Audio Interface/Sound Card?

Hello,
I have the 15" macbook pro retina and I have recently aquired a weekly internet radio show where i am required to broadcast a livestream.
They use a ustream pro but yeh thats irrelavent.
My issue is that the macbook pro retina doesn't have a mic input, which i would usually plug in from the main mixer to aquire sound.
This has left me thinking i am going to have to do this via USB?
Im not a tech wizard when it comes to sound interfaces etc so i was wondering which USB interface would be the best to use for broadcasting?
I dont want to spend more than £100 to be honest and ive seen quite i few out there. But i dont want to buy it and then have compatability issues.
The setup at the studio i record at is 1210's and CDJs into a beringer mixer. we then run the behringer mixer into another pioneer mixer so control levels on the microphones etc so i would be running another cable from that mixer into the sound interface and then via usb into my macbook.
Tbh i think i was a stupid idea taking away the mic input on newer macbooks but heyho wcyd.
Thanks

I know nothing about live broadcasting (is that what you're doing), ustream, etc. But I do know that you can get a good USB mic that will work with your computer. I just recently purchased a USB Blue Yeti (because it was almost half price) from MacMall and with a pop filter, it's just great for my purposes. You can alwso get it (in the UK) from Amazon UK.
Hope this helps?
Clinton

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Check your mainboard manual on what pci slot that dont share, i hear slot 3 is the one to use, i use slot 5.
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