Complex Variables Radio

I am listening to Area 51 on WBCQ. I am doing it via Internet rather than radio but then again I have never had good luck with their Area 51 frequency. I am so glad tuned in tonight. Complex variable Studios is on and I miss that show. I also miss Tasha Pemkin. I hope I spelled her name right. Tasha and her shows were one reason I got turned on to WBCQ. i understand life changes and life moves on but wish she was still doing shows. Thank goodness for area 51 so I could hear her tonight. Guess I am going to be checking it out online more.

If I can get onto a second point related point. I have been trying out the program Rythem Box as part of me adding Ubuntu/Linux to my radio shack. It seams to work pretty well for being an audio feed. I prefer listening via radio ways but I will take my feeds as I take them. Thanks to me trying this out, I have added Area 51 to the list of my favorites and that is how I am listening right now.

Power to the Penguin for the win.

Timtron

I was listening to Radio timtron on WBCQ. It has been a while since I last heard him and I was fortunate enough to hear a live show. The show had excellent music and Timtrom was funny as heck. I have not laughed so hard in a long time. Timtron is definately once of those characters that keepe listening to the shortwaves.

Fred Flinstone Music Show

I got to listen to the Fred Flintstone radio show. He was doing a sweet sixteen show adn played some really excellent music. It was a sad thing that Jenny is no longer doing her show but this is an excellent replacement. I am hoping to tune in a lot more to listen.

Lost Disc Radio

I was just listening to a podcast version of Allen Weiner Worldwide and found out that the Lost Disc Radio show is going to take a winter hiatus. That's a shame. I really enjoyed their show and have several of their QSLs. I hope they are able to get things together and get back on the air.

Theatre of the Mind

Am 740 out o f Toronto has a show on nightly at 10 PM Eastern time called Theater of the Mind. It is the playing of old radio shows and is interesting to see how these shows reflect the times they were aired. They are entertaining on their own merit but the dated quality of the content is interesting. It is on the air Monday through Thursday. Check it out if you can.

Lost Disc Radio Show

The Lost Disc Radio Show is a show on WBCQ on Saturday Night's at 10 PM EST. (0200 UTC Sunday UTC). It is a music show with obscure and b side songs that should have remained lost. The only catch is most of the songs are so bad that they are good. It is a fun show that I wish I could hear more often than I tune in. I guess that is my constant challenge is to get the time to listen as I want. Oh well. Tuene this show in and check out their website.

Mation's Attic

Marion's Attic is a show I listen to on WBCQ although it can be heard on skybird radio. It focuses on old recordings from the 1890's to the 1930's. It is an interesting shortwave show and it also has it's own website to find out more about them. Tuen them in and enjoy!

Marion's Attic Music Box Edition

I was listening to Marion's Attic last night on WBCQ (7415 KHZ) from Monticello, Maine. It was a neat and different program than she usually does. Instead of doing old records like she ususally does, she was playing music box pieces. They were not the small music box pieces that you think of with jewelry boxes but with 15 inch plates to play. The tone of it made every piece sound like it was a fantasy piece- really light and airy. The show runs from 9 to 10 on Saturday night but i still was too tired from the day to stay up for the last. That was a shame because it was a great show. Maybe I can catch the whole thing if it gets rerun as they sometimes do.

WBCQ Friday Night Line up

I got to listen to WBCQ's line up last night. I started listening to Blue Grass State of Mind. I always did like bluegrass. The crew from Lumpy Gravy radio show was filling in for Jenny with her 867-5309 show. They try to be this drug culture music show and I got a feeling most of it is show. They place generally good music and go from the weird to the funny and are mostly enjoyable good programming. Allen Weiner World Wide came on next. That one is a talk show and is a loose show on topics of radio and how WBCQ is going. They have lost two major programmers. Good Friends Radio and the Christian Media went on to other grounds. Good Friends has some good programming but Christian Media is one I am not going to miss. I am Christian but i have never been a big fan of religious programming. I have to wade through too much to fin d something good. I can see there is some stuff that is good but I am not in the target audience of the show so it really is not as relevant to me. The signal started off poor but got steadily better and last night's storm did not interfere too badly.
I also remembered to stay on a bit later and tune into Radio Sweden on 6010 KHZ. I missed hearing them. I really need to listen to the shack more often.

