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Author Topic: WRKO Countdown 1969 6935 AM 2300 UTC 4 FEB 2024  (Read 1775 times)

Offline Skipmuck

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WRKO Countdown 1969 6935 AM 2300 UTC 4 FEB 2024
« on: February 04, 2024, 2301 UTC »
2300 UTC Unid old pop song (S9 +10 peaks)
2302 UTC OM DJ with countdown..."Laughing"-Guess Who
(Dinner time here...I'll be listening!)
2326 UTC Sounds like a Vikki Carr song...forgot the name of it!
2329 UTC "Marrakesh Express"-Crosby Stills & Nash
2331 UTC "I'd Wait a Million Years"-Grassroots
2334 UTC "Everybody Knows Matilda"-Duke Baxter
2336 UTC "Never Comes the Day"-Moody Blues
2339 UTC "Mrs Robinson"-Booker T & MGs
2343 UTC "Hit the Road Jack"-Ray Charles
2345 UTC "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town"-Kenny Rogers
2347 UTC "Good old Rock and Roll"-Cat Mother & The All Night Newsboys
2354 UTC "Reach Out"-Four Tops
2356 UTC "She's The Girl I'll Never Know"-Four Seasons
0003 UTC "Put A Little Love In Your Heart"-Jackie DeShannon
0006 UTC "Love Me Tonight"-Tom Jones
0009 UTC "Listen to the Band"-Michael Nesmith/Monkees
0012 UTC "Midnight Hour"-Wilson Pickett
0017 UTC "Good Morning Starshine"-Oliver
0023 UTC "It's Alright"-JJ Jackson
0026 UTC "You Don't Have to Walk In the Rain"-Turtles
0029 UTC "What's Your Name"-Don & Juan"
0031 UTC "My Pledge of Love"-Joe Jeffry Group
0034 UTC "Honky Tonk Woman"-Rolling Stones
0037 UTC "Sweet Caroline"-Neil Diamond
0040 UTC "Stoned Soul Picnic"-Fifth Dimension
0044 UTC "What Does It Take"-Junior Walker & All Stars
0046 UTC "Spinning Wheel"-Blood, Sweat, and Tears
0049 UTC "Marrakesh Express"-Crosby, Stills, and Nash
0051 UTC "Crystal Blue Persuasion"-Tommy James & Shondells
0055 UTC "Yesterday When I Was Young"-Glen Campbell
0059 UTC "Baby Love"-Supremes
0101 UTC A Dusty Springfield song I don't remember the name of
0104 UTC "In the Year 2525"-Zager & Evans

Thank you for the memories! Great year for music!  8)
« Last Edit: February 05, 2024, 0107 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: WRKO Countdown 1969 6935 AM 2300 UTC 4 FEB 2024
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2024, 2302 UTC »
2300 - Muddy River - Johnny Rivers                S9+
2302 - Laughing - The Guess Who
2308 - Proud Mary - CCR
0038 - Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
0040 - Stoned Soul Picnic - The 5th Dimension
« Last Edit: February 05, 2024, 0041 UTC by Sarge94 »

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Re: WRKO Countdown 1969 6935 AM 2300 UTC 4 FEB 2024
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2024, 2302 UTC »
22.59 UTC music appeared just after close down of Cloudsplitter Radio
23.02 UTC male singer, illegible here
23.05 UTC The Winstons - Color Him Father
23.07 UTC male DJ announced CCR - Proud Mary
23.10 UTC male announcer again, The Box Tops - Soul Deep
23.13 UTC male announcer, Shazam: Tim Hardin - Simple Song Of Freedom (?!)
23.17 UTC Announcer mentioned JayJay Jeffrey?, WRKO, Isley Brothers - I Turned You On
23.20 UTC announcer, calm song, male singer

weak but audible here directly in NW Germany, SINPO 22222
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« Last Edit: February 04, 2024, 2334 UTC by RainBrandy »
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Re: UNID 6935 AM 2300 UTC 4 FEB 2024
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2024, 2302 UTC »
2302 UTC S7 just over the noise...
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Re: WRKO Countdown 6935 AM 2300 UTC 4 FEB 2024
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2024, 2304 UTC »
Receiver Used: kiwiSDR Fair Hill, Maryland
Antenna Used: Wellbrook Loop or OCFD Dipole
Listened date: 4 February 2024
Listening time: 23:00 to 23:50 UTC
Frequency: 6935 KHz
SINPO: 55444
Details of the Program:
23:00 UTC Song “Muddy River” (Johnny Rivers)
23:01 Song “Laughing” (The Guess Who)
23:05 Song "Color Him Father" (The Winstons)
23:07 Song "Proud Mary" (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
23:10 Song "Soul Deep" (The Box Tops)
23:13 Song "Simple Song of Freedom" (Tim Hardin)
23:17 Song "I Turned You On" (The Isley Brothers)
23:19 Song "Without Her" (Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass)
23:23 Song "Moody Woman" (Jerry Butler)
23:25 Song "With Pen In Hand" (Vikki Carr)
23:29 Song "Marrakesh Express" (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
23:31 Song "Wait A Million Years" (The Grass Roots)
23:34 Song "Everybody Knows Matilda" (Duke Baxter)
23:36 Song "Never Comes the Day" (The Moody Blues)
23:39 Song "Mrs. Robinson" (Booker T. & The M.G.'s)
23:43 Song "Hit the Road Jack (feat. The Raelets)" (Ray Charles)
23:45 Song "Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town" (Kenny Rogers)
23:48 Song "Good Old Rock'n Roll" (Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys)

