Category Archives for Station Profile
WBCQ propagation models updated for January, 2013
We’ve updated the shortwave propagation models for each of the four WBCQ shortwave services for January, 2013. The models are useful for prospective programmers and listeners alike. For each of WBCQ’s four shortwave services, a propagation prediction chart was generated … Continue reading
Western Electric Transmitter Tubes
WBCQ, September 30, 2010
Real Radio, Real Tubes
WBCQ, September 25, 2010
Monitoring Times, September 2008
The September 2008 issue of Monitoring Times profiles WBCQ in its cover story. The article gives a history of WBCQ and Allan’s free radio activities leading up to the WBCQ’s official sign-on on September 8, 1998. There are technical details … Continue reading
Welcome to WBCQ
WBCQ broadcasts 50,000 watts on each of its four international shortwave transmitters on 5.110, 7.415, 9.330 and 15.420 MHz. Our broadcasts serve North, Central and South America and the Carribean. WBCQ has been offering access to the airwaves since signing … Continue reading
Free Speech on the Airwaves
WBCQ strongly supports the United States of America’s constitutional right to free speech. Programs aired by WBCQ’s clients are not censored in any way. WBCQ believes that it’s programmers have the right to express themselves on the airwaves in any … Continue reading
WBCQ Chronology
August 1997: Allan Weiner and Scott Becker are guests on Boston radio station WRKO. Allan also appears on Howard Stern’s radio and television shows at this time. December 19, 1997: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) grants a license for WBCQ … Continue reading