VOA R.I.P.

As many of you may already know, after 82 years of being a bastion of free speech, unbiased news coverage, and American culture to the world, The Voice of America and other US Government sponsored international broadcast services were abruptly shuttered last weekend.

Global Community Radio deeply regrets these developments in so many ways, not the least of which being the fact that GCR has been a VOA affiliate since the launch of the station in December of 2015. We have carried many of VOA's programs, in addition to its top of hour newscasts. Now, all of that is gone.

We have been retooling the schedule of GCR1 to accommodate for this sudden loss. We are in negotiations right now with a few other news providers, and details of those negotiations will be forthcoming. In the meantime, we are running some new programming in "test mode" to determine if partner stations and listeners like it. Please tune in to GCR1 and let us know your thoughts. The program schedule is slowly being updated as details are finalized.

There is some hope in certain circles that congress and/or the courts may step in and order that VOA be reinstated. If and when this happens, and if the service is restored to its former glory, and not simply used as a propaganda tool, GCR may consider reinstating some VOA content.

Thank you to all of our partner stations and listeners for their continued support.

Jason Longwell
GCR Station Manager

Changes to GCR Schedules for 2025

 Global Community Radio has made further changes to its music streams' schedules. These changes are due in part to the cancellation of some shows recently, as well as requests and feedback from our listeners and partner stations. The full and up to date schedules appear on this blog, as always.

GCR Schedule Changes: October 2024

 Global Community Radio has made some changes across all three of its online streams. On GCR1, there are no times for shows like Storage Unit 217, Encouragementology, and the Anna Jinja show. We've also added the new VOA News series The Issue to the lineup. GCR2 adds shows like Blues Hound Radio and Ahmet's House. GCR3 adds The Jazz Oasis, from the same producer who is best know for Blues Before Sunrise. As always, the updated schedules are posted on this website.

GCR2 Schedule Changes

GCR2 is pleased to welcome several new shows to our already eclectic lineup. These shows include new series' which focus on Welsh Music, Caribbean Music, and eclectic global Pop. See the full, up to date schedule on this blog.

Changes to GCR1 Schedule

 We've made a few changes to the GCR1 lineup. Monday through Friday at 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific, we are now offering audio simulcasts of various programs from DW's TV service. We think these shows will compliment the fine news and public service programming we have been airing from the German public broadcaster for many years. Also, we've replaced Inspired/Interfaith Voices with a similarly minded show called Spirit In Action every Sunday at 8:05 AM Eastern/5:05 Pacific. The Civil Liberties Minute now airs Sundays at 6:58 AM Eastern. Thank you for listening to GCR1, News And More.

Recent Changes to Jazz Programming on GCR3

We've made changes to some of the Jazz programming on GCR3. Cheryl K's two outstanding programs, The Jazz Disturbance and Situation Fluxus, are now produced on a bi-weekly basis. Jazz Disturbance will now run every 1st, 3rd and 5th Monday of the month at 5PM Eastern/2PM Pacific alternating with The Jazz Train on the 2nd and 4th Mondays. Meanwhile, Situation Fluxus will now air every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 6PM Eastern/3PM Pacific alternating with Jazz Progressions on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesdays. Early Sunday morning at 2AM Eastern, we're now airing Jazztrack With Mal Stanley from the ABC in Australia. We are also airing archived episodes of the old time radio series G.I. Jive featuring classic Jazz and Swing performances from the World War II era, along with the Sunday Music Show from Radio Prague. The full schedule has been updated on this website. GCR3 is the station that Has The Jazz.

GCR3 Schedule Updates

 We've made some changes to the GCR3 program schedule. We've added several new shows, deleted some series' which are no longer in production, and reinstated some old favorites. All of this is being done to improve the overall quality of the Classical and Jazz programming that listeners and affiliate stations have come to expect from GCR3. We hope you enjoy the new lineup, and we welcome your feedback at globalcommunityradio@gmail.com.