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Author Topic: WPXT 1690 AM 0200 UTC Nightly 2025  (Read 235 times)

Offline 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.
“I am often asked how radio works. Well, you see, wire telegraphy
is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he
meows in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Now, radio is
exactly the same, except that there is no cat.”
-Attributed to Albert Einstein, but I ripped it from the latest Splatter .PDF March 2025 issue.

 

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