WWCR

Infobox Radio Station
name = WWCR


city = Nashville, Tennessee
area = Worldwide
branding = World Wide Christian Radio
slogan =
airdate = June 1989
format = Christian radio/brokered programming
power = 100,000 Watts
owner = F.W. Robbert Broadcasting
website = http://www.wwcr.com
callsign_meaning = World Wide Christian Radio

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

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 the programs carried by WWCR, past and present, 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", the Christian Identity radio program of Peter J. Peters
* Gene Scott, with "The University Network" 24/7 from Los Angeles, CA
* Mark Koernke, a militia leader, aka "Mark From Michigan"
* "Unshackled", the program of the Pacific Garden Mission
* Jack McLamb, founder of "Police Against the New World Order"
* Texe Marrs, conspiracy theorist and anti-New Age Movement author
* Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist

WWCR came under some criticism because several of its political programs, although by no means all, are of the political far right. Some of both its political and religious programmes have been accused of inciting racial hatred (Some even describe it as hate radio). Nonetheless, WWCR's formula became a success and several other religious and commercial shortwave stations in the United States followed WWCR's lead and began leasing airtime to political programs. For a time in the 1990s, American shortwave radio was widely listened to by those interested in political programs considered 'niche' or 'fringe' that would not have had a wide enough audience to support broadcast on a local station.

WWCR is also notable for a December 1997 broadcast in which it was implied that Art Bell had been charged with child molestation. A defamation lawsuit against the station was settled in October of 2000 and WWCR apologized for the incident. [http://web.archive.org/web/20001202164100/http://www.coasttocoastam.com/F0005.html]

One of WWCR's transmitters is entirely rented out to the ministry of Gene Scott and carries his sermons 24 hours a day. Likewise, one of the four transmitters (WWCR-4) was previously rented out by Brother Stair. For a period of several years this transmitter broadcasted block programming. The transmitter has since 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.

External links

* [http://www.wwcr.com/ WWCR-Shortwave] official site
* [http://wwcr.com/transmitter-sched.html Current transmitter schedules]
* [http://wwcr.com/program-guides/WWCR_Program_Guide.pdf Current program schedule]
* [http://ftp.fcc.gov/ib/sand/neg/hf_web/xwwcr25.txt FCC information for WWCR] (not up-to-date)