Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 16 MAY 2026

[DangerKitty]

0057: music Wildfire IS, nearby CW QRM
0100: ID by YL, "somewhere in the northeast"; "Cool Change" - Little River Band

0246: sign off announcements, IS, EOT

Thanks for the show!

[Quasar]

0059 S9+30 into NYC. CW underneath as well.

[Radiouser]

0057 'Wildfire' by Michael Martin Murphy.
0100 Ballsmacker Radio ID.

[hflstnr]

SIO 333

0100 - Cool Change- Little River Band

[dxwingr]

0100utc good signal   CW underneath

Cool change
Come sail away with me
Ship of fools
Southern cross
Dreamboat Annie
Wooden ships



Thanks for show!!

[sgreenstreet]

0058:  Heard the piano freq marker.  (very professional)
0100:  ID'd as Ball Smacker Radio.  S9 with light-to-moderate QRN on the Shrewsbury VT KiwiSDR.  Got some CW chattering in the background. 
0106:  The CW is coming from 6963 KHz.  Too fast for me to copy and my CW decoder can't get a fix on it.

[DJ Kraze]

Listening From W3eHFU Westminster MD's 900FT Skyloop KiwiSDR
Signal is very strong but has some deep fades, 8 to 9 out of 10. There is CW QRM on 6963, but shortening the leg on the bandwidth on that side mutes it nicely


0057 [Signal On]
0058 [Wildfire Interval Signal]
0100 [Ballsmacker Radio Opening Announcement]
0100 1980-081 - Little River Band - Cool Change
0104 1976-036 - Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
0111 1978-067 - Styx - Come Sail Away
0117 [Check Out Our Website -Liner]
0117 1974-NCS - Grateful Dead - Ship Of Fools
0122 1982-114 - Crosby, Stills & Nash - Southern Cross
at this time, I noticed the CW had changed frequency to 6961.5 kHz,
0127 1977-NCS Heart - Dreamboat Annie (Reprise) [might be 1975]
0131 [Special Theme - Liner]
Now the CW has moved back to 6963 kHz
0131 Crosby, Stills & Nash - Wooden Ships
0136 1975-351 - Rod Stewart - Sailing
0141 1986-128 - Double - The Captain of Her Heart
0145 [Wires In The Trees -Liner]
0145 1979-071 - Barry Manilow - Ships
0149 1988-343 - Robert Plant - Ship Of Fools
Now the CW is back on 6961.5 kHz
0154 1979-038 - Commodores - Sail On
0157 [Station ID]
0157 1979-033 - Village People - In The Navy
CW is on 6963 again
0201 1975-032 - John Denver - Aye Calypso
0205 1980-055 - Bob Seger - Fire Lake
0209 [Special Theme -Liner]
0209 1980-016 - Christopher Cross - Sailing
0213 1966-047 - Beach Boys - Sloop John B
0215 1977-NCS - Jack Jones - Theme From the Love Boat
0217 [Most Friday Nights -Liner]
0219 1965-NCS - Gerry and The Pacemakers - Ferry Cross The Mersey
0219 1966-215 - Dionne Warwick - Trains and Boats and Planes
0219 1993-087 - Toad The Wet Sprocket - Walk On The Ocean
0219 [Nothing But The Hits -Liner]
0219 Looking Glass - Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
[I think my computer's clock has frozen!]
1974-032 - Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat
1968-006 - Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
[Playing the greatest Hits of all time -liner]
1987-184 - World Party - Ship Of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)
1975-303 - The Beach Boys - Sail On Sailor
1957-051 - Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat (Day-O)
[Bowling Ball - SFX]
[SSTV]
[Closing Message]
[Wildfire Interval Signal]
[program end]
[Transmission Ended]


This is strange, I know it's nearly 0300 and yet my computer's clock still says 0219. I guess I'm overdriving my laptop, it's a Gen 11 i-7 with 32gb RAM, but I have it driving 3 external monitors and who knows how many programs are open. I'll do a reset and it should be fine, very odd though.

Another note, there seems to be another station in japanese on 6960 LSB now that Ballsmacker radio has signed off. Sounds like they are playing 80's J-POP


Please eQSL at [email protected] and as always thank you for the show.
All chart rankings are from the "Billboard POP-ME (1890-2026)" 20260228 edition from the "Whitburn Project" and are unofficial, but very darn close

[Sarge94]

0107 - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot        S9+
0111 - Come Sail Away - Styx

[Andrew Yoder]

Hearing "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" with a decent signal on my "new" 1962 Nordmende Carmen receiver with no external antenna.

[Professor]

0108 Big signal into Long Island at S9+30, crushing that crappy CW on 6963. The CW is sent so poorly it is difficult to copy. Gordon Lightfoot "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

[caodwolf]

Good signal on portable radio at Knoebels Campsite.

0100

Dave

[William Hassig]

0131 on Empire MI sdr2 with weak noisy S7-S9 signal, "wooden ships" Jefferson Airplane, other nautical themed songs, Ballsmacker ID with bowling ball sound.

[DXerKen]

Station: Ball Smacker Radio
Listening date: 16 May 2026
Listening time: 02:09 - xx:xx (UTC time)
Frequency: 6960 AM
SINPO: 35333
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:
  02:09 YL email address
  02:09 "Sailing" by Christopher Cross
     :
  0214 "Sloop John B" by The Beach Boys
     :
  0221 "Trains and Boats and Planes" by Dionne Warwick
  0222 "Walk On the Ocean" by Toad the Wet Sprocket
  0225 YL ID
          "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass
  0228 "Rock the Boat" by The Hues Corporation
  0231 "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding
  0234 YL ID
          "Ship of Fools (feat. Anthony Thistlethwaite)" by World Party
  0238 "Sail On, Sailor" by The Beach Boys
  0241 YL URL announcement
          "Day-O (Banana Boat Song)" by Harry Belafonte
  0245 SSTV signal
  0246

I would be grateful to receive your eQSL at: [email protected]