Posted: under Archives, WBCQ.
Tags: winterfest
The last remaining piles of snow from the Blizzards of 2010 were rapidly melting in Kulpsville this year, with near perfect weather being the backdrop for the the 23rd annual SWL Winterfest.
This year’s Fest was a most interesting event. The forums we attended were, as usual, of the highest quality. The fest hotel, as always, presented some jamba; in fact, there were a lot of strange and anomalous events at this year’s event. For example, WBCQ 5.110 had a transmitter issue on Saturday and none of our marathon six hour free form mix made it to air. Other strange things were reported, such as local fest transmitter problems (if one were to know of such things), dead batteries, exploding Audacity files, busted cameras and minidisc recorders, broken down ice machines and elevators, and the attempt by some fest participants to mix Utz Crab Chips with guacamole dip. This may be the last year the Fest is held at the Best Western Towamencin; the location for next year’s event is undermined at this time.
We managed to see the big raffle at the end of the Fest proceedings. Lots of cool prizes and several radios were handed out by Jay Smilkstein, president of the North American Shortwave Association.
Here’s our collection of audio from the Fest weekend:
- Live from room 407 at the Winterfest, Friday, March 5, 2010, 6PM: Includes the Pirate Radio Forum hosted by George Zeller, recorded earlier in the day. Live off-air sampling of a strange station on 6925 am follows the Pirate Forum recording. (mp3) (alternate recording of the Pirate Forum here via Ragnar)
- Allan Weiner Worldwide, Friday, March 5, 2010, 8PM. Allan wasn’t at the Fest this year, but we did call in and give him an update. (mp3)
- Live from room 407 at the Winterfest, Saturday March 6, 2010, 6PM, with Cosmikdebris, Jane, Kracker, Sycko, and various guests and dignitaries. Over six hours of free form madness. (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6)
- The Voice of Pancho Villa : Pancho Tunes Around, Saturday, March 6, 2010, midnight (mp3)
- Pirates Week Special Winterfest Music Show, Sunday, March 7, 2010 (mp3 courtesy the Pirates Week podcast)
- Radio Jamba International, Sunday, March 7, 2010, 7PM (mp3)
- The WNKR Story (1994) on Radio New York International, Sunday, March 7, 2010, 8PM (mp3)
March 12, 2010
Posted: under WBCQ.
Tags: onair, winterfest
Area 51 streams on the internet via the Splatterbox Network. Our Saturday and Sunday programming is heard on WBCQ 5.110 MHz worldwide shortwave. The first hour of our Tuesday and Wednesday programming, and the second hour of Friday’s programming, is heard on WBCQ 7.415 MHz.
Here is our current program schedule (United States Eastern time):
- Sunday, February 28, 5PM:Â Pirates Week with Rangar Daneskjold; 5:30PM:Â International Radio Report; 6PM:Â Radio Jennifer; 7PM: Radio Ramona; 8PM: Radio Newyork International on WBCQ
- Monday, March 1, 7PM: Church of the Subgenius Hour of Slack; 8PM: Bob’s Slacktime Funhouse
- Tuesday, March 2, 7PM: Radio Timtron Worldwide; 8PM: Voice of the Runaway Maharishi
- Wednesday, March 3, 7PM: The Lumpy Gravy Radio Show; 8PM: The Jean Shepherd Show
- Thursday, March 4, 7PM: The Lost Discs Radio Show; 8PM: Glenn Hauser’s World of Radio; 8:30PM: Voice of the Dead
- Friday, March 5, 5PM: Live from the 23rd SWL Winterfest; 8PM: Allan Weiner Worldwide
- Saturday, March 6, 5PM: Live from the 23rd SWL Winterfest
March 12, 2010
Posted: under WBCQ.
Tags: onair, winterfest
Greetings from Kulpsville! We will be doing live broadcasting from the 23rd annual SWL Winterfest today and tomorrow via WBCQ 5.110 MHz. Our schedule is as follows:
- Friday, March 5: 6pm – 11pm eastern US time (2300-0400 UTC)
- Saturday, March 6: 5pm – 1am (2200-0600 UTC)
We will be available on the internet on our regular Area 51 webcast at www.splatterbox.us:5110.
March 5, 2010
Posted: under Archives, Free Radio.
Tags: kracker, rji, slch0b, winterfest
Here’s yet another Winterfest Wrap-up, this one coming to us live on Sunday, March 22, 2009, on Area 51. Your lucid host describes his experiences and provides some commentary about the Winterfest, fans, and anti-fans.
Here’s the link:
Radio Jamba International – March 22, 2009 – Winterfest Wrap-up
March 22, 2009
Posted: under Archives, Free Radio.
Tags: irr, winterfest
Steve and Janice presented a nice analysis of the recently completed SWL Winterfest on their weekly radio show this morning on CKUT 90.3 Montreal. CKUT experienced some computer issues a couple of weeks ago, so their archives are not on the internet for the time being. However, we are pleased to present this weeks show for you, recorded live off the internet.
Note that our weekly broadcast of the International Radio Report is moving this week to a new time of Thursday at 8:30PM eastern on the Area 51 broadcast on WBCQ, following Glenn Hauser’s World of Radio, also at a new time of Thursday at 8:00PM eastern time on WBCQ 5.110.
