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Author Topic: WRKO/Shortwave 6935 AM 0257 UTC 29 JUN 2023  (Read 388 times)

Offline Skipmuck

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WRKO/Shortwave 6935 AM 0257 UTC 29 JUN 2023
« on: June 29, 2023, 0257 UTC »
0257 UTC S9 Carrier with light peskie QRM on LSB and a bit of flutter fading
0258 UTC Music followed by OM DJ with WRKO ID, then "Which Way You Going Billy"-The Poppy Family
0302 UTC OM with Advertisement for The First Edition's LP with "Somethings Burning"
0303 UTC "You Make Me Real"-Doors
0307 UTC "Green Tambourine"-Lemon Pipers
0310 UTC WRKO Weather
0315 UTC "Everything Is Beautiful"-Ray Stevens
0319 UTC Coca Cola commercial, followed by "My Baby Loves Lovin"-White Plains
0323 UTC "Cinnamon Girl"-The Gentrys
0326 UTC "Woodstock"-CSNY (#25)
0330 UTC OM DJ with "Solid Gold Weekend", followed by "I Want To Hold Your Hand"-Beatles
0339 UTC "Make Me Smile"-Chicago
0348 UTC "Hush"-Deep Purple
0352 UTC "You're listening to Bobby Mitchell-WRKO"
0354 UTC "American Woman"-Guess Who
0400 UTC "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"-Dusty Springfield
0403 UTC "Schlitz Malt Liquor" commercial..."The Bull"
0405 UTC "I'm Your Vehicle"-Ides of March
0415 UTC "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes"-Edison Lighthouse
0421 UTC "Easy Come Easy Go"-Bobby Sherman
0424 UTC "Color Me Father"-Winstons
0427 UTC "Reflections Of My Life"-Marmalade
0430 UTC "Bridge Over Troubled Waters"-Simon & Garfunkel
0435 UTC "Shiloh"-Neil Diamond
(Signal is still solid above the noise!)
0441 UTC Advertisement, followed by "I Can't See Nobody"-Bee Gees
0446 UTC "Up the Ladder to the Roof"-Supremes
0449 UTC "Somethings Burning"-Kenny Rogers & First Edition
0452 UTC "Little Green Bag"-George Baker Selection
0456 UTC "Rag Doll"-Four Seasons
0459 UTC "House of the Rising Sun"-Frijid Pink
0502 UTC "Come and Get It"-Badfinger (#5)
0504 UTC "Instant Karma"-John Lennon
0507 UTC "Cinnamon Girl"-Gentrys
0510 UTC "Tequila"-The Champs
0512 UTC "ABC"-Jackson 5
0515 UTC "Spirit In the Sky"-Norman Greenbaum
(Signal is just above the noise now)
0519 UTC "Let It Be"-Beatles
0523 UTC OFF

Thank you for the memory adventure!
« Last Edit: June 30, 2023, 1452 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: WRKO Shortwave 6935 AM 0257 UTC 29 JUN 2023
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2023, 0259 UTC »
0259 Music ?  S3
0302 talk and music ?
0307 "Green Tambourine "
0309 WRKO Id
0311 " I heard it though the Grapevine"
« Last Edit: June 29, 2023, 0313 UTC by hsmith77 »
Harry L. Smith
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Re: WRKO Shortwave 6935 AM 0257 UTC 29 JUN 2023
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2023, 0301 UTC »
SINPO=44333

300- "Which Way Are You Goin' Billy?" by The Poppy Family (featuring Susan Jacks).
302- OM commercial DJ IDs song and station and says it's 305. He talks intermittently over music, about Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, and their new album.
303- WRKO musical jingle ID, then OM DJ IDs next tune.
303- "You Make Me Real" by The Doors.
305- OM DJ IDs station, into...
306- Commercial for something that protects the skin, and mention of bacteria (but didn't copy details due to muffled audio). Maybe Curad?
307- OM DJ IDs station and mentions Solid Gold.
307- "Green Tambourine" by The Lemon Pipers.
« Last Edit: June 29, 2023, 0322 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
All reception direct-- From my location, radio and antenna.
QTH New Hampshire (70 miles north of Boston).
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Re: WRKO Shortwave 6935 AM 0257 UTC 29 JUN 2023
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2023, 0322 UTC »
0321 My Baby Loves Lovin' - The White Plains 
0323 Live saver mint AD ...
0323 Cinnamon Girl - Gentrys
0333 Frigidaire AC AD ...
0335 Come Running - Van Morrison
0355 American Woman - Guess Who
« Last Edit: June 29, 2023, 0355 UTC by clobdell »
Receiver: Eton E1, JRC NRD-525, 535 and 545, Icom IC-7300
Aerial: MFJ G5RV dipole
near Lowell Massachusetts - Gateway To The Merrimack Valley.
All loggings are from my QTH with my equipment unless stated otherwise.
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Re: WRKO Shortwave 6935 AM 0257 UTC 29 JUN 2023
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2023, 0356 UTC »
0355 UTC Been S8+ all show Nice effort!
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Re: WRKO Shortwave 6935 AM 0257 UTC 29 JUN 2023
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2023, 0403 UTC »
0402 UTC
SIGNAL S 0 +10

music 

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Re: WRKO Shortwave 6935 AM 0257 UTC 29 JUN 2023
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2023, 0404 UTC »
Nothing but a faint carrier here, but SIO 444 at W3HFU 120' T2FD kiwi SDR
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