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Author Topic: Channel Zero with WKBW Rebroadcast 6925 USB 0059 UTC 26 APR 2026  (Read 2806 times)

DangerKitty

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Channel Zero with WKBW Rebroadcast 6925 USB 0059 UTC 26 APR 2026
« on: April 26, 2026, 0100 UTC »
0059: sci-fi noises, talk of HST and UFOs:0104: "Bread and Butter" - The Newbeats
0106: "Sweet Soul Music" - Arthur Conley
0107: "Explosion in Your Soul" - Soul Survivors
55555
0109: "brought to you by Coca-Cola", "this is the sound of [various things]", talk of Buffalo, NY and WKBD; children blamed for a fire causing $3K damage, asking for money for Olympic athletes
0114: "Judy in Disguise" - John Fred & His Playboy Band

Thanks for the show!
« Last Edit: April 26, 2026, 0207 UTC by ChrisLobdell »
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Well, it's come to this: It's midnight and I'm listening to a heavy metal cover version of "The Wheels On The Bus Go Round and Round" on pirate short wave radio on Sternradio. Is life great, or what!?
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Re: Channel Zero with WKBW Rebroadcast 6925 USB 0059 UTC 26 APR 2026
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2026, 0107 UTC »
s9 here

0105 "Bread and Butter" by The Newbeats.
0106 "Sweet Soul Music" by Arthur Conley.
0107 "Explosion in Your Soul" by The Soul Survivors.
« Last Edit: April 26, 2026, 0218 UTC by Radiouser »
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Re: UNID 6925 USB 0059 UTC 26 APR 2026
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2026, 0108 UTC »
0106 Bread and Butter
0107 Sweet Soul Music, cut off, and then Explosion in Your Soul
0109 Erie County Cancer PSA,
0111 WKBW ID and then news, AAU PSA, sports
0114 Judy in Disguise
0118 Beegees for Coca Cola
0118 Come a Little Bit Closer
0121 reprise
0122 Talkin' It Over, a Coca Cola ad
0124 Chain of Fools
0127 Peace Corps PSA
0129 Down in Monterey
0133 Channel Zero ID, thanking the Cosmonaut System!
0134 My Baby Does the Hanky Panky
0136 Sometimes I Wonder What She's Doin' Tonight
(and I wonder if maybe, perhaps, the Cosmonaut System would verify?)

Is this Channel Zero?  Hah! I was right

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« Last Edit: April 26, 2026, 0139 UTC by jackroberts »
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Re: UNID 6925 USB 0059 UTC 26 APR 2026
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2026, 0113 UTC »
Not real loud, but clear and sounding good. Effects at the moment with announcements. It does sound like sports news.
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Re: UNID 6925 USB 0059 UTC 26 APR 2026
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2026, 0113 UTC »
0112 OLD WKBW NEWS AND SPORTS RECORDING S9+
0115 "Judy In The Sky" - John Fred & His Playboy Band  ... ahh the good old days ....
0118 Unshazamable Bee Gees tune and short coke AD.
0119 Come A Little Bit Closer - Jay and The Americans ... an off air recording fading and occas. QRM heard.
0122 DJ - Bud Ballou?  (he had a stint on WMEX 1510 Boston too)
0123 Singing Coke AD ... Sandy Posy
0124 Chain Of Fools - Aretha
0129 Monterey - Eric Burdon & The Animals
0133 Yup Bud Ballou is the DJ ...!
0134 OM with high pitched voice thanking Neil ?... for the show?
0135 Hanky Panky - Tommy James ..
0137 I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite? - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
0140 Bottle of Wine - The Fireballs
0144 96 Tears - ? and The Mysterians
0146 Final hour of the Ballou show ... into Monday Monday
0149 Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel
0154 Working For The Man - Roy Orbison
0156 Promo for Bud Ballou .. into Rebel Rouser - Duane Eddy
0200 Chug-A-Lug - Roger Miller
0203 Do You Want To Dance - Bobby Freeman
0205 Channel Zero IDs
0207 OTA ...Thanks for playing the great recording from the Cosmonaut System

Ballou left the Syracuse area for KBTR in Denver, Colorado in 1966, and in 1967 he moved to WKBW in Buffalo, New York to replace Joey Reynolds. As an April Fool"s Day stunt in 1967, Ballou hosted one shift on WPOP, trading places with another DJ for that day only.



