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Building a Stronger, More Resilient WHYU-FM
A great deal of work has been happening behind the scenes at WHYU-FM to strengthen our broadcast and streaming systems, improve reliability, and help ensure that our audience can continue to hear the station whenever and wherever they tune in.
Over time, we have been expanding and refining the technical backbone of the station to reduce interruptions, improve failover handling, and support multiple layers of redundancy for both our public listening streams and our over-the-air delivery systems. This work is designed to help us keep the intended audio on the air and online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, even when individual links, sources, or systems experience trouble.
These efforts include improvements to network redundancy, source prioritization, backup pathways, public stream continuity, and remote operational support. In plain terms, we are working hard to eliminate single points of failure and to make sure the station can continue serving our listeners under a wide range of conditions.
What We’ve Been Working On
- Improving resilience for the public audio streams and broadcast delivery paths
- Expanding failover and backup systems so alternate paths are available if a preferred source fails
- Strengthening our network design to better support continuous audio delivery
- Enhancing monitoring and alerting so problems can be identified and addressed quickly
- Preparing additional infrastructure to support future broadcast and transmitter expansion
Remote DJ and Web-Based DJ Support
We are also continuing active development of improved web-based DJ support and Remote DJ support. These capabilities are being built to give the station more flexibility in how live programming can be delivered, managed, and protected.
These systems are intended to make it easier to support live talent from different locations while still maintaining appropriate control, continuity, and fallback behavior throughout the station’s audio chain.
More upgrades are still in progress, and we look forward to sharing additional details as new capabilities come online.
WHYU-FM Now On 89.1 MHz in Meyersdale, PA
Listen Online Anywhere in the World!
WHYU-FM is our official call sign for the American Militia Association's FULL POWER 1.3 Kilowatt public radio station, officially licensed and registered with the Federal Communications Commission. We are the only FCC licensed FM broadcast station operated by a militia related organization in the United States. We are also the only 501(c)(3) militia related organization officially recognized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a public charity.
We're fighting for our rights that are supposed to be protected by the Second Amendment with the exercise of our rights that are supposed to be protected by First Amendment!
Although the regulations of both the FCC and the IRS limit what we can actually say on our broadcast, we intend to push that limit to the line and dare them to shut us down!
The ultimate protection of our rights however come from you! The people of this nation armed, trained and prepared to fight any foreign or domestic enemy is our best weapon against tyranny and usurpation of our liberty.
While our former over-the-air low power station could only be heard within a few miles of Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, on 102.3 MHz, or new station on 89.1 MHz can be heard throughout Somerset County and beyond. Of course anyone can listen to WHYU-FM online. The online audio feed on the Internet comes mainly from of over the air WHYU broadcast. However the FCC has certain rules that apply to our over the air broadcast that does not apply to our Internet stream, including certain restrictions on speech that are supposed to be protected by the First Amendment.
As such, you may hear commercial advertisments while listinening to WHYU online that help fund our station that are not aired on our broadcast station. This difference is necessary in order to expand our funding resources to maintain the station. If you are interested in sponsoring our Internet stream with a paid avertisement you may do so, but it will only air on our Internet stream. For our on the air broadcast and Internet stream, you can pledge your support with a donation and have the name of your company and slogan announced on our station as a sponsor. Commercial sponsors may also acquire ad space on the WHYU website.
We depend on financial support from our donors and online advertisers in order to keep WHYU on the air. As a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization and your donations or sponsorships of our station are tax deductible!
