This page is a chronological catalog of the last years news stories from WCSL and the industry in general,  cataloged from latest to oldest.  This page can get a bit long, so if your machine runs out of memory and you get an "X" instead of a picture, simply hit the "refresh" button on your browser.  Click on photos to enlarge them to high resolution when available.

5/6/08  Steve Oliver's One Night Live to be released June 24th

Steve's CD/DVD "One Night Live" featuring lighting by West coast Sound & Light will be released nationally June 24th.  You may see a preview of the DVD by clicking on the link on the front page.  Click "Home" above to return to the front page.

4/29/08  WCSL's podcast The AudPod featured this month on Aviom's website

This month aviom.com has run an article on The AudPod, WCSL's weekly podcast.  Recently AudPod host Paul Doty sat down with Aviom's sales Director Loren Molinare and talked about personal monitoring and the future of digital audio.  To see the Aviom article, click here.  To visit The AudPod's home page, click here.  To download part one of the interview directly, click here, and to get a jump on next weeks conclusion by previewing the part two episode before it's publishing, click here!

4/28/08  wcsl.org mentioned in Modesto View this month

wcsl.org was mentioned this month in The Modesto view as the city celebrates the 20th anniversary of The Modesto Center Plaza.  Thank you Chris Murphy and the entire staff at Modesto View for thinking of us and noting our participation in the city's entertainment history.  You can click the magazine icon at left to see the entire issue, or click here to visit The Modesto Views website.  Links to our scrapbook can be found on the main menu above or in the article below.

4/16/08  This month marks the 20 year anniversary of the opening of The Modesto Center Plaza

This month WCSL & The Modesto Center Plaza celebrates the 20 year anniversary of the civic centers opening in 1988.  WCSL was the original contractor hired to handle the AV requirements of the center.  The grand opening week featured a performance by the late Bob Hope as well as a dance party thrown by MTV featuring the MTV V-Jays of the day.  Log onto our scrapbook page to see vintage posters from 1988 and the early days of both the MCP and WCSL.  Congratulations MCP! We're looking forward to the next 20.

4/16/08  Wes White joins WCSL team as Production Engineer

Wes joins the WCSL team this week bringing his production skills into the fold.  Wes has been an area production staple for over eight years and has worked in the industry for WCSL and The Fat Cat night club part time, as well as for the Gallo Arts Center.  Get to know Wes better by visiting our staff page.

4/10/08  Preview Steve Oliver's soon to be released live DVD featuring WCSL lighting

Slated for a June 2008 release, Steve Oliver's new DVD "One Night Live" may be previewed on his website at www.steveolivermusic.com  Click on the link and get a sneak peak today.

4/6/08 Aviom's Loren Molinare supports WCSL booth at Kingdom Builders LA

Special thanks goes out to Aviom and Loren Molinare for their support at KKLA's Kingdom Builders 2008 seminar in southern California.  Loren augmented the WCSL booth at the show with an Aviom demonstration station that allowed seminar goers to actually use an Aviom system to mix monitors live. Be listening to The AudPod, WCSL's weekly podcast, for an upcoming interview with Loren at the end of the month.

4/2/08 Everything old is new again

This past weekend WCSL debuted it's brand new 20 year old truss at The Heart Spectacular fund raising event at The Visalia Convention Center.  The lighting system originally purchased 20 years ago for Barren Cross' national State Of Control Tour was upgraded and fitted with modern Soco lamp bars and new par cans.  The new system is now fully compatible with the companies modern era dimmer racks and is expected to see much action this summer and for years to come.

4/1/08 Emails demand to know; "Where's the April Fools website for 2008?"

We apologize to the loyal fans of wcsl.org's annual April Fools day website who logged on today expecting to see the annual fiasco.  This year we celebrated a little differently with an April 1st edition of our weekly podcast, The AudPod.  iTunes subscribers were treated today to the bizarre side of WCSL we like to indulge in once a year.  If your not currently subscribed to The AudPod, open iTunes on your computer and simply search the iTunes store for "AudPod".  The podcast is free.  If you'd like to hear the April 1st edition or download any of the first 14 episodes, you may do so at the podcasts webpage at www.wcsl.org/audpod .  If you'd like to see archived versions of the April 1st website, they are archived on our humor page.  You may access the humor page by clicking on the humor link on the top of this page.

