WBCQ (SW)

WBCQ
City	Monticello, Maine
Broadcast area	North America & Europe
Branding	WBCQ The Planet
Slogan	"Free Speech Radio"
Frequency	15.42 MHz 9.33 MHz 7.49 MHz 5.11 MHz
First air date	September 8, 1998
Format	Variety
Power	50,000 Watts
Transmitter coordinates	46°20′28″N 67°48′53″W / 46.34111°N 67.81472°W / 46.34111; -67.81472Coordinates: 46°20′28″N 67°48′53″W / 46.34111°N 67.81472°W / 46.34111; -67.81472
Callsign meaning	Weiner Broadcasting Company Q
Owner	Allan Weiner
Website	wbcq.com

WBCQ is a shortwave radio station operating at Monticello, Maine, USA. The station is owned and operated by Allan Weiner, who also owns and operates WXME (AM) 780 kHz and WBCQ-FM 94.7 MHz at the shortwave site. WBCQ began operation in 1998 with just the WBCQ-1 transmitter on 7.415 MHz. WBCQ's shortwave antennas are all beamed directionally: primarily at 245 degrees, and secondarily at 65 degrees.

Since its inception, Weiner has held fast to a philosophy that the First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, and has run the station on this basis as a trustee of the public airwaves. Accordingly, WBCQ often subsidizes shows by varying groups of religious and political entities, as well as by individuals playing various forms of music, novelty records, audiobooks and self-recorded material.

Otherwise, the station also transmits numerous talk shows and other programs produced by commercial networks as well as former pirate radio broadcasters, such as Weiner himself and his erstwhile collaborators.

Unlike Weiner's former pirate radio stations, now relegated to well-documented history, WBCQ and its AM and FM sister stations are licensed by the FCC under his own name.

Frequencies

WBCQ 5: 3.25 MHz (90m band)
WBCQ 4: 5.13 MHz (60m band)
WBCQ 1: 7.49 MHz (41m band; WBCQ's only frequency in standard AM mode A3E)
WBCQ 3: 9.33 MHz (31m band)
WBCQ 2: 15.42 MHz (19m band)

Former frequencies

WBCQ-4: 5.1, 5.105 & 5.11 MHz
WBCQ-3: 9.34 & 9.335 MHz
WBCQ-2: 17.495 & 18.91 MHz
WBCQ-1: 7.415 MHz

Notable shows

"Radio Newyork International" Sundays at 20:00 Eastern times on 5.13.
"Allan Weiner Worldwide" Fridays at 20:00 Eastern times on all frequencies.
"Le Show" with Harry Shearer, Sundays at 19:00 Eastern times on 7.49.

External links

WBCQ's official website
Chronology for WBCQ
Signal Coverage for 7490
WBCQ's Program Schedule
FCC information for WBCQ (not up-to-date)

Radio stations in the Northern Maine/Downeast Maine market

By AM frequency	600 780 1240 1370 1390

By SW frequency	5.11, 7.49, 9.33, 15.42

By FM frequency	89.3 89.7 90.5 91.7 Eastport 91.7 Machias 91.7 Ellsworth 92.1 92.7 93.7 94.7 94.9 95.3 96.1 96.9 97.7 Caribou 97.7 Winter Harbor 98.1 99.1 100.1 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.9 103.1 105.7 106.1 106.5

By callsign	WALZ WBCQ WBCQ-FM WBFE WBPW WCRQ WCXU/WCXV/WCXX/W276AY WDEA WEGP WFST WHOU-FM WHMX WMED WMEF WMEM WNSX WOZI WQDY-FM WQHR WRMO WRNM WRPB WSHD WSYY WSYY-FM WTUX WUMM WUPI WWLN WXME

Defunct	WAGM/950 WQDY/1230 WHOU/1340 WRNE/89.1 WXMN/89.5 WUFK/92.1

Maine radio markets Augusta–Waterville Bangor Portland Other Maine radio regions Northern & Downeast Maine Lewiston–Auburn See also List of radio stations in Maine Northern New Brunswick Radio Fredericton Radio Saint John Radio Bas-Saint-Laurent Radio

Shortwave radio stations located in the United States

Government stations	American Forces Network Radio Free Asia Radio Martí Voice of America WWV WWVH

Private stations	KNLS KSDA KTWR KVOH WBCQ WEWN WHRI WINB WMLK WRMI WRNO WTWW WWCR WWRB

Defunct stations	KTBN KYOI/KHBI WHRA WNYW WYFR

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