{"id":24910,"date":"2017-03-29T20:37:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T00:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=24910"},"modified":"2017-03-29T20:37:24","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T00:37:24","slug":"wbcq-files-application-for-a-new-transmitter-and-antenna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/wbcq-files-application-for-a-new-transmitter-and-antenna\/","title":{"rendered":"WBCQ files application for a new transmitter and antenna"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to an intrepid SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0reader who shares\u00a0the following FCC application from Allan Weiner\u00a0at WBCQ:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to download.<\/a><\/p>\n

I contacted Allan and asked if he could provide any details yet. His reply was almost poetic:<\/p>\n

“It’s simple. WBCQ will be constructing one of the biggest, most powerful, most versatile shortwave transmitter and antenna systems in the world. All for free speech radio. Freedom.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now that<\/em> is something I want to see happen! We\u00a0love WBCQ!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to an intrepid SWLing Post\u00a0reader who shares\u00a0the following FCC application from Allan Weiner\u00a0at WBCQ: Click here to download. I contacted Allan and asked if he could provide any details yet. His reply was almost poetic: “It’s simple. WBCQ will be constructing one of the biggest, most powerful, most versatile shortwave transmitter and antenna […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,3,43,1167],"tags":[1110,657,658],"class_list":["post-24910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-allan-weiner-worldwide","tag-wbcq","tag-wbcq-the-planet"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6tM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32075,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/wbcq-reveals-organization-behind-their-new-500-kw-transmitter\/","url_meta":{"origin":24910,"position":0},"title":"WBCQ reveals organization behind their new 500 kW transmitter","author":"Thomas","date":"May 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In March, we mentioned that WBCQ is building a new multi-million dollar 500 kW shortwave station on their transmitting site in Monitcello, Maine. 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