WBCQ

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WBCQ

City of license	Monticello, Maine
Broadcast area	the Americas & the Caribbean
Branding	WBCQ The Planet
Slogan	Free speech, it's more than words.
First air date	September 8th 1998
Frequency	5.110 MHz 7.415 MHz 9.330 MHz 18.910 MHz
Format	various
Power	50,000 watts
Owner	Allan Weiner
Website	www.wbcq.com

WBCQ is a shortwave radio station operating at Monticello, Maine, USA. The station is co-owned with AM broadcast station WREM at 710 kHz. The station began operation in 1998 with just the WBCQ-1 transmitter on 7.415 MHz. Since its inception, WBCQ has held a philosophy that the First Amendment guarantees free speech and, as a trustee of the public airwaves, runs the station based on this. Programs are usually paid for by varying groups of religious and political entities, but there are also programs playing various forms of music, novelty records, and self recorded material. The station also hosts numerous talk shows and is the home of many former pirate radio broadcasters.

1 Criticism
2 Frequencies
3 Former Frequencies
4 Notable Radio Programs
5 External links

[edit] Criticism

WBCQ was criticized, by Randi Steele a former employee of the station who resigned, for selling airtime to extremist programs from hosts such as Hal Turner and Brother Stair. Hal Turner and Brother Stair are no longer on WBCQ.

[edit] Frequencies

WBCQ-4: 5.11 MHz (60m band)
WBCQ-1: 7.415 MHz (41m band) mode A3E/AM
WBCQ-2: 9.33 MHz (31m band) mode R3E/SSB
WBCQ-3: 18.91 MHz (16m band)

[edit] Former Frequencies

WBCQ-4: 5.1 & 5.105.
WBCQ-2: 9.335.
WBCQ-3: 17.495.
WBCQ-5?: 11.66 (25m band) This frequency was listed in a 2004 copy of the C.C. Crane catalog's shortwave section. It is unknown what its chronological designation would have been.

[edit] Notable Radio Programs

"Marion's Attic", Saturday at 21:00 Eastern on WBCQ-1
"The Pab Sungenis Project" Friday at 18:00 Eastern on WBCQ-1
"The Goddess Irena 1 Music Show" Thursday at 19:00 Eastern on WBCQ-1
Radio Newyork International Sunday at 20:00 Eastern on WBCQ-1
"Allan Weiner Worldwide" Friday at 20:00 Eastern on WBCQ-1
"This Week in Amateur Radio International" Sunday at 17:00 Eastern on WBCQ-1
"Tom and Darryl" Sunday at 00:00 Eastern on WBCQ-1
"Off the Hook" with Emmanuel Goldstein, Wednesdays at 19:00 Eastern on WBCQ-1 (simulcast with WBAI 99.5 FM)
"Le Show" with Harry Shearer, Sundays at 19:00 Eastern on WBCQ-1
"Radio Timtron World Wide" Saturday @ 19:00 Eastern on WBCQ-1
"The Lost Discs Radio Show" Saturday evenings at 22:00 Eastern on WBCQ-1 & WBCQ-4 (syndicated on CKDU 88.1 in Halifax, NS at 05:00 ADT on the following Tuesday morning).