Friday, April 23rd, 2010 // News
Remember that hardware failure we had awhile ago that knocked our webstreams offline? Well, we had a temporary fix in place to bring the streams back up for the past month or so. That fix has been replaced with a proper repair part, and we’re back up and running again!
Thanks go out to all our loyal listeners for bearing with us during a semester that has seen a higher-than-usual number of hardware failures. We’re hoping to push through some upgrades to our computing infrastructure this summer, so stay tuned for more news on that front soon (hopefully).
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 // Events,News
It’s that time of year again — Spring Carnival has come to CMU’s campus! As we’ve done for longer than we can remember, WRCT will once again be covering the Buggy / Sweepstakes races this weekend. Our coverage this year comes to you in cooperation with cmuTV and the CMU Buggy Alumni Association. If you’re coming to watch the races, remember to bring a portable radio and listen in!
Live coverage of the races will air on 88.3 MHz for listeners on the Buggy course and in the Pittsburgh area, as well as streaming live at wrct.org. Coverage begins 8am Friday and Saturday morning, barring any technical difficulties. Regularly-scheduled programming will be pre-empted during this broadcast.
Listeners tuning in to hear the Saturday Light Brigade this Saturday can find a list of SLB affiliate stations and live online streaming at slbradio.org.
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 // News
Hello radio fans,
So those of you that tried to access our webstream in the last 24 hours were probably terribly disappointed to find that it wasn’t working. Well, it turns out that we had a hardware failure on the computer that serves the streams. That computer is now running again, but for reasons not fully known, the webstreams now sound like they’re being fed through a telephone. The astute WRCT listener may be surprised to find out that this isn’t intentional.
It’s not.
No, seriously, it’s not.
Anyway, we’re working on making the streams normal-sounding again, so please bear with us while we hack away at obscure Linux audio drivers. In the meantime, try to enjoy the unintentionally experimental twist on our normal programming. It’s like we’re on AM radio!