3/20/08  Carol Regalado winner of WCSL Apple IPod

Carol Regalado of Trinity Church in Southern California is the proud winner of a WCSL Apple IPod given away at KKLA's Kingdom Builder's Seminar in Anaheim California.  The IPod contained the first 16 episodes of WCSL's weekly podcast "The AudPod".  For more information about The AudPod, visit it's home page by clicking here.

3/19/08  WCSL sponsors KKLA's Kingdom Builders seminar

WCSL will be in LA this week meeting with Church leaders and pastors at KKLA's Kingdom Builders Seminar.  The seminar is free the southern California's church leaders.  Representatives from all phases of WCSL's staff will be on hand to meet with and talk to local area churches.

3/18/08  Bloodgood front man Les Carlsen is featured this week on AudPod, subscriptions double

This weeks AudPod podcast concluded a three part interview with Les Carlsen, lead vocalist of the band Bloodgood.  The interview falls at a time were more and more people are discovering the AudPod.  Subscriptions doubled over the last week as production concluded on the final episodes for the first half of the year.  "The support has begun to show that the AudPod definitely has it's audience" commented show host Paul Doty on Tuesday.  "We've finished all our shows for the first half of the year and are looking at some great shows in the fall."  Click here to check out The AudPod's home page, hear episodes, and get subscription information.

3/11/08  Aviom's Loren Molinare sits and chats with WCSL for The AudPod

Loren Molinare, Western sales manager with the cutting edge company Aviom, graciously gave us a morning last week to record an episode for the AudPod.  Loren & Paul chatted about the past, present, and future of Aviom and digital technology.  you can hear the interview by subscribing to WCSL's podcast The AudPod, podcast on Monday's from WCSL"s Northern California location.  Click here to go the The AudPod's home page to see when the interview will air, and see a list of all the available and upcoming episodes.

3/10/08  June 2008 release date for Steve Oliver's One Night Live

April 2008 is the tentative release date for "One Night Live" the new live CD and DVD shot last year at The State.  WCSL provided lighting and design for the DVD that features an incredible performance by Steve caught live in Modesto's visually stunning and acoustically wonderful historic State Theater.  Stay tuned to wcsl.org and Steve's website for exact release dates at it approaches.

 3/7/08  Wednesday is vendor rep day at WCSL
 
Wednesday was a busy day at WCSL as staff entertained vendors from numerous manufacturers included the entire Crown Amplifier mobile showroom semi.  "The new Crown Macrotech i-series was very impressive" said Andy Cross Wednesday afternoon.  "The new Crowns price point versus performance is going to be a hard one for other manufactures to beat."

2/25/08  WCSL client, friend & inspiration Larry Norman, has died

By WCSL CEO Paul Doty

When I look at my career and the many influences that have brought me to the place I am today, Larry Norman ranks at the top.
Larry was one of my greatest influences in the beginning of my career as a Christian engineer with groups like Athanasia, Bloodgood, & Barren Cross, and as a professional sound company owner, as I engineered front of house sound for Larry on numerous occasions.  These photos were taken at our final show together in 2001 in San Francisco.  Larry was known as "The father of Christian Rock".  He was the individual that taught me by example that being an individual and a rebel was a good thing, If you did it for the right reasons.  Larry will be missed and remembered by his peers in the industry.  Earth's loss is truly heaven's gain, for after all, Larry was only visiting this planet.

2/7/08  Steve Oliver live DVD is in the mastering stages

Steve Oliver's Live At The State DVD and CD is now in the mastering stages and slated for release early this year.  West Coast Sound & Light supplied the lighting rig and lighting designer for the shoot that took place last year in Modesto's historic State Theater.  This will mark the first time The State has been used for a live national release.  Stay tuned to wcsl.org and we will keep you up to date on release dates associated with the album.

2/1/08  wcsl.org celebrates a decade on the web

wcsl.org celebrates it's ten year anniversary this month.  The website first went live in 1998, letting WCSL  become one of the earliest  production companies to have a presence on the web.  So early in fact, the company was able to secure a four letter URL.  The original website was of course unrecognizable compared with today's wcsl.org.  The site has undergone 4 major rebuilds over the past decade to what it has become today.  In 2008 the site presses forward with new technologies like it's own weekly podcast and live news feeds from outside content providers.  The staff of WCSL would like to thank everyone who has browsed the pages of wcsl.org over the years, and we look forward to the next decade on the world wide web.

