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Author Topic: Radio Appalachia 6974.6 AM 0033 UTC 23 Mar 2025  (Read 368 times)

Offline DangerKitty

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Radio Appalachia 6974.6 AM 0033 UTC 23 Mar 2025
« on: March 23, 2025, 0033 UTC »
0033: music "Wabash Cannonball" - Roy Acuff
0035: "Steel Rails" - Alison Krauss
- suspect this is Radio Appalachia
0039: "Bonanza" - Johnny Cash

0040: ID, joke from Ronald Reagan, ID, "broadcasting from xx West Virginia", more mx

Thank you for the show!
« Last Edit: March 23, 2025, 0042 UTC by DangerKitty »
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Re: Radio Appalachia 6974.6 AM 0033 UTC 23 Mar 2025
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2025, 0036 UTC »
0035 "Steel Rails" by Alison Krauss.
0038 "Bonanza!" by Johnny Cash.
0040 Radio Appalachia ID's by OM.
0041 "Possum Holler" by Bill Price and Blue Grass Hill.
0044 "Banks of the Ohio (Live)" by Bill Monroe & Doc Watson.
0047 "Kentucky Mandolin (Live)" by Bill Monroe & Doc Watson.
0050 "Jackson" by Johnny Cash & June Carter.
0053 "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" by June Carter Cash.
0057 ID into "I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome" by David Grisman, Herb Pedersen, James Kerwin, Jerry Garcia, Jim
        Buchanan & Red Allen.
0101 "Freight Train" by David Grisman & Jerry Garcia.
0107 "When First Unto This Country" by by David Grisman & Jerry Garcia.
0110 "Fire On the Mountain (Live)" by Bill Monroe & Doc Watson.
0112 "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" by Patsy Cline.
0115 "Waitin' for the Sun to Shine" by Ricky Skaggs.
0120 ID's into "Man of Constant Sorrow" by Jerry Garcia, David Grisman & Tony Rice.
0125 "Amazing Grace" by Jerry Garcia, David Grisman & Tony Rice.
0131 OTA.

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« Last Edit: March 23, 2025, 0131 UTC by Radiouser »
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Re: Unid 6974.6 AM 0033 UTC 23 Mar 2025
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2025, 0036 UTC »
on 6974.6    direct
0035 very weak, audio just guessed in noise with het
« Last Edit: March 23, 2025, 0038 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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Re: Radio Appalachia 6974.6 AM 0033 UTC 23 Mar 2025
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2025, 0036 UTC »
0034: Wabash Cannonball by Roy Acuff. S5 with some noise.
0036: Steel Rails by Alison Krauss.
0038: Bonanza! by Johnny Cash.
0040: Station id and Reagan joke.
0042: Possum Holler
« Last Edit: March 23, 2025, 0042 UTC by myteaquinn »
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Re: Unid 6974.6 AM 0033 UTC 23 Mar 2025
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2025, 0038 UTC »
0033 "Wabash Cannonball" Roy Acuff  S7
0036 "Steel Rails " Allison Krauss 
0038  "Bonanza " Johnny Cash
« Last Edit: March 23, 2025, 0039 UTC by hsmith77 »
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Re: Radio Appalachia 6974.6 AM 0033 UTC 23 Mar 2025
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2025, 0046 UTC »
S5-7  SIO 333  SINPO 35333

0042 UTC Possum Holler by Bill Price and Blue Grass HIll
0044 Banks of the Ohio by Bill Monroe & Doc Watson
0048 Kentucky Mandolin by Bill Monroe & Doc Watson
0050 Jackson by Johnny and June Carter Cash
0053 Will the Circle Be Unbroken by June Carter Cash
0057 ID into I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome by David Grisman, Herb Pedersen....
0101 Freight Train by David Grisman & Jerry Garcia

Thank you for the Broadcast!
« Last Edit: March 23, 2025, 0102 UTC by Chuck54 »
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Re: Radio Appalachia 6974.6 AM 0033 UTC 23 Mar 2025
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2025, 0052 UTC »
It sounds like a Hailicrafters HT-40 Broadcasting.
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Re: Radio Appalachia 6974.6 AM 0033 UTC 23 Mar 2025
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2025, 0105 UTC »
0105 S7 but hearing zero audio.
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Re: Radio Appalachia 6974.6 AM 0033 UTC 23 Mar 2025
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2025, 0115 UTC »
Good-VG with folky country music, Three Stooges into ID. Nice to hear Radio Appalachia a few times recently. Both of my QSLs are from 2015, so it had been a while. And if you're using an HT-40, it's doing a nice job tonight
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Re: Radio Appalachia 6974.6 AM 0033 UTC 23 Mar 2025
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2025, 0131 UTC »
0131 - was getting some audio above the noise floor
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Re: Radio Appalachia 6974.6 AM 0033 UTC 23 Mar 2025
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2025, 0134 UTC »
0120 Op. talking with an ID at the end, bluegrass, 'Man of Constant Sorrow' both Jerry Garcia, David Grisman & Tony Rice.

Both S7 in noisy conditions here.
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