WWCR

WWCR

Nashville, Tennessee
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Frequency	15825 kHz 13845 kHz 12160 kHz 9985 kHz 9980 kHz 9350 kHz 7490 kHz 7465 kHz 5935 kHz 5890 kHz 5070 kHz 4840 kHz 3215 kHz 3255 kHz (testing)
Branding	World Wide Christian Radio
Programming
Format	Christian radio/brokered programming
Ownership
Owner	F.W. Robbert Broadcasting
History
First air date	June 1989
Call sign meaning	World Wide Christian Radio
Technical information
Power	100,000 Watts
Links
Website	http://www.wwcr.com/

WWCR is a shortwave radio station located in Nashville, Tennessee in the United States. WWCR uses four 100 kW transmitters which broadcast on 14 different frequencies.

Two of WWCR's transmitters alternately broadcast the programming of Melissa & Gene Scott's ministry up to 24 hours a day. Its fourth transmitter (WWCR-4) is currently rented out by Brother Stair. For a period of several years this transmitter used to broadcast block programming. The transmitter had been leased totally to Pastor Peter J. Peters.

F.W. Robbert Broadcasting also owns the AM (mediumwave) stations WNQM in Nashville, WMQM and WLRM in Memphis, WITA in Knoxville, and WVOG in New Orleans, Louisiana. Much of WWCR's programming is also broadcast on these local stations.

History

Originally known as 'World Wide Country Radio,' WWCR began broadcasting a country format but quickly switched to a standard evangelical Christian format, also selling leased airtime. Because of the station's policy of leasing airtime, WWCR acquired an early reputation for carrying an eclectic mix of political and entertainment programming in addition to the religious programs. Among those, past as well as present, making their shortwave debut on WWCR, are:

• Radio Free America hosted by Tom Valentine, sponsored by The Spotlight newspaper
• For the People hosted by Chuck Harder
• Newswatch Magazine hosted by David J. Smith
• The Hour of the Time hosted by William Cooper
• Radio Newyork International hosted by Allan Weiner
• World of Radio hosted by Glenn Hauser
• Scriptures for America hosted by Peter J. Peters
• Dr Gene Scott, with "The University Network" from California
• Mark Koernke, a militia leader, aka "Mark From Michigan," host of "The Intelligence Report"
• Unshackled, the show of the Pacific Garden Mission
• Jack McLamb, founder of "Police Against the New World Order"
• Texe Marrs, best-selling anti-NWO author
• Rollye James, pro-libertarian, government skeptic, self-professed "Magic Bullet Denier on the Lunatic Fringe"
• James McCanney, hosting his revisionist "Science Hour" (where the latitude of Russia's capital is the same as that of England's, rather than Scotland's, as broadcast on 9.Dec.2010)
• Discount Gold & Silver Trading, sponsoring infomercials falsely pushing graded coins as having appreciated more than non-graded coins or as not being opinion coins.

WWCR is also notable for a December 1997 broadcast by Ted Gunderson which later became the subject of a court case. In that case, lawyers for Art Bell claimed that the broadcast had implied he had been charged with child molestation. A defamation lawsuit against the station was settled in October 2000 and Art Bell claimed that WWCR had apologized for the incident.[1] Ted Gunderson disputes that any apology was ever made and asserts that the case was entirely baseless.[2]

Transmitters

WWCR-1

• 3.215 MHz 20:00 - 4:00 UTC
• 9.985 MHz 4:00 - 6:00 UTC
• 15.825 MHz 6:00 - 15:00 UTC
• 7.465 MHz 15:00 - 19:00 UTC
• 7.490 MHz 19:00 - 20:00 UTC

WWCR-2

• 5.935 MHz 19:00 - 6:00 UTC
• 7.490 MHz 6:00 - 10:00 UTC
• 12.160 MHz 10:00 - 15:00 UTC
• 9.350 MHz 15:00 - 17:00 UTC
• 5.070 MHz 17:00 - 19:00 UTC

WWCR-3

• 4.840 MHz 19:00 - 7:00 UTC
• 13.845 MHz 7:00 - 19:00 UTC

WWCR-4

• 5.890 MHz 20:00 - 6:00 UTC
• 9.980 MHz 6:00 - 20:00 UTC

External links

• WWCR-Shortwave official site
• Current transmitter schedules
• Current program schedule
• FCC information for WWCR (not up-to-date)