Until later.

Checker Board Lounge

This show was on WBCQ for a while. They played some excellent, gritty blues. I absolutely loved their selections and was saddened when I found out it was not being continued and lived a far too short of a life. At least I got a QSL as a reminder and enjoyed some really good blues. i think there are archives of it on wbcq if I remember right.

WLW 700 AM

Found another good night time listen on the medium wave band. It's WLW out of Cincinnati on 700 KHZ. When I listened in the wee AM this morning, it was coming in as all 5's on the SINPO rating. It the first time I heard the show, America's Trucking network. It's a talk radio show for trucker's and is both serious and entertaining. The host I heard today was Bubba Bo and he does good job dealing with the serious and fun topics. He has been asking to hear Christmas carols while talking about issues facign truckers. Check out both the radio station and the program here.

Terry's Bluegrass Corner

Terry's Bluegrass Corner is another local radio show on WAWK. Their website is here.


They can be heard on Sunday afternoons on WAWK. If you do not like bluegrass, don't bother. If you do like bluegrass, then it is a great hometown show. I enjoy bluegrass but not the biggest fan. I do like listening to the show this time of year. Hearing Christmas Carols in the bluegrass style just takes me by surprise and I really enjoy it. I enjoy it because I like bluegrass and I also enjoy it because I love hearing familiar music done in different ways. One song that took me by surprise was Jingle Bells done by a bluegrass band. So drop on in and sit a spell-you may just like it.

Hearts Of Space

Hearts of Space is heard at least for me locally on the local NPR on 94.1 out of Roanoak, Indiana. I hear it on Sunday night at nine pm although it mights be different on your local npr. It plays ambient new age style music. Definitely a different flavor. It covers a great range of styles of music and I often find myself either really loving the music or not impressed at all with the night's selections. The music is all done well but the range in styles is so great as to be bigger than what I like. Even though it means some nights, I don't like the show, it does mean I get to hear something new which I do enjoy doing. Look it up and give it a shot.

Marion's Attic

Marion's Attic is on WBCQ at 9PM Eastern (7415 KHZ). It's focus is music found on old records of various formats. Some of the music is really good and some of it is definitely different but always entertaining. The focus is on the old records and not the style of music but musical themes are used on the show. It may not become a regular of your listening time but it is worth checking out. It has several ways to be heard so you might want to check their website out to see what works out best for you.

One of my biases for listening to the radio is a music program with music I like. Just dropping this in so you can judge where I am coming in from.

Big Band Jump

Big Band Jump is hosted by Don Kennedy and heard locally by me on WAWK - the Hawk (1140KHZ). As the name suggests, it is big band and swing. Well done show especially if you like that style of music. It does have a website and if you want to hear it, check out their website and see if there is a station near you that carries it. They also have a feed online that you can hear it on. I suppose you can also hear it on the live stream of any station that carries it via their website. I love hearing things via radio but the internet offers so many options that you can not ignore it.

Off the Hook

one of the shows I listen to on shortwave is Off the Hook on WBCQ. It is on 7515 khz at 7pm. The focus is on technology, hacking and privacy issues that come from the use of technology. It's entertaining and informative but sometimes I wonder if what they are concerned about is that big a deal. I will concede that privacy issues are a slippery slope and can get abused easily. Listen to the show and maek your own conculsions.

The Midnight Freak Show

I don't always sleep through the night so I turn the radio on and listen to Coast to Coast AM . What a hoot. I horror fiction so I listen but I can't it serious. Stories of ghosties and ghoulies and wee small beasties. There is also the ufo, conspiracy and survivalist contingent. I am amused for a whil and go back to sleep.