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General Radio Discussion / Season's Greetings - 2023 MLB Broadcasts on Class A 50K watt stations

« on: March 24, 2023, 1457 UTC »

Unfortunately, the number of 50,000 watt Class A AM-ers that broadcast baseball has shrank from 2022. The Blue Jays are no longer on English service affiliate CKGM in Montreal. Another cloud looming over these broadcasts this year or next is the financial health of Audacy. No fewer than three of these stations are Audacy properties. Audacy has just moved several stations/tower sites to an LLC for sale or rental agreement. But for now, here are your baseball flamethrower broadcasters (Class A's). I appreciate corrections/additions. The listing is derived from online research and email to some stations. Batter up .

All stations are the flagship unless noted.

660am WFAN New York Yankees
670am WSCR Chicago Cubs
680am KNBR San Francisco Giants
700am WLW Cincinnati Reds
710am KIRO Seattle Mariners
830am WCCO Minnesota Twins
850am KOA Colorado Rockies (MDK2 time to make those Philco tubes aglow, too bad you can't do likewise for the Rockies  )
880am WCBS New York Mets
1000am WMVP Chicago White Sox
1020am KDKA Pittsburgh Pirates*
1080am WTIC Boston Red Sox    Affiliate in Hartford, CT
1090am WBAL Baltimore Orioles
1100am WTAM Cleveland Guardians
1120am KMOX Saint Louis Cardinals
1140am WRVA Washington Nationals    Affiliate in Richmond, VA
1500am WFED Washington Nationals    Affiliate in DC
*The Pirates' website mentions some games on KDKA 1020 am.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Anarchy One 6919 AM 2201 UTC 23 MAR 2023

« on: March 23, 2023, 2201 UTC »

Good reception but fades
2201 "Superman Theme" The Digital Natives Orchestra
2202 OM with ID but couldn't understand with fades, then snail mail California address
2204 OM talking about cotton
2206 OM on hemp, marijuana - class 1 and 2 drugs
2207 "African Herdsman" Lee "Scratch" Perry
2210 OM gives ID and snail mail address
2211 Recorded OM in talk before audience on marijuana raid and other pot related stories
2219 OM before audience continues
2226 "Superman Theme"
2228 YL with ID, introduces OM, sounds like new episode
2230 "National Anthem" Sir Mix-A-Lot
2234 OM ID's song, broadcast, and himself (Capt. Anarchy)
2235 YL telling story to pre-recorded Noam Chomsky giving US history perspective
2247 Chomsky continues about Gulf War
2251 Capt. Anarchy ID's broadcast to "Beethoven Symphony No.5" Janos Ferencsik and Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
2254 Capt. Anarchy gives snail mail addy over music, "Would like to bid my listeners a fond farewell."
2256 "Superman Theme"
2258 Capt. Anarchy annouces going straight to program to "Rock And Roll" Celestial Navigations

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Balls

« on: March 23, 2023, 2032 UTC »

https://wirelessestimator.com/articles/2023/pirate-radio-broadcaster-never-paid-a-20k-fine-in-2015-so-why-does-the-fcc-think-theyll-get-2-3-million-for-a-second-offense/

From webpage above:
"Ayora relocated Radio Impacto 2, founded in 2008, to multiple locations, and in 2016, the U.S. Marshals Service, assisted by a multi-agency team comprised of FCC Field Agents, FCC Field Counsel, and members of the NY/NJ Fugitive Task Force, executed a warrant issued by the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York and seized the equipment that the Ayoras used to operate Radio Impacto 2 from its studio located in Elmhurst, NY."

This is personally amusing for a number of reasons.  I lived in Elmhurst for a dozen years in my childhood, my grandparents lived there for a generation.  While the 70's & 80's saw a vast migration of South Americans to this 1 square mile, 85 thousand resident community in NYC, the South American population has been displaced by Asians.  Elmhurst is now the second largest Chinatown in NYC https://www.timeout.com/newyork/restaurants/the-new-chinatown-elmhurst (Manhattan 3rd, neighboring NY Mets' home Flushing, Queens the largest).  So in effect, the Aroyas were not broadcasting to the Ecuadorean Diaspora but rather to a few  "friends & family" and the majority Chinese migrant neighbors in Elmhurst and surrounding communities. 🤦

Well, at least they had good graphic design sense.

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QSLs Received / Re: Radio 48 via MRI, 18-19 MAR 2023 eQSL

« on: March 23, 2023, 1707 UTC »

Got same, Thanks ! Very nice broadcast and a work of art for an eQSL  !

