WBCQ The Planet

Tonight, Sunday, March 28, 2010, Area 51 will be heard on three frequencies:

• 5.110 MHz: 5pm to 10pm eastern time
• 9.330 MHz: 5pm to 10pm eastern time
• 15.420 MHz: 5pm to 8pm eastern time

You can address reception reports and QSL requests to radio@zappahead.net.

Tonight’s schedule:

• 5:20pm (2120 UTC): Pirates Week with Ragnar Danesjkold
• 6:00pm (2200 UTC): Radio Jennifer
• 7:00pm (2300 UTC): Radio Jamba International
• 8:00pm (0000 UTC): Radio Newyork International on WBCQ presents: Devo Spectacular from the National Cynical Network and the Lymph Node Institute
• 10:00pm (0200 UTC): Sign off

Welcome to Jazlyn, the latest member of the WBCQ family! Jazlyn is the new daughter of Jade and Jen, part of the Monticello home crew.

Here’s a video of our WBCQ family member Dr. Scott Becker with his daughter, April Antoniou, on the Today Show this morning. Our congratulations to Dr. Becker and April!

Updated on November 15, 2009: Dr Becker sends us this link to his youtube channel where the Today Show video and more are available.

We are re-arranging some of our programming in order to save costs at WBCQ. This impacts the air times of many programs in our weekend blocks on WBCQ 7.415. Here are the schedule changes, effective Saturday, November 7, 2009:

• Marion’s Attic moves from Saturday 5 PM eastern time on 7.415 MHz to Sunday 5 PM eastern time on 7.415 MHz
• WGOD Presents moves from Saturday 6 PM eastern time on 7.415 MHz to Sunday 6 PM eastern time on 7.415 MHz
• The Lumpy Gravy Radio Show moves from Saturday 7 PM eastern time on 7.415 MHz to Monday 7 PM eastern time on 7.415 MHz (Note that Lumpy Gravy and Timtron will remain on Saturday 7 PM and 8 PM respectively, on 5.110 MHz only.)
• Radio Timtron Worldwide moves from Saturday 8 PM eastern time on 7.415 MHz to Tuesday 7 PM eastern time on 7.415 MHz
• Radio Short Bus moves form Saturday 4 PM eastern time on 7415 MHz to Sunday 2 PM on 7.415 MHz
• The Last Roundup moves from Sunday 6 PM on 7.415 to Friday 3 PM on 7.415 MHz. This displaces World of Radio and Amos And Andy that was previously in this time slot.

Note that these schedule changes will result in WBCQ 7.415 MHz being dark on Saturdays, with the exception of The Overcomer Ministry, which remains on from 9 PM to 11 PM.

One more programming change of note:

• The Secular Bible Study has ended it’s run on WBCQ. It’s time slot, Monday 9-10 PM eastern time, is being taken by The Overcomer Ministry.

The comprehensive schedule for all the WBCQ services is found at schedule.wbcq.com.

Area 51 programming and schedules is found at worldmicroscope.com.

Prime time is available on our 9330, 5110, 15420, and 7415 transmitters. Now is the time to get your program/network up on the growing international shortwave bands.

WBCQ has the lowest broadcast rates in the industry. We have the staff and equipment to do it right. Whether your program is on CD, Internet feed, audio file download, phone feed, or even cassette tape, we can get your program on shortwave radio. Our powerful transmitters will get your word out to a very well informed radio audience.

Call us first, or call us last, but make the call today and get on the shortwaves. It’s what free speech radio is all about.

Call 207-538-9180 today!

Today marks the eleventh anniversary of the first official broadcast from WBCQ. Thanks to all of our valued listeners and programmers for your support over the years!

Here are some current items of interest to the WBCQ community.

• Our online programming archive is growing. We now have past episodes of Allan Weiner Worldwide dating back to 2007 avaliable online, and more are coming soon.
• We have large blocks of available airtime for your free speech programming. On WBCQ 7.415, we have Monday through Thursday, from 7PM to 8PM United States Eastern time (2300-0000 UTC) available. On WBCQ 5.110 and 9.330, we have available airtime in large blocks, daytime and nighttime. We can work with you to find air time that fits your schedule and budget.

Thanks to David Hargrave, our kind benefactor, we are pleased to announce that Area 51 programming on WBCQ The Planet is expanding seven hours a week for the next two weeks. The expanded Area 51 schedule, effective Monday, June 8, 2009, is as follows:

• Monday through Friday : 7PM to 10PM US Eastern time (2300 to 0200 UTC)
• Saturday: 6PM to 10PM US Eastern Time (2200 to 0200 UTC)
• Sunday: 6PM to 8PM US Eastern Time (2200 to 0000 UTC)

Keep a close eye on the Area 51 program schedule for up to the minute changes and additions.

Our dear friend and mentor Michael Ketter passed away yesterday, May 17, 2009. He was 48 years old. Michael was an inspiration to us all, a valued member of the WBCQ family, and a great friend.

Michael is survived by his wife Gina in Pittsburgh. There will be a celebration of Michael’s life taking place later this summer. We’ll keep you informed.

For more information, visit our online forum.

The coordinated shortwave broadcast schedules for the new season, including WBCQ transmissions, are now posted in the Technical Area of our web site for your reference.