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Author Topic: WPXT 1690 AM 0200 UTC Nightly 2025  (Read 4802 times)

ThaDood

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WPXT 1690 AM 0200 UTC Nightly 2025
« on: April 25, 2025, 1716 UTC »
Pretty much every night, at around 10PM EST, I'm hearing this 1690AM station playing mainly 60's hits, and occasionally a 70's hit. No ID heard, as of yet, but a generic, "Your oldies station!", either by an OM, or a YL. Occasional fading, but most of the time this station dominates. Here's my choices on Radio Locator,    https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=&band=AM&freq=1690&freq_exact=Yes&city=&state=&country=&format=&owner_search=starts&owner=&scope=&is_ful=Y&is_lp=Y&is_lic=Y&is_cp=Y&sort=Call&count=100&sr=1&sid=  But, nothing really corresponds to this list. Any clues???
« Last Edit: April 30, 2025, 1125 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: UNID 1690 AM 0200 UTC Nightly 2025
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2025, 1856 UTC »
clarification..you said 10pm EST..Do you mean EST or ESDT..we are on daylight saving time now..

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Re: UNID 1690 AM 0200 UTC Nightly 2025? It's WPTX.
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2025, 1515 UTC »
OK, clarification and update:
10PM EST Daylight Saving Time. Finally, last night, around 10:20PM, the 60's tunage went to Zip Recruiter commercial, then a WPXT 1690AM / 107.1FM ID, then back to tunage. https://radio-locator.com/info/WPTX-AM?loc=38.25891%2C-76.45059&locn=Lexington%20Park%2C%20Maryland
So, that mystery is solved. Nope, no pirate, but that automation software seemed setup as to where you'd think that it was.
The best two statements of advice that I've ever gotten are from my brother-in-law in the early 1990's. 1st one, when I bought a used '89 Olds Cutless, my bro-in-law said, "Congratulations!!! You've just bought a deficit!". The other, was on a work environment, " No matter where you go, it's going to be f***'ed -up!". No truer words have been spoken.