2/1/08  WCSL's Wescott church installation covered in ProSound News this month

Church Sees The West Coast Sound & Light

Los Angeles (January 31, 2008)--West Coast Sound & Light is installing a new sound reinforcement system at the Wescott Christian Center in Glendale, CA. Aiming to finish the install by March 1, the new audio gear will be "State Of The Art," according to Tim L. Nesbitt, director of Southern California Operations at WCSL.  The system will include a McCauley line array and Yamaha PM5D digital console, among other items. The system will be utilized for live broadcast of Pastor Mellisa Scott around the world.

 1/27/08  WCSL friend Donelle Page goes home to be with the Lord

This past Saturday we said goodbye and celebrated the life of our dear friend Donelle Page.  I knew Donelle first on a professional level for about ten years, then as a friend for another ten.  Those who knew and loved Donelle knew that she was an individual that marched to the beat of a different drummer. When she traded in her body that failed her last Tuesday for one that never will, I'm sure her first question was "We get a harp here right?  Where's the harps?"  In the unlikely event the answer was no, she would have said "Oh you gotta be kidding me" and then would have gone to work on fixing the problem. Whether behind a harp, or a keyboard, Donelle was a professional.  She was also a great teacher and friend.  Her only greater passion in life than her family, friends, and her music, was her love for her Lord.  She left us all with the unquestionable knowledge of where she is now, and along with a lifetime of memories, that was the greatest gift for us all.                     -Paul Doty

1/23/08  The AudPod is picked up by iTunes

The AudPod is now available for free in the iTunes store.  This allows easy one click subscribing for anyone with iTunes on their computer.  Simply open the iTunes store in iTunes and go to the podcast section.  Then use the power search function to search for AudPod.  When the show icon pops up simply click the subscribe button and your all set.  Click here to visit The AudPod's home page to find out more about WCSL's weekly podcast.

1/22/08  WCSL's Andy Cross passes Soundweb certification

This past week WCSL's Andy Cross has completed his certification course for Soundweb.  This system has became an industry standard for networked, programmable DSP systems. It provides straight-forward design, installation and control of sophisticated sound systems. Forming the basis of audio installations for night clubs, live music venues, theme parks, sports stadiums, leisure venues and corporate board rooms. Soundweb uses simple Cat 5 cabling to pass 8 channels of digital audio and control signals bi-directionally up to 1000 feet between devices.  Call Andy today to discus how Soundweb can benefit your church or other type of venue installation.

1/20/08  Listenership tops 6800 in second week of WCSL podcast

Subscriptions went in to the 6800's this week for The AudPod, WCSL's weekly podcast launched two weeks ago.  The first two episodes feature Andy Cross discussing micing techniques.  The first episode alone had over 6700 subscribers.  "Those numbers are great" commented Andy on Friday.  "If only a small percentage of those subscribers benefit from the instruction, that's substantial!"  You can preview or subscribe to The AudPod by clicking on Podcast on our home page, or by clicking here.

1/18/08  ZOOM added to linecard

WCSL added ZOOM product to it's line card this week.  ZOOM, a division of Samson, have released a great line of affordable MP3 recorders perfect for churches, podcasters, and musicians.  Call WCSL today to talk about this great new product line.  You may click here to visit ZOOM's website or click here to visit our linecard page.

1/15/08  JBL & NEXO added to linecard

Vendors JBL and NEXO have been added to the wcsl.org linecard.  Your invited to stop by the linecard page where you'll find links to these manufactures websites as well as other popular vendors.

1/14/08  WCSL debuts The AudPod

The AudPod, a weekly podcast from the staff at WCSL debuted this week.  The AudPod shows are full of industry insight and fun.  Hear interviews with WCSL staff, artists, manufactures, and more.  Click here to go to the AudPod's home page and learn how to subscribe to the AudPod.

 12/30/07  WCSL closes out 2007 with an evening with Sandra Bernhard

WCSL will close out 2007 and ring in 2008 this year with Sandra Bernhard at The Castro Theater in San Francisco. Bernhard is known as a Comedian, songwriter, singer, and actress. She has also been seen on numerous TV sitcoms and shows like The View and MadTV.

12/20/07  Many pages in wcsl.org have sunset

12/3/07  WCSL soaked as record breaking downpour pelts Southern California

Friday saw record breaking rain and flooding to the Southern region of the state as WCSL sat out the storm at outdoor venues such as the grand opening of the new H Mart in Diamond Bar California.  Techs could do little more than wait out the storm as it passed by Saturday.  The sun did come out for the weekend and all continued as planned.