previously had kept from the public as reported by WEHT News 25. While it seemed to the University of Evansville and Vice President for Enrollment & Marketing Dr. Shane Davidson continued to deny that a potential sale was being strongly considered in 2018,

960-468: Was not broadcast anywhere outside of the area. WUEV did not air UE basketball through their terrestrial signal at that time, either. But, they could carry basketball on the internet. A DR-10 telephone switcher was purchased and wired into the Internet Center by Bailey, so that Clark and the field broadcast team could call the UE toll-free number, reach the proper extension, and switch the internet broadcast signal from

992-416: Was not known about the technology and hardware constraints severely limited automation until the new automation system was installed. According to the WUEV website, broadcast facilities were upgraded from analog to digital in 2003. A full automation system was installed, and more sports broadcast equipment was purchased. By 2004, WUEV had fully moved into offering Shoutcast streaming capability and had adopted

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1024-462: Was renovated in 1988. Programming shifted over the years to reflect a more progressive format, and the station continued to serve the needs of the Evansville community and UE students. Through the help of an Ameritech Innovations grant in the winter of 1996, Len Clark and Phil Bailey, then the General Manager and Chief Engineer at WUEV respectively, established the Internet Center at WUEV to stream

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