Allen H. Weiner (born June 12, 1953, Yonkers, New York) is a long-time pirate radio operator and activist. Weiner is currently the owner/operator of WBCQ, a licensed shortwave station broadcasting from Monticello, Maine, and also owns AM radio station WCXH (formerly WREM) in Monticello. is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The term pirate radio usually refers to illegal or unregulated radio broadcasting. ... WBCQ is a shortwave radio station operating at Monticello, Maine, USA. The station is co-owned with AM broadcast station WREM at 710 kHz. ... A solid-state, analog shortwave receiver Shortwave radio operates between the frequencies of 3 MHz (3,000 kHz) and 30 MHz (30,000 kHz) [1] and came to be referred to as such in the early days of radio because the wavelengths associated with this frequency range were shorter than... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The Falling Star Radio Network

Becoming fascinated with radio at an early age, Wiener began building radio transmitters as a teenager. Weiner was operating an unlicensed station that he called WKOV, when he was contacted by a fellow teenaged radio pirate, Joseph Paul Ferraro. Ferraro's station shared time with Weiner's, with the two stations alternating back and forth on the channel. The stations were renamed "WFSR", for the Falling Star Radio Network. Later, two FM stations were added to the network: Weiner's WXMN and Ferraro's WSEX. The network was renamed the American Radio Broadcasting System, and was the subject of an article in Rolling Stone. After the network was raided by the FCC twice in 1971 , Weiner and Ferraro penned a letter of protest to the FCC, stating in part: A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... Frequency modulation (FM) is a form of modulation that represents information as variations in the instantaneous frequency of a carrier wave. ... This article is about the magazine. ... The FCCs official seal. ...

...we went about a year ago ... to apply for a license. Our attempt proved quite humorous to your employees, who sent us away with word of "Forget it." Further investigations showed us why our attempt was then so comical. Licenses were so expensive and hard to get that even small stations were being sold for millions. Broadcasting was reserved for power men.

...We are not disputing, however, your right to assign channels and set aside bands for the prevention of interference. We certainly, however, are disputing your right to reserve broadcasting for the well-to-do only.

Ships Ahoy

Weiner and Ferraro continued throughout the 1970s and 80s with various unlicensed stations. Some projects were operated separately from one another, but others saw the duo collaborating as they did on Radio Newyork International, which operated from a ship, the M/V Sarah in international waters off the Long Island coast. Again raided by the FCC, Weiner and Ferraro began purchasing airtime occasionally on licensed shortwave station WWCR. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Radio Newyork International was the name of a pirate radio station which broadcast from a ship anchored in international waters off Jones Beach, Long Island, New York, USA in both 1987 and 1988. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... WWCR is a shortwave radio station located in Nashville, Tennessee in the United States. ...

Another attempted shortwave station operated from a ship at sea, this time from aboard the M/V Fury and operated from off the South Carolina coast, was raided before the ship had left the harbor when the FCC claimed to have monitored test transmissions coming from the ship. The South Carolina operations were to be funded partially by controversial fundamentalist preacher Brother Stair, whose broadcasts would also be carried from the ship. The ties to Stair, whose views stood in sharp contrast to Weiner's, led to accusations that Weiner had "sold out" his long held beliefs in pacifism and agnosticism. Stair frequently clashed with Weiner and especially Weiner's engineer Scott Becker during the abortive project. Official language(s) English Capital Charleston(1670-1789) Columbia(1790-present) Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Columbia Area  Ranked 40th  - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 260 miles (420 km)  - % water 6  - Latitude 32°430N to 35°12N... Fundamentalist Christianity is a fundamentalist movement, especially within American Protestantism. ... Ralph G. Brother Stair is a radio preacher. ... Selling out refers to the compromising of ones integrity, morality and principles in exchange for money, success or other personal gain. ... Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes. ... The term agnosticism and the related agnostic were coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1869. ...

License granted

After the M/V Fury fiasco, Ferraro purchased a small licensed AM station, WHVW in Hyde Park, New York. A fiasco (pl. ... Amplitude modulation (AM) is a technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a radio carrier wave. ... WHVW is a radio station licensed to Hyde Park, New York with studios in Poughkeepsie, New York, owned by Joseph-Paul (J. P.) Ferraro, known on the air as Pirate Joe. ... Hyde Park is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. ...

In 1998 , after a decade of lobbying and another threatened off shore broadcasting effort, Weiner was granted a license for shortwave station WBCQ and AM station WREM in Monticello, Maine. WBCQ is a shortwave radio station operating at Monticello, Maine, USA. The station is co-owned with AM broadcast station WREM at 710 kHz. ... WREM was an AM radio station in Monticello, Maine, United States serving the Northern Maine market. ... Monticello is a town located in Aroostook County, Maine. ...

Programming on WBCQ is an eclectic mix of music, plus brokered religious and political programming. Some former radio pirates produce shows on WBCQ as well. WREM is now known as WCXH, with programming hours being leased to the operators of Caribou-based music radio network Channel X Radio. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Having received a license after years of battling the FCC has brought more criticism from pirate radio enthusiasts. Also criticized has been Weiner's decision to sell airtime on WBCQ to extremist right wingers such as Hal Turner and Brother Stair. Extremism is the act of taking a belief, political view or ideology to its most literal extreme. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... Harold Turner is an Internet radio talk show host from North Bergen, New Jersey, USA sometimes labeled a white supremacist [1] and supporter of violence against minorities and government officials. ...

WBCQ's operations on the frequency of 7415 kHz are another sore spot with radio pirates^{[citation needed]}, as that channel had previously been the most popular frequency for shortwave pirates to use in the 1990s. For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

In January 1997 , Weiner published his autobiography, Access to the Airwaves: My Fight For Free Radio which was published by Loompanics Unlimited. Cover of the first English edition of 1793 of Benjamin Franklins autobiography. ... This image appears on the cover of every Loompanics catalog. ...

External links

• Article on Weiner's early broadcasting Includes the complete text of his 1971 letter to the FCC.