105.5 FM in Queens

They would seem to make odd broadcasting bedfellows: the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and the Global Service Center for Quitting Chinese Communist Party. Yet the two organizations are partnering on the airwaves, with two radio stations starting next month at 105.5 FM in Queens.

Weekday mornings and early afternoons, the diocese’s WDMB will air daily Masses, rosary prayers and call-in shows. At 2 p.m., the Global Service’s WQEQ will take the microphone “to disseminate info about the Chinese Communist Party’s crimes against humanity” — as it declares in its mission statement.

The common thread? Both stations will broadcast solely in Mandarin, focusing on the growing Chinese community in Queens. “We have a similar target audience,” said Msgr. Kieran E. Harrington, the diocese’s vicar for communications.

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