Audio in Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/krmuvb6s2padwxycy0feh/WRKO-6935-KHz-2300-2330-UTC-4-2-2024.mp3?rlkey=blj24j7kxifts6a6klu6ph3pa&dl=0

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« Last Edit: February 04, 2024, 2349 UTC by J. Carlos Pérez Montero »
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Re: WRKO countdown 6935 AM 2300 UTC 4 FEB 2024
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2024, 2305 UTC »
Tuned in at 2304 utc on Brookfield WI sdr with weak S9 signal, at 2308 "proud Mary" by CCR, signal improving to S9+10, at 2330 song "Marrakesh express" by Crosby Stills and Nash, at 2343 "hit the road, Jack" by Ray Charles,     
« Last Edit: February 04, 2024, 2346 UTC by William Hassig »
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Re: UNID 6935 AM 2300 UTC 4 FEB 2024
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2024, 2306 UTC »
2304 Color Him Father - Winstons. S8
2313 Simple Song Of Freedom - Tim Hardin
2317 I Turned You On - Brothers Isley
« Last Edit: February 04, 2024, 2318 UTC by clobdell »
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Re: UNID 6935 AM 2300 UTC 4 FEB 2024
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2024, 2308 UTC »
2306 very weak audio /music amid noise
2308 "Proud Mary " John Fogerty  per Shazam
2314 music Shazam  no help

« Last Edit: February 04, 2024, 2315 UTC by hsmith77 »
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Re: UNID 6935 AM 2300 UTC 4 FEB 2024
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2024, 2309 UTC »
on 6935.0-    direct
2308 music, Morse on 6936, 2311 talking, music
« Last Edit: February 04, 2024, 2313 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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Re: UNID 6935 AM 2300 UTC 4 FEB 2024
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2024, 2309 UTC »
2308 utc SIO322 direct
music
proud mary
soul deep
simple song of freedom
i turned you on
moody women
with pen in hand
marrakesh express
0059utc baby love
thanks for show!!!
« Last Edit: February 05, 2024, 0101 UTC by dxwingr »
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Re: WRKO Countdown 6935 AM 2300 UTC 4 FEB 2024
« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2024, 2309 UTC »
S7-8  SIO 444  SINPO 45444

2305 UTC Color Him Father by The Winstons
2308 Proud Mary by CCR
2311 Soul Deep by The Box Tops
2313 Simple Song of Freedom by Tim Hardin
2317 I Turned You On by The Isley Brothers
2320 Without Her by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
2323 Moody Woman by Jerry Butler
2325 With Pen in Hand by Vikki Carr
2329 Marrakesh Express by Crosby, Stills, & Nash
2331 Wait a Million Years by The Grass Roots
2334 Everybody Knows Matilda by Duke Baxter
2337 Never Comes the Day by The Moody Blues

Thanks for the broadcast!!!
« Last Edit: February 04, 2024, 2349 UTC by Chuck54 »
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Re: UNID 6935 AM 2300 UTC 4 FEB 2024
« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2024, 2309 UTC »
Excellent reception

2307 "Proud Mary" CCR
2311 OM "WRKO Top 30 Show" to "Soul Deep" The Box Tops
2313 "WRKO ID" to "Simple Song of Freedom" Tim Hardin
2317 "What if they threw a war and nobody came'" Bumpersticker
2318 "I Turned You On" The Isley Brothers
2320 "Without Her" Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, wow this must be their only composition with lyrics besides "Ole" in the "Lonely Bull"  :o ;)
2323 "It's 330 on the JJ Jefferies Show on WRKO in Boston"
« Last Edit: February 04, 2024, 2323 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: UNID 6935 AM 2300 UTC 4 FEB 2024
« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2024, 2310 UTC »
2309 Proud Mary playing, S9+20.
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Re: WRKO Countdown 1969 6935 AM 2300 UTC 4 FEB 2024
« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2024, 2312 UTC »
2312 Just tuned in, SIO 555
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Re: WRKO Countdown 1969 6935 AM 2300 UTC 4 FEB 2024
« Reply #14 on: February 04, 2024, 2318 UTC »
2317: S9 signal but fighting some noise playing I Turned You On by The Isley Brothers
2325: With Pen In Hand by Vikki Carr
2329: Marrakesh Express by Crosby, Stills & Nash
2331: Wait A Million Years by The Grass Roots
2343: Hit the Road Jack by Ray Charles
0049: Marrakesh Express by Crosby, Stills & Nash
« Last Edit: February 05, 2024, 0051 UTC by myteaquinn »
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