''The Hour of Slack'' is a one-hour

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produced by the

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centering on the King of Slack, J. R. "Bob" Dobbs. Reverend

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presents his own commentary, along with recorded material from all SubGenius radio and stage shows, bands, ranters, media barrage collage artists, and selections from the indie audio underground created by various SubGenii and others. Over 1,700 segments of this show have been broadcast. It is syndicated across North America, and weekly shows (and past segments) are available by mail. Originally created in

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, the show now originates either in pre-recorded form from the Church of the SubGenius headquarters in Cleveland Heights, OH, or occasionally performed live at WCSB-FM (both for broadcast and live MP3 stream) on the campus of

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. The show is also available as a podcast in iTunes

Stations that carry ''Hour of Slack''

* ALASKA - Kasilof: KWMD 90.7 FM * ALASKA - Anchorage: KWMD 104.5 FM * ARKANSAS - Fayetteville: KXUA 88.3 FM * CALIFORNIA - Santa Cruz: Free Radio Santa Cruz 101.1 FM * COLORADO - Boulder: KFBR 95.3 FM * CONNECTICUT - New London: WCNI 90.9 FM (intermittently) * CONNECTICUT - Storrs: WHUS 91.7 FM * FLORIDA - Dade City: Dade City Community Radio 87.9 FM * GEORGIA - Atlanta:

WREK WREK (91.1 FM "Wreck", from the Ramblin' Wreck) is the radio station staffed by the students of the Georgia Institute of Technology. It is also located on channel 17 on the Georgia Tech cable TV network, GTCN. Starting as a 10-watt class D, ...

91.1 FM Georgia Tech (also Rev. Susie's "Bob's Slacktime Funhouse" afterwards) * IDAHO - Moscow: KRFP 92.5 FM * ILLINOIS - Champaign:

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90.1 FM (part of The Mental Vortex) * INDIANA - * MAINE - Portland:

WMPG WMPG is a community radio station broadcasting from Portland, Maine. It is located on Bedford Street at the University of Southern Maine Portland Campus. It is affiliated with the college, and a mix of USM students and volunteers from the greater P ...

90.9 FM * MINNESOTA - Minneapolis: Radio Free Twin Cities 93.1 FM * N. CAROLINA - Greensboro:

WQFS WQFS (90.9 FM) is Guilford College's student-run radio station, with both students and members of the community serving as disk jockeys. Broadcasting in a variety format, it serves Greensboro, North Carolina and the greater Piedmont Triad area. I ...

90.9 FM * N. CAROLINA - Durham: WXDU 88.7 FM * OHIO - Cleveland: WCSB 89.3 FM (flagship station) * OHIO - Kingsville: Edge Radio 106.7 FM * PENNSYLVANIA - Stroudsburg: WFZR 89.1 FM * TENNESSEE - Sewanee: WUTS 91.3 FM * TENNESSEE - Knoxville: WOZO-LP 103.9 FM * TEXAS - Austin: KAOS 95.9 FM * WISCONSIN - Madison:

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89.9 FM * WISCONSIN - Milwaukee: WICA 92.9 FM * CANADA - Halifax:

CKDU-FM CKDU-FM (88.1 MHz) is a non-profit radio station broadcasting from the campus of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It airs a campus radio format serving the Halifax Regional Municipality area and is operated by the not-for-profit CKD ...

88.1 FM * CANADA - Vancouver, BC:

CJSF-FM CJSF-FM is a college radio station from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. The station features a wide range of genres, from spoken word politics to heavy metal music shows. Its transmitter is located atop Burnaby Mountain. S ...

90.1 FM and 93.3 cable FM * CANADA - Victoria:

CFUV-FM CFUV-FM is a campus/community radio station broadcasting on 101.9 FM in British Columbia, Canada. It serves the University of Victoria, Greater Victoria and, via cable, Vancouver Island and many areas in the Lower Mainland. It is owned and ru ...

101.9 FM * Shortwave - WBCQ 'The Planet', 7.415 MHz shortwave (also on freq. 9.330, 17.495 and 5.110 MHz)

External links

''Hour of Slack'' official website at SubGenius.com
- includes broadcast times, downloads. Church of the SubGenius American comedy radio programs {{US-radio-show-stub