Well it seems that we don’t have to travel to a foreign land to be involved with Christian radio. Since returning to Pennsylvania from Benin, West Africa, I (Dave) have been very busy with some projects at WDAC and WBYN-FM. WDAC is located in Lancaster, PA and WBYN-FM is in Boyertown, PA. Both of these are Christian stations serving the southcentral Pennsylvania area.
While we were in Benin an electircal storm did extensive damage to the equipment at WDAC. I have been involved not only in the repair of the damage but also a major upgrade to the station. The studios are being updated to use new state-of-the-art digital consoles. When completed audio will be created digitally in a computer and sent to the transmitter in all digital format. What used to take thousands of feet of wire can now be done on a few pairs of Ethernet cable. Truly amazing technology.
In addition to the above project I have been involved with maintenance and upgrades at WBYN-FM as well. Both stations are under the same ownership.
WDAC can be heard on-line at http://wdac.com/streaming.html. You can choose from two program streams … one is traditional and the other is more contemporary. The station is commercial and self supporting. WBYN can be heard live at http://www.wbynfm.com/index.php/listen-on-line/
There are possibilities for future trips for early next year. Nothing to report yet on where or when.