Here is a chronological timeline of events that have taken place on Lancer Radio.
Click on the years below to expand the section for more detail.
October 3, 2014, 10 AM
CLC's Student Run Internet Radio Station Is Back Online!
After several days of review and rebuild, the student radio station is back on the air once again. Formerly called WCLC, WLC and CLC Radio, the station has been rebranded "Lancer Radio" with a back-from-the-dead theme to illustrate its rebirth. Taking control of the station for the first time is Wes Hampson, Evie Bennett, Zoe Antonioni playing "Radio Radio" by Elvis Costello.
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October 8, 2014
Live Performance "Sway" by Trident Deep
Daniel Phillip of Trident Deep performs his song, "Sway" live on air.
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September 13, 2015
Lancer Radio Is Going FM
We have big news, for those who may not have heard yet!
Lancer Radio is going FM (part-time, anyway)! That's right-- for the first time ever, CLC will have an actual FM broadcast originating from the Lancer Radio studios with student hosts running the show, thanks to a partnership with WRLR 98.3 FM!
From 9am-3pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, my student DJs will be on FM! Tune into 98.3 on your FM dial in most of Lake County (and parts of McHenry County and southeast Wisconsin) and hear what Lancer Radio has to offer!
We go LIVE on FM starting Tuesday, September 22 at 9:00am!
- Mick Cullen
September 22, 2015
Lancer Radio Makes Chicago News Headlines
Lancer Radio DJ Victor Salgado is interviewed about being on Lancer Radio by The Chicago Tribune. In a piece titled "CLC Students hit the FM airwaves in Lake County" the Chicago Truibune tells the story about Lancer Radio partnering with WRLR-LP. Unfortunately the Tribune no longer has the article up on the website.
October 29, 2015
Lancer Radio Out on WRLR 98.3
"It was fun while it lasted, but as they say "good things come to an end."
Lancer Radio, our staff and DJs wish to thank Rondaradio for the opportunity to broadcast our programming on WRLR-LP.
Today we are saddened to announce is our last day of programming on 98.3.
This isn't the end for Lancer Radio however, we are still streaming in the internet 24x7 all year around as we always have."
January, 2016
Studio Move - Goodbye Room C103
Seems like we just got settled into the studio. Now we need to clear the space to make way for CLC's new Science building that extends outward from the main entrance of building C into what was formerly a faculty parking lot. This construction continued into the C building and included the Student Activities area where our studio was. At this point, we moved into temporary spaces in the library basement.
October, 2016
Lancer Radio Returns To The Airwaves
Lancer Radio resumes terresterial broadcasting, this time on WYML-LP Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays during live student shows between 8AM and 5PM
WYML is broadcast from the Prairie Grove government building in Prairie Grove, IL. WYML 99.9 FM covers Eastern McHenry County and Western Lake County.
February 13, 2017
Lancer Radio Launches App
To provide another means of our listeners to tune in, Lancer Radio has signed on with Nobex Partners to produce a smart device app for Lancer Radio. Its is available in your Apple, Android and Blackberry app stores as a free download. The app allows users to listen live to the stream, send song requets or other notes to the DJs and view our social media.
February 19, 2017
Students Assist in Studio Rebuild
Nate Kordas and Wes Hampson assist our enginer in reconnecting some of the equipment in a small closet in the library basement.
March 31, 2017
Lancer Radio Moves to New Addition
CLC added a new science wing and built a new commons area. We moved from our old spot in the C Wing to a brand new studio!
Because our studio was right where the remodling was taking place, the college relocated the radio station to the new addition.
August 19, 2018
Lancer Radio Studio Relocated to CLC's Grayslake Campus Near Main Entrance
In August 2018, we were able to move the Lancer Radio studio from an interior room inside the student activities space to a former conference room with a large window that overlooks "Student Street" right off the main entrance.
October 2023
Broadcast Console Failed
The AudioArts D16 Console that has been in operation for more than 17 years finally signed off the air. The digital audio processing chip failed resulting in the station going silent over break. The appliance was very reliable during its run. How many electronic devices can you think of that last much longer than their manufacturers warranty?
January 18, 2024
New Console Installed
After finding our AudioArts D16 console dead, CLC approved Lancer Radio to replace the console with a similar unit with modern features. Today an AudioArts DMX16 console is installed and tested for broadcast. This console is an all digital system that uses blade modules to interface. All the modules are connected using a modern protocol called "Audio over IP" or "AoIP" This allows individual modules called "blades" to be incorporated into the system to provide nearly unlimited expansion. Our system currenly uses an AudioArts Mix Engine as the primary driver. It handles most of the audio mixing and inputs for CD Players, Turntables, Telephone and 2 auxiliary microphones. Then a second blade includes microphone preamplifiers and processing for the four main studio microphones. It also has four USB connections for computer / laptop audio input/output. This system can also utilize Dante audio over IP where sound is sent via ethernet through the system eliminating the need for sound cards or other third party interfaces. Then the control surface is the AudioArts DMX16 console that features 16 programmable faders that can be routed to any input on the system. Unlike traditional consoles, this is only a control surface. All the audio processing takes place on the connected blades.