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WBCA 102.9 FM is Boston’s Community Radio Station in partnership with Boston Neighborhood Network Media and the City of Boston. Our shows are by and for the Boston community.
WBCA 102.9 FM is Boston’s Community Radio Station in partnership with Boston Neighborhood Network Media and the City of Boston. Our shows are by and for the Boston community.
Episodes

Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Never Give Up "Where Giving Up Is Not An Option
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Rochelle Jones asks the question, is Jesus your roadmap? With readings from
Matthew 6:33-34, Philippians 2:13, and John 14:6—“I am the way".

Friday Mar 29, 2024
Boston Neighborhood Network News
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Tribute ceremony to broadcast pioneer, activist, & BNN board member Sarah-Ann Shaw. PAX East 2024 at Boston Convention & Exhibition Center & Mayor Wu grant awards for Affordable Rental, Homeowners, & Cooperative Housing Funding Awards. BPS Youth Summer Job Fair at RCC Reggie Lewis Track Center, Jane Keddy Womens' History Quilt Exhibit, interview with Kim Borman (Exec. Dir. Boston Women's Workforce Council) about National Equal Pay Day & Gender Pay Equity. Interview with Gail Breslow (Exec. Dir. Project Citizenship) & Hannah Avila (Legal Access Coordinator for The Mayor's Office for Immigrant Advancement) about Project Citizenship and its Annual Boston Citizenship Day Workshop.

Thursday Mar 28, 2024
The Other Page Radio
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Host Haywood Fennell welcomes guest Steven Wright (Overdose Prevention Manager & Boston Public Health Commission) to discuss the amount of overdoses in Boston & MA, Narcan availability for overdose prevention, using the overdose prevention hotline at 1-800-972-0590, Harm Reduction Centers, & more.

Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Life Matters
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Host Brendan O'Connell interviews guest Paul DeBeasi (Exec. Dir. APRScience.org) about his organization APRScience.org, abortion pill rescue & reversal, options for progesterone treatment, pro-abortion push back to abortion pill reversal, & more.

Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Observations From The Trenches
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Host Larry Higginbottom stresses the importance of wealth and essential high income skills for ADOS. He expresses how America runs on skills and capital, how history brought American Descendants Of Slaves to their current societal position, why wealth is so important to the newer generations, how the ADOS workforce is being replaced by immigrants and other minorities, skilled trade work opposed to University education, & more.

Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Black Teachers Matter
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Sharon Hinton welcomes guest Ed Gaskin (Exec. Director Greater Grove Hall Main Streets) to discuss food insecurity, food as medicine throughout history, the black population having a disproportionate rate of chronic disease due to food insecurity, the Healthy Food Initiative food pantry that Ed is soon opening with Harvard Community Health Center, & much more.

Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Boston Arts Academy Tina Turner Tribute Show: Simply The Best!
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Boston Arts Academy's live performance of their Tina Turner Tribute Show: Simply The Best! You can also watch BNN's coverage of the event here: BNN VOD BAA Tina Turner Tribute.

Monday Mar 25, 2024
MassArt Radio
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024

Sunday Mar 24, 2024
MassArt Radio
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Sunday Mar 24, 2024

Sunday Mar 24, 2024
MassArt Radio
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Sunday Mar 24, 2024

Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Never Give Up "Where Giving Up Is Not An Option
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Rochelle Jones shares inspirational messages and speaks about the
importance of upholding God's message. With readings from Hebrews 10 and
Philippians 4:8.

Friday Mar 22, 2024
Now & Then with Glenn
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Host Glenn Williams is joined by Ky'ron Owens (Communications Director) and
Nancy Smith (Program Manager) from the Office of Emergency, Boston. The
guests discuss the importance of planning, to ensure that the city of Boston
is prepared for disasters, outbreaks and other large-scale public
emergencies. They share the process of how their information is gathered and
shared with the residence of Boston.

Thursday Mar 21, 2024
The Other Page Radio
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Host Haywood Fennell interviews Andrea Gayle-Bennett, First Deputy Secretary of the Executive Office of Veterans' Services & retired Brigadier General, about her background, how she acquired her position, the benefits available to Veterans, & much more.

Thursday Mar 21, 2024
WBCA Presents: Amanda Shea, Brandie Blaze, Safari & The Beat Explorers
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
A special edition of WBCA Presents with Amanda Shea, Brandie Blaze, & Safari & The Beat Explorers. A live performance from BNN Studios. You can also watch the episode here: BNN VOD WBCA Presents

Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Life Matters
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Host Brendan O'Connell interviews Licensed Independent Social Worker Laura Zaniol about the effects of abortions on males who's partners have had an abortion. They discuss how women are pressured into abortion, how sometimes men feel like they have no say to prevent an abortion, and disenfranchised grief. Laura also speaks about the process of Catholic counseling.

Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Observations from the Trenches
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Host Larry Higginbottom explains his view that oppression must have the consent of the people, and discusses the role of mass media in this phenomenon. Also discussed: the Israel-Palestine conflict, illegal immigration, and the Iraq War.

Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Black Teachers Matter
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Host Sharon Hinton welcomes guests Sister Dora Muhammad (Food Access Instructor, NOFA Mass & Co-founder/Instructor, Sisters Who Can Brothers Cann Too), Sister Anna Muhammad (Food Access Director, NOFA Mass & Co-founder, Sisters Who Can Brothers Cann Too), and Brother Dana Williams (Instructor, Sisters Who Can Brothers Cann Too & NLC Circle Summit) to the show. They discuss the Northeast Organic Farming Association, how it teaches young farmers to grow organic food, the PPLT grant, the importance of growing your own food, farming practices, and food equity and people of color.
For more information you can contact: dora@nofamass.org and anna@nofamass.org

Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Never Give Up "Where Giving Up Is Not An Option"
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
On this segment of 'Never Give Up', Host Rochelle Jones encourages the
audience to be proactive about future goals, by accepting to trust in God to
guide in the right direction. Jones shares the importance of recognizing
self-worth through readings from Romans 8:28, Isaiah 41:10, Proverbs 16:9 and
1 Corinthians 10:13.

Saturday Mar 16, 2024
City Talk with Ken Meyer (Laura Carlo)
Saturday Mar 16, 2024
Saturday Mar 16, 2024
Ken Meyers interviews WCRB Host and MA Broadcasters Hall of Fame
inductee Laura Carlo about how she got into radio starting at Boston College
and local radio in Fall River. She recalls some of her past interviews and
working at WBZ, WBCN, and WCRB. They speak about the importance of radio as a
whole, the heyday of radio in Boston, Laura's love for classical music and
news programming, and much more!

Friday Mar 15, 2024
Boston Neighborhood Network News
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Friday Mar 15, 2024
International Women's Day Breakfast at Simmons University, Healey pardons for cannabis convictions, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology construction of Nubian Sq. campus, 140 Clarendon St. affordable housing, Boston High School Basketball teams in the MIAA championship, Interview with Heather Hurd about Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment.
