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Author Topic: ION RADIO 6930.55 AM 1905 UTC 31 Dec 2021  (Read 1302 times)

Offline Big Badfish Al

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ION RADIO 6930.55 AM 1905 UTC 31 Dec 2021
« on: December 31, 2021, 1913 UTC »
Frequency: 6930.55
Mode: AM
Date: 31 December 2021
Time: 1905
SIO: 444 in VT

1905 - Earth Wind and Fire - After The Love Is Gone (album version)
1913 - JD Souther - When You Only Lonely.
1916 - Dan Fogelberg - Longer
1919 - Cheryl Lynn  - Got To Be Real
1923 - Walter Egan w/ Stevie Nicks - Magnet and Steal
1927 - Doctor Hook and The Medicine Show - The Cover of The Rolling Stone
1929 - LaBelle - Lady Marmalade(Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi Ce Soir )
1934 - Blondie - The Tide Is High (single edit)
1937 - John Travolta - Let Her In
1940 - Mac Davis - I Believe In Music
1943 - Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell
1954 - B.W. Stevenson - My Maria
2003 - Chimes music sort of like an IS signal type
2008 - Here Comes The Music  The Shadows - Apache
2011 - Ghost Riders In The Sky
2014 - ION RADIO ID
2015 - instrumental
Nice selection of 1979 to 1980 AM pop classics
« Last Edit: January 20, 2022, 2112 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: ION RADIO 6930.55 AM 1905 UTC 31 December 2021
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2021, 1914 UTC »
1914 SIO 433
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Re: ION RADIO 6930.55 AM 1905 UTC 31 December 2021
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2021, 1919 UTC »
ION Radio
Measured this as 6930.62 with oldies soft rock at 1918 UTC fair signal at MD SDR much better
at both Vermont SDRs...closed then back again at 2008 UTC with beginning of show
« Last Edit: December 31, 2021, 2019 UTC by dxace1 »
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Re: ION RADIO 6930.55 AM 1905 UTC 31 December 2021
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2021, 1920 UTC »
1918 UTC Tuned in to "Longer"-Dan Fogelberg (Mostly at or just above the noise floor)
1920 UTC Different song...pop tune with YL singer I forgot the name of
(Seems like a very high noise level here)
1924 UTC In the noise, but OM singer
1929 UTC Very nice fade-up now with "Cover of the Rolling Stone"-Dr. Hook & Medicine Show
1930 UTC "Lady Marmalade"-Patti Labelle (Hitting S8 peaks now!)
1934 UTC "The Tide Is High"-Blondie
1937 UTC A pop ballad I forgot the name of-OM singer
1940 UTC "I Believe In Music?"-OM singer
1944 UTC Signal dropped into the noise...faded back up at 1946 UTC "Bat Out of Hell"-Meatloaf
1953 UTC "My Maria"-forgot who does this
1956 UTC "Where You Lead"-Carole King
2000 UTC "Oh, Girl"-Chi-Lites
2003 UTC Unid bells ringing intro/vibraphone
2007 UTC Open carrier
2009 UTC OM said something brief, into an instrumental I forgot the name of...maybe Hank Marvin & the Shadows? Yes, segue into "Riders In the Sky"-Shadows
2014 UTC YL with phonetic "India Oscar November..."Ion Radio", into "Sleepwalk"-Santo & Johnny
2017 UTC "This Is Ion Radio", into "Lonely Bull"-Shadows
2038 UTC Signal still well above the noise!
2039 UTC YL with ID, into "Vagilina" parody ad  :D
2048 UTC YL with ID and "Thanks for listening" over music
2049 UTC Open carrier, then OFF

Thank you for the long spin through the oldies ION!
« Last Edit: December 31, 2021, 2049 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: ION RADIO 6930.55 AM 1905 UTC 31 December 2021
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2021, 1928 UTC »
1925 UTC song "Magnet and steel"
1927 UTC song "Cover of the Rolling Stone"
1930 UTC song "Lady Marmalade"
1934 UTC song "The tide is high" (Ground noise taking over, signal up & down)
1938 UTC song "Let her in"
1941 UTC song "I believe in music"
1944 UTC song "Bat out of hell"
1950 UTC lost signal into the noise
1953 UTC song "My Maria"

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« Last Edit: December 31, 2021, 1955 UTC by TRI International »
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Re: ION RADIO 6930.55 AM 1905 UTC 31 December 2021
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2021, 1951 UTC »
signal S9+10-15 on the SDR in Milford, PA
19.48 song "Bat Out Of Hell"
19.53 song "My Maria"
19.56 song "Where You Lead"
19.59 song "Oh Girl"
20.03 music "Cascades"
20.05 open carrier
20.08 music
20.11 music "Ghost Rider In The Sky"
20.14 ID (a woman)
20.14 music
20.17 ID (a woman)
« Last Edit: December 31, 2021, 2017 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: ION RADIO 6930.55 AM 1905 UTC 31 December 2021
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2021, 1954 UTC »
Receiving at 6930.65 kHz
1948 - "Bat Out Of Hell" - Meat Loaf
1953 - "My Maria" - B.W. Stevenson
1955 - "Where You Lead" - Carole King
1959 - "Oh Girl" - The Chi-Lites
2014 - YL w/ ID: India-Oscar-November", this is ION Radio
2015 - "Bajo" - Fercho Triyei
2016 - YL: "This is ION Radio" into: Instrumental
2024 – “After Dark” – Tarantino Rodrigues
2031 – “The Bible Or The Gun” – Blues Saraceno
« Last Edit: December 31, 2021, 2032 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: ION RADIO 6930.55 AM 1905 UTC 31 December 2021
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2021, 2004 UTC »
2004  Weak in Wyomissing.  25342 and degrading since I tuned in at 1958.


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Re: ION RADIO 6930.55 AM 1905 UTC 31 December 2021
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2021, 2017 UTC »
Good signal 333-444

2014 - ID (yl), "India Oscar November" ION Radio
2017 - ID (yl), "This is ION Radio"
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Offline ChrisLobdell

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Re: ION RADIO 6930.55 AM 1905 UTC 31 December 2021
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2021, 2040 UTC »
2037 Male vocal with guitar ... selective fading but nice audio.  S6
2039 Usual phonetic ID by YL ...
        AD for vagilina ointment
2041 Baby Elephant Walk - Henry Mancini
2047 More fading now.....
2049 about gone now .... thanks for the show!
« Last Edit: December 31, 2021, 2050 UTC by clobdell »
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Re: ION RADIO 6930.55 AM 1905 UTC 31 December 2021
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2021, 2047 UTC »
Got it here in CT with a fair signal.  Thanks for the Show.  ID in women voice jsut before this set.  Thanks for the show.
Just sign off at 20:49
« Last Edit: December 31, 2021, 2050 UTC by JustGreg »
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