WFDR 6925 USB 2353 UTC 24 DEC 2024

[Charlie_Dont_Surf]

This appears to be a different program than the previous two. Winston Churchill is visiting. SINPO 54444 on an SDR in New England.

2354 - Benediction by The Most Reverend Joseph Card.
2358 - Mentions of the war, this must be during WWII.
2358 - Mentions that this is the 19th National Christmas Tree Lighting.
2359 - Gift from the Girls Scouts Troop Number 95 in Washington, D.C., to Mrs. Roosevelt. Audio cutting out occasionally.
0001 - FDR: "And now, for the ninth time, I light the Christmas tree."
0006 - Mentions of the start of 1942 so I believe this might be from Christmas of 1941.
0009 - Winston Churchill comes to the microphone.
0011 - Mentions his ties to America. (His mother was an American.)
0015 - Carols start with "Oh Come All Ye Faithful".
0020 - "Silent Night"
0023 - Announcement by OM: "This is Double-You Eff Dee Ahrr. The real original WFDR. Merry Christmas. We might be back laytah." TX Off.
Recording of the end: https://voca.ro/1eSav0BHKW8u
(The signal is strong enough that you can hear the background noise in the studio increase as the OM is preparing to talk.)

[Fisherman]

2358 I am receiving this speech via UK SDR with S5
0000 Speaking on behalf of Boy Scouts and youth of the Nation
0001 Turning on lights with bell chiming
0009 Winston Churchill speech 1942 Christmas Eve - Amazing signal in Britain and Ireland - Please EQSL to my email
0015 "O Come all ye faithful" Christmas Carol
0020 "Silent Night" carol
0023 ID as WFDR we might be back later

[Radiouser]

2359 UTC Speech by a Girl Scout to FDR.
0000 UTC Speech by a Boy Scout to FDR.
0001 UTC Speech by FDR from 1941. Audio breakups.
0009 UTC Speech by U.K. Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.
0015 UTC "Come All Ye Faithful" by a Chorus.
0018 UTC "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" by a Chorus.
0020 UTC "Silent Night" by a Chorus.
0023 UTC OM with "This is W-F-D-R, the real original W-F-D-R, Merry Christmas. We might be back later". Off.

Thanks for tonight's Christmas show and the eQSL!

Please eQSL to drossm@sympatico.ca

[TheHappyWanker]

0000UTC S2-3 On Beverage In E OR No ID yet Talk.
Yes FDR talking

[Beerus Maximus]

Very loud here in the Boston burbs, peaking past +20. Old FDR recording.

[J. Carlos Pérez Montero]

Broadcaster: WFDR
Listening date: 25 December 2024 (UTC)
Listening time: 00:00 to 00:23 UTC time
Frequency: 6925 USB
SINPO: 55544
Listening Location: Valladolid (Spain) via Fair Hill, Maryland (USA)
Receiver used: kiwiSDR Fair Hill, Maryland (USA)
Antenna used: Wellbrook Loop or OCFD Dipole
Details of the program me listened to:
0000 UTC Words by political broadcasters America and Merry Christmas FDR
0015 Christmas songs by choir of women's voices
0023 UTC Off

For more information about my listening listen to the audio in Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/s68qs2lnzi9o7hsc93gvb/WFDR-6925-USB-0000-0030-UTC-25-12-2024.mp3?rlkey=wgkpfahsmcmgd054xvnsfr8ml&st=3j9o2meo&dl=0

I would be grateful to receive your eQSL at: laradioymuchomas@gmail.com

Merry Christmas friends.

[Marcy1]

Yes have it here also 10 over in Long island, NY
cuts out now and then...very nice speech!
Happy Holidays to all...73,s Marcy

[John Poet]

Strong signal at 0007, off the Maryland big-loop SDR....

yes, sounds different but with FDR speech and GREAT audio...

(This program did indeed segue into a speech by Winston Churchill, around 0011 for several minutes,
the one that he delivered to the US congress in late December 1941, I do believe, when he visited FDR here after our entrance into WW2)

((I've read about it recently, in the book "December 1941" by Craig Shirley--- I am something of a student of WW2, as well as the American civil war))

After that into Christmas carols which continue at 0019--- still with very good signal and audio.


Station ID at 0023, "This is WFDR--- the REAL WFDR.  We might be back later!"  and off.


Very nice, and Merry Christmas to all!

[Ray Lalleu]

on 6925 USB
0012 heard direct in UK, some war speech (can't tell more), 0015 carol,
0018 another song, 0020 "Silent night", 0022 host comment and mention of Churhill,
0023 ID WFDR, original WFDR, merry Christmas,
OFF

[myteaquinn]

0015: Christmas music playing, Oh Come All Yea Faithful.
0019: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
0020: Silent Night.
0023: Station id.

[dxace1]

WFDR ID at close around 0023 UTC after Silent Night old recording of FDR and Churchill at WH
Back as of 0057 with FDR speech

[Chuck54]

9 + 5  SIO 555  SINPO 55335

0023 UTC "This is the Columbia Broadcasting System" with Silent Night being sung in background
0023 ID "The Real WFDR..We might be back Later"

Thanks!!!

[Crater Eddie]

 December 24, 2024  6925 kHz USB  Good signal with good readability

23:58 Wartime speeches for victory, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill
0:23 speech ended 
0:56 another speech
1:21 modern announcer "This is WFDR, the REAL WFDR, good night"'  then signal disappeared.

Heard from southern Illinois on Tecsun PL-880 on 100 foot ling wire antenna.