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6955 USB 2141 UTC 21 MAR 2023

« on: March 21, 2023, 2251 UTC »

2251 Faint music just above noise floor

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Cloudsplitter Radio 6938 USB 2130 UTC 21 MAR 2023

« on: March 21, 2023, 2153 UTC »

Excellent reception    Happy Spring, Cloudsplitter 
Listen, no starting transmission while I'm away from the radio cooking/eating dinner 🤣

2152 "C'est La Vie" B*Witched
2154 "Dreams" The Cranberries
2158 "Runaway" Real McCoy
2202 "The Middle" Jimmy Eat World
2205 "What's Up?" 4 Non Blondes
2210 "Our Town" Iris DeMent
2215 "Jamaica Jerk-Off" Elton John - The only Elton John song played less frequently is "Solar Prestige a Gammon", too bad - catchy tune
2219 "One Of Us" Joan Osborne, great playlist CSR
2224 "Can You Save me" Power
2227 "Tubthumbing" Chumbawamba  Great tune  !
2231 "Convoy" C. W. McCall
2235 "Rockin' The Northway" ID to "East Bound and Down" Jerry Reed
2238 "It's My Life" No Doubt
2242 "When I Grow Up" The Pussycat Dolls
2246 "I'm Gonna Be" The Proclaimers
2249 email addy and off, thanks again!

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QSLs Received / WDOG March 18 eQSL

« on: March 21, 2023, 2107 UTC »

Thanks, Professor Magnetron for the broadcast.    I'm guessing the document below is my diploma for submitting scrupulous annotation of your combination erudite music history/zoology (bow-wow 🐶) over-air course. 

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QSLs Received / Re: Grasscutter Radio via NAPRS eQSL 19 Mar 2023

« on: March 21, 2023, 0849 UTC »

Thanks - Got mine, too "Yeah, Yeah Man"    Thanks for rebroadcast.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Hobby Broadcasting Radio Relay 6935 AM 1254 UTC 19 MAR 2023

« on: March 19, 2023, 1257 UTC »

Very good reception

1256 Mention of pirate stations, this is rebroadcast from yesterday (HB #4)
1257 Cloudsplitter audio, then Ion

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Shortwave Broadcast / Reach Beyond Australia (HCJB) 15380 AM 1244 UTC 19 MAR 2023

« on: March 19, 2023, 1248 UTC »

Fair Reception English service

1244 Picking up about every other word that OM is speaking

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Grasscutter Radio rebroadcast via NAPRS 6935 AM 1200 UTC 19 MAR 2023

« on: March 19, 2023, 1200 UTC »

Very Good Reception, minor noise/fades   Thanks for ID, Harry 
Thanks for Sunday morn music.      Hmmmmmm........🤔, Grasscutter Radio very similar to Cloudsplitter Radio in name and on 6935, a relay?

1200 "Bad Moon Rising" Creedance Clearwater Revival
1202 OM "Hope All Of You Can Here Me Out There....." email addy but too noisy to hear
1203 "Don't Fear The Reaper" Blue Öyster Cult
1207 OM speaks briefly, too low/noisy to decipher, to "Paranoid" Black Sabbath
1210 "Hello this is Bob (?) at Grasscutter Radio you can email me at _____________(?)" to "Red House" Jimi Hendrix
1214 ID to "Casey Jones" Grateful Dead
1219 ID, FRN, "Yeah, Yeah man", if you want QSL email me Grasscutter@__________.com (OM much more audible) to "Tube Snake Boogie" ZZ Top
1223 Song cut short to ID, email addy clear Grasscutterradio@yahoo.com to "The Joker" Steve Miller Band
1226 ID to "I Woke Up This Morning" Ten Years After
1232 ID, FRM, email addy to "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" Bob Dylan
1239 ID, "slobs" to "Life's Been Good" Joe Walsh
1241 Just tried email spelled Grasscutterradio@yahoo.com - bounced back
1243 I stepped out of room, OM said something, OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 4015 USB was 6935 USB 2356 UTC 18 Mar 2023

« on: March 18, 2023, 2359 UTC »

2358 Test 1, 2, 3
0001 Test again on 4015, very good reception
0002 ID to song from early 20th century

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WDOG 6875 AM 2340 UTC 18 MAR 2023

« on: March 18, 2023, 2341 UTC »

Very good reception
2340 "Are Friends Electric?" Gary Numan with CW over music
2343 WDOG ID, dogs barking to "Before They Make Me Run" The Rolling Stones
2347 "Shattered" The Rolling Stones
2350 "Waiting On A Friend" TRS
2355 "It's Only Rock 'N' Roll" TRS, more howling dogs
0000 "Emotional Rescue" TRS
0005 ID to "Dance Little Sister" TRS
0013 "Doo Doo Doo Doo" TRS
0016 ID to "Dead Flowers" TRS

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6955 USB 2222 UTC 18 Mar 2023

« on: March 18, 2023, 2316 UTC »

Very Good reception - thanks for broadcast, DJDW!

2315 Unid Indie Rock
2316 ID

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio 48 6962 was 6961 USB via MRI 2242 UTC 18 Mar 2023

« on: March 18, 2023, 2250 UTC »

Very good reception

2250 Techno music