[TWIAR] TWIAR JOINS BECKER BROADCAST SYSTEMS WBCQ

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THIS WEEK IN AMATEUR RADIO INTERNATIONAL, TO AIR ON SHORTWAVE STATION, WBCQ.


Averill Park, N.Y. January 20, 2005 - This Week in Amateur Radio, North
Americas premier amateur radio news magazine of the air, is pleased to
announce that a new version of our weekly news service will air on Becker
Broadcast Systems shortwave station WBCQ.

Becker Broadcast Systems, based in Monticello, Maine, will air the program
each Saturday afternoon at 4pm eastern, or 21:00 GMT, on its main transmitter
on 7.415 MHz.  WBCQ, The Planet, broadcasts 50,000 watts, and serves North,
Central, and South America, and the Caribbean.

The new program, tentatively called TWIARi - This Week in Amateur Radio
International, will cover all the latest ham radio news, as well as special
features like, Leo Laportes technology news, The Ancient Amateur Archives
with Bill Continelli, W2XOY, The Random Access File with Bill Baran, N2FNH,
and many others.

This Week in Amateur Radio, based in Averill Park, New York, now in its
twelfth year of service to the ham radio community, is heard in over 120
cities across the United States and Canada on local ham radio repeaters. The
news service is produced by volunteers from all across the United States.

We are also pleased to announce, that WBCQ's Dr. Scott Becker, KB5MDH, and
radio host Alan Weiner, have joined our growing list of on the air talent as
news anchor and segment producers.

WBCQ joins a growing list of ways everyone can access our weekly news and
information service. These include internet distribution via our web site
at http://www.twiar.org, RSS/MP3 podcast, and via the W0KIE Satellite Radio
Network.

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