Here’s the link:
International Radio Report – March 22, 2009 – SWL Winterfest Wrap-up
March 22, 2009
Posted: under Archives, WBCQ.
Tags: timtron, winterfest
Here’s our collection of Tim’s shows as relayed on WBCQ 7415 and 5110 from the 2009 Winterfest. The shows were relayed from Tim’s room using a low power, full fidelity AM transmitter, and received in our room and relayed to WBCQ. The receiver used was a vintage Hallicrafters S-38 that Tim has tricked out to maximize audio fidelity. The audio bandwidth on this rig is 20 to 30 MHz wide, resulting in audio that is very close to FM in quality (albeit in mono instead of stereo). Unfortunately there is some hum present from the hotel’s power plant and the fact that we were four floors up and unable to obtain a sufficient ground. The early shows were relayed on AM 650 and the later shows were on shortwave 7415, and because of this the hum is much less notable on the later shows.
Here are the links:
March 20, 2009
Posted: under Archives, Free Radio.
Tags: rji, slch0b, winterfest
Very late on Saturday night, in fact, it was Sunday morning at around 2:30am, the slobs that manage Radio Jamba International decided to roll tape of the madness they were spewing on FM 91.9 and shortwave AM 6950 at the Winterfest. The result is this stinky aircheck. This is pretty raw and loose, and despite the feedback and all the RF floating around in the room, it came out okay. Is this phase two of the Loafhead Last Call?
Here’s the link:
Radio Jamba International – March 15, 2009 2:22am – Late Night Winterfest Madness
March 19, 2009
Posted: under Archives, Free Radio.
Tags: pancho villa, winterfest
A tradition at the SWL Winterfest is the appearance on the airwaves of The Voice of Pancho Villa, celebrating the first fest 22 years ago. These short broadcasts feature fest participants in topical humor and are anxiously awaited. This one aired last night at midnight on various local low power stations, and was also on WBCQ 5.110.
Here’s the link:
The Voice of Pancho Villa 2009
March 15, 2009
Posted: under Free Radio, WBCQ.
Tags: onair, winterfest
Area 51 is heard Saturday and Sunday from 6 to 8PM eastern United States time and Monday through Friday from 7 to 9PM eastern time on WBCQ The Planet at 5.110 MHz worldwide international shortwave.
Effective Monday, March 9, we will be moving our regular schedule one hour later on weekdays. Our new schedule is 7PM to 9PM eastern time. Saturday and Sunday will remain 6PM to 8PM.
This week we will be presenting special programming from the 22nd Annual SWL Winterfest in Kulpsville, Pennsylvania, from Thursday through Saturday. On Thursday we’ll be live from 6PM to 1AM on WBCQ 5.110 MHz. On Friday and Saturday we will broadcast live from 9AM to 6PM on WBCQ 9.330 MHz, and from 6PM to 1AM on WBCQ 5.110 MHz. Look for lots of impromptu, live broadcasts from our remote studios at the Winterfest, and perhaps some relays of locally originating free radio broadcasts.
- Sunday, March 8: 6PM: Pirates Week with Ragnar Daneskjold; 6:30PM: Radio 3; 7:15PM: Radio Jamba International (live)
- Monday, March 9, 7PM: Hour of Slack 1194; 8PM: WBNY Radio Bunny
- Tuesday, March 10, 7PM: Radio Free Euphoria; 8PM: Sycko Radio 2.10.2009 – Stubby Story
- Wednesday, March 11, 7PM: Off The Hook (live); 8PM: The Michael Ketter Show
- Thursday, March 11, 6PM-1AM (5.110 MHz): Live from the 22nd Annual SWL Winterfest in Kulpsville, Pennsylvania
- Friday, March 13, 9AM-6PM (9.330 MHz): Live from the 22nd Annual SWL Winterfest in Kulpsville, Pennsylvania
- Friday, March 13, 6PM-1AM (5.110 MHz): Live from the 22nd Annual SWL Winterfest in Kulpsville, Pennsylvania (Confirmed Friday Line-up: The Jean Shepherd Show; 7PM: Glenn Hauser’s World of Radio 1451; 7:30PM: International Radio Report; 8PM: Allan Weiner Worldwide)
- Saturday, March 14, 9AM-6PM (9.330 MHz): Live from the 22nd Annual SWL Winterfest in Kulpsville, Pennsylvania
- Saturday, March 14, 6PM-1AM (5.110 MHz): Live from the 22nd Annual SWL Winterfest in Kulpsville, Pennsylvania (Confirmed Line-up: 7PM: The Lumpy Gravy Radio Show (live); 8PM: Radio Timtron Worldwide (lIve))
March 8, 2009
Posted: under Free Radio, WBCQ.
Tags: winterfest, zeller
WBCQ and Area 51 will have a presence at the 22nd annual SWL Listener’s Festival in Kulpsville, Pennsylvania. The fest will be held at the Best Western Towamencin on March 13 and 14, 2009.
Of special interest is Andy Walker‘s Europirate discussion at 1:30PM on Friday, March 13, to be followed by George Zeller‘s forum on North American pirates at 3:00PM. Timtron and I will join George and will be representing WBCQ.
March 1, 2009
