NEWS
March 5, 2020
WBCR is live! We now have six programmers doing scheduled shows every week, and we're adding more all the time! If you're interested in having your own show, slots are available. No experience necessary, we'll provide free training. Contact us at programmingbcr@gmail.com.
January 9, 2020
WBCR is offering at 10-week series of MAKER RADIO: AUDIBLE CULTURE WORKSHOPS starting Friday, January 24th at our studio on Main Street, Great Barrington!
Check out our new Workshops page and register soon, because space is limited.
November 25th, 2019
Please join us for the WBCR Annual Meeting on December 8th at noon, for one hour at the studio on Main Street in Great Barrington!
Here is a link to the biographies of the slate of board members to be elected, and an absentee ballot:
https://bit.ly/37y1byB
October 11th 2019:
We've launched bcrThursdays, an open mic gathering at the studio that will take place in the studio at 320 Main Street, Great Barrington, every 2nd Thursday of the month. Check out the photos from the inaugural event on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/97.7FM/
August 22nd 2019:
Want to know how you can help fund needed equipment for the station? Check out our new Wishlist page!
WBCR is live! We now have six programmers doing scheduled shows every week, and we're adding more all the time! If you're interested in having your own show, slots are available. No experience necessary, we'll provide free training. Contact us at programmingbcr@gmail.com.
January 9, 2020
WBCR is offering at 10-week series of MAKER RADIO: AUDIBLE CULTURE WORKSHOPS starting Friday, January 24th at our studio on Main Street, Great Barrington!
Check out our new Workshops page and register soon, because space is limited.
November 25th, 2019
Please join us for the WBCR Annual Meeting on December 8th at noon, for one hour at the studio on Main Street in Great Barrington!
Here is a link to the biographies of the slate of board members to be elected, and an absentee ballot:
https://bit.ly/37y1byB
October 11th 2019:
We've launched bcrThursdays, an open mic gathering at the studio that will take place in the studio at 320 Main Street, Great Barrington, every 2nd Thursday of the month. Check out the photos from the inaugural event on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/97.7FM/
August 22nd 2019:
Want to know how you can help fund needed equipment for the station? Check out our new Wishlist page!
August 15th 2019: The studio is cleaned up and ready for wiring. John, Judy, and Graham spent a lot of time building and finishing the desks, and Jeff and Phil have been helping with cleaning out the studio and dealing with town officials with regard to signage, etc. We're on our way!
June 28th 2019: The build-out of the station has begun! We're fabricating desks for the studio, which will shortly be followed by wiring up the board and starting the training of new programmers.
May 25th 2019: Community Television of the Southern Berkshires is airing "97.7 Rising", a short film about the resurgence of WBCR-lp by John Prusinski. The film is showing on CTSB's Public Channel 1301 and is also available to view online here.
April 27th, 2019: Having successfully completed our Kickstarter, we're moving equipment in, training programmers, establishing schedules, and getting ready to get a full slate of live programming back on the air. Here's a look at our planned timeline:
- We expect to have the Studio-to-Transmitter Link (STL) up and running by June 15th.
- The studio network will be completed by June 30th.
- Training and scheduling programmers will be completed by the end of July
- August 1st we will have a full schedule on-air.
- Our podcasting operation will be underway by September 1st.