REC Networks started on July 20, 1984 on a telephone answering machine in a closet. To this day, the REC name is still strong in niche entertainment as well as support and education for our various causes.

Some of you may be here because of the broadcast information but some may stumble through here due to you at one time being a part of an REC activity.

Coming soon, I will be opening a phone line where you can call up and leave messages about your memories of REC and telephone entertainment in general. Stay tuned at recnet.com for more info.

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REC Networks has just released an update to the FMQ tool (also known as "Broadcast Query") and this release is now in production.

Summary of changes

- 2007 NCE Window application attributes
- Update to historical application types to reflect DTV conversion
- Minor revision to 2007 NCE "MX" support

Amid various petitions to deny, the FCC has dismissed four mutually exclusive LPFM applications on 104.7 (Channel 284) in the Orange County, CA area.

Applicants dismissed included:
Rock ‘n Roll Preservation Society,
International Crusade of the Penny,
Second Samoan Congregational Church, and
Newport Beach Community Radio Station 284, Inc.

REC Networks has announced today that it plans to remain streaming with the renewal of an agreement that will extend Hardcore J until the end of November, 2009.

Started in 2001, Hardcore J is a streaming radio station on Live365 that plays Japanese popular music geared towards an English speaking audience. Despite that, a significant part of Hardcore J's listening hours come from Japan.