ION Radio 6880 am 2356 utc 27 Aug 2022

[Ct Yankee]

Very good reception     What's the over/under on Skippy hitting 10,000 posts tonight? Go get 'em big guy! 

Thanks for great program/playlist this evening, ION 

2356 "Around the mulberry bush" IS
2357 ION ID to "I Say A Little prayer" Dionne Warwick
Hello ION  , if you are in 60's genre and request mode maybe something by The Left Banke or The Zombies?
2301 "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" DW
2304 ID to "Top of the World" The Carpenters (I want to dedicate this to Davep   )
2307 "Close to You/We've Only Just Begun" TC (...again to Davep)
2311 ID to "Venus" Shocking Blue
2314 "Year of the Cat" Al Stewart (Produced by Alan Parsons)  I was a UVM "Cat"-amount when this came out, big hit in Burlington.
2321 "It Never Rains in Southern California" (nor in southern Connecticut) Albert Hammond
2324 "The Night Chicago Died" Paper Lace
2328 ID to "Seasons in the Sun" Terry Jacks
2331 ID to "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover" Paul Simon 
2336 "Graceland" Paul Simon
2340 YM rambling in ad like skit, ID, President Reagan talking
2342 ID to "Junk Food Junkie" Larry Groce
2345 "Because I Got High" Afroman
2350 ID to SSTV
2353 "What I Am" Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians (Paul Simon's main squeeze)

[TheHappyWanker]

22:58 UTC I say a little prayer for you S8 on Loop
23:01 UTC Never fall in love again
23:04 UTC ID S8 Best EFLW N/S ,Nice Programing best female vocalists. Audio is nice Noise is tough

[Skipmuck]

2301 UTC "I'll Never Fall In Love Again"-Dionne Warwick (Very nice S9 signal with the usual excellent ION audio!)
2304 UTC YL with "This is ION Radio", into "Top Of the World"-Carpenters
2307 UTC "Close to You" segue into We've Only Just Begun"-Carpenters
2311 UTC YL with ID, into "Venus"-Shocking Blue
2314 UTC "Year of the Cat"-Al Stewart
2321 UTC "It Never Rains In Southern California"-Albert Hammond
2324 UTC "The Night Chicago Died"-Paper Lace
2328 UTC "Seasons In the Sun"-Terry Jacks 
2331 UTC YL with ID, into "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"-Paul Simon
2335 UTC "Graceland"-Paul Simon
2340 UTC Parody ad segue into Reagan Soviet Union joke
2342 UTC Parody song-OM singer (Mr. Natural? Junk Food Junkie?)
2345 UTC Not sure what this song is
2350 UTC YL with ID, into a Scottie1 SSTV (I was a little late turning on the app)

2352 UTC "What I Am"-Edie Brickell
2356 UTC YL with closing announcement and OFF at 2357 UTC
Hey CT-Yankee....I see that 10,000 milestone coming up.....it's been a long strange trip! Did I say strange?

Thanks for the Saturday evening entertainment! 

[Radio Star]

S9 sounding good tonight Ion!
2307 - "We've Only Just Begun" - Carpenters
2311 - YL w/ID: "This is ION Radio"
2311 - "Venus" - Shocking Blue
2314 - "Year Of The Cat" - Al Stewart
2321 – “It Never Rains In Southern California” – Albert Hammond
2328 – “Seasons In The Sun” – Terry Jacks
2350 - SSTV

2352 – “What I Am” – Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

[dxwingr]

2257 utc   sinpo 33333
2258 utc say a little prayer
2301 utc never fall in love again
2304 utc top of the world
2307 utc we've only just begun
2311 utc ID  into venus

[Bali_Frank]

signal S9+10 on the SDR in Vermont
23.12 song "Venus"
23.15 song "Year of the Cat"
23.21 ID
23.21 song "It Never Rains in Southern California"
23.25 song "The Night Chicago Died"
23.28 ID
23.28 song "Seasons in the Sun"

[mount intermod]

s-9+10 hr in cny, good quality audio, clean, not overdriven

[hsmith77]

2327  Very weak music S3

[Shortwave_Listener]

S9+30 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.

2341 UTC-Comedy program with comedy from the Soviet Union
2342 UTC-“This is ION Radio”
2342 UTC-Junk Food Junkie by Larry Groce
2345 UTC-Because I Got High by Afroman
2350 UTC-“This is ION Radio”
2351 UTC-SSTV
2352 UTC-What I Am by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
2356 UTC-Thanks for listening, email address, this is ION Radio signing off
2357 UTC-OFF

[refmo]

S7, noisy band @ 2353 with "What I Am"

[JustGreg]

Just caught it as it signed off at 2357.  Good signal

[Pigmeat]

Terry Jack's cut two versions of "Seasons in The Sun" one is the regular maudlin version, the second is one where he rips everyone a new one he thanked in the other version.

[RainBrandy]

22.49 UTC carrier came up
22.54 UTC 2nd stage of PA? or fade in
22.55 UTC some bits of audio came through
22.58 UTC music, illegible
23.01 UTC Dionne Warwick - I Saw A Little Prayer
...
23.47 UTC Afroman - Because I Got High
23.51 UTC SSTV, but nearly illegible here
...
23.57 UTC carrier gone
Direct reception, but very weak here in NW Germany, but I verified the tracks above.
Thanks for the show and I would love to receive your eQSL!