The memories ... listening to the transistor under the pillow .. tuning WMEX-1510, WKBW-1520, WKBW-1540 ...
« Last Edit: April 26, 2026, 0208 UTC by ChrisLobdell »
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Re: Channel Zero with WKBW relayed 6925 USB 0059 UTC 26 APR 2026
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2026, 0115 UTC »
S9+15  SIO 535  SINPO 55335

0114 UTC WKBW into Judy in Disguise by John Fred and His Playboy Band
0117 DJ comments, Bee gee's commercial into Come A Little Bit Closer by Jay and the Americans
0122 DJ comments into Talking It Over Coca-Cola commercial into Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin
0133 ID "This is Channel Zero"  into Simple Simon Says and Hanky Panky by Tommy James and the Shondells
0136 I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
0139 Bottle of Wine by The Fireballs
0206 "Channel Zero" then OTA

Thanks!
« Last Edit: April 26, 2026, 0208 UTC by Chuck54 »
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Re: WKBW Rebroadcast 6925 USB 0059 UTC 26 APR 2026
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2026, 0117 UTC »
S7 and sounding good.  Thanks for the show!
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Re: WKBW Rebroadcast 6925 USB 0059 UTC 26 APR 2026
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2026, 0118 UTC »
s9 here!
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Re: WKBW Rebroadcast 6925 USB 0059 UTC 26 APR 2026
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2026, 0118 UTC »
0118utc  good signal  direct
Music

Come a little bit closer


Thanks for show!
« Last Edit: April 26, 2026, 0124 UTC by dxwingr »
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Re: Channel Zero with WKBW Rebroadcast 6925 USB 0059 UTC 26 APR 2026
« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2026, 0119 UTC »
0119 - Come A Little Bit Closer - Jay & The Americans            S9+
0124 - Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
« Last Edit: April 26, 2026, 2317 UTC by Sarge94 »
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Re: WKBW Rebroadcast 6925 USB 0059 UTC 26 APR 2026
« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2026, 0120 UTC »
Station: WKBW Rebroadcast
Listening date: 26 April 2026
Listening time: 01:18 - 01:40 (UTC time)
Frequency: 6925 USB
SINPO: 45444
Listening Location: Yokohama City (Japan) via kiwiSDR Reinhold, PA, USA
Receiver used: kiwiSDR / Reinhold, PA, USA
Antenna used: Center Fed Dipole
Details of the programme listened to:
  0118 "Come A Little Bit Closer" by Jay & The Americans
  0122 OM Show talking
  0123 YL song  :'(
  0124 OM Show talking
          "Chain of Fools" by Aretha Franklin
  0127 OM Show talking
  0129 "Monterey" by Eric Burdon & The Animals
  0133 OM Show talking
  0134 "Hanky Panky" by Tommy James & The Shondells
  0136 "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite" by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
  0139 "Bottle of Wine" by The Fireballs
  0140

Thank you for your broadcast...

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« Last Edit: April 26, 2026, 0141 UTC by DXerKen »
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Re: WKBW Rebroadcast 6925 USB 0059 UTC 26 APR 2026
« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2026, 0129 UTC »
0129z Cool broadcast.  S8 signal
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Re: WKBW Rebroadcast 6925 USB 0059 UTC 26 APR 2026
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2026, 0130 UTC »
0115 on Empire MI sdr2 with fair A7-S9+ signal, rock music from 1960's, said channel zero, nice program, thanks, off at 0207.
« Last Edit: April 26, 2026, 0212 UTC by William Hassig »
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Re: WKBW Rebroadcast 6925 USB 0059 UTC 26 APR 2026
« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2026, 0148 UTC »
0148 - Monday monday- The mamas and the papas
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Re: WKBW Rebroadcast 6925 USB 0059 UTC 26 APR 2026
« Reply #14 on: April 26, 2026, 0153 UTC »
WKBW. Rick Nelson Used to hear it fine in Boston a looong time ago.    S10   5510 Wide ssb

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