diff --git a/bin/showstatus.bash b/bin/showstatus.bash
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c7f4b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/showstatus.bash
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright Ken Fallon - Released into the public domain. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/ 
+#============================================================
+
+curl --silent --netrc-file ${HOME}/.netrc "https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/cms/status.php"