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Author Topic: Radio Free Whatever 6850 AM 2342 UTC 13 Oct 2013  (Read 4051 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Radio Free Whatever 6850 AM 2342 UTC 13 Oct 2013
« on: October 31, 2013, 2349 UTC »
Led Zeppelin at 2342
ID at 2349z. S9+20 here!
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6850 AM 2342 UTC 31 Oct 2013
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2013, 2350 UTC »
Solid 20 over!
===Air date is actually 31 Oct 2013, not 13 Oct===

2341, tune in progress
2343, Led Zep - Rock & Roll
2347, U2 - Desire
2350, Dire Straits - So Far Away
2354, DJ gab "Technical difficulty", silence... , DJ gab "rebooting, this sucks" ID
0000, '80s techno pop tune
0004, Bananarama - Cruel Summer
0007, ID & Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey
0012, Santana - Oye Como Va
0017, Head East - Never Been A Reason (Going Down For The Last Time)
0021, DJ gab, ID, email addy, "Happy Halloween"
0023, ID & YL tune
0027, Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul
0030, ID & Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 Jenny
0034, tune
0038, ID & tune
0043, Presidents Of The USA tune
0047, Ting Tings - Shut Up Or Let Me Go
0049, ID, HFU shoutouts (0052 to me! Thanx), Cryptkeeper impression, ID
0053, Wallflowers tune
0058, Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
0101, tune
0112, DJ gab, ID, email addy "Goodnight my friends"
0113, atmospheric tune

=== Thanx for the k00l tunes Dickweed!! ===
« Last Edit: November 01, 2013, 1324 UTC by Mentholyptus »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6850 AM 2342 UTC 13 Oct 2013
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2013, 2352 UTC »
Super +20+ signal tonight into NE Ohio with Led Zepplin, U2 & Dire Straights
Location: NE Ohio

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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6850 AM 2342 UTC 13 Oct 2013
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2013, 0001 UTC »
2358 Dick Weed talking about tech problems - just pushed a button and nothing's there.  "Here, I'll
        play this for you..." and into music
0103 Bananaramalamabama - Cruel Summer

Great S9+5 signal, and Happy Halloween to you, RFW!
« Last Edit: November 01, 2013, 0006 UTC by jFarley »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6850 AM 2342 UTC 13 Oct 2013
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2013, 0001 UTC »
Mega S9+20 signal here in the Boston burbs with a pop-ish dance tune at 0001 UTC (11/1/2013). Thanks RFW! Sounds great.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6850 AM 2342 UTC 13 Oct 2013
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2013, 0004 UTC »
0003 S5, a bit noisy in Halifax, with fades
0008 'Shock' the Monkey
0009 Santana
0015 RFW ID
0021 Dick Weed and RFW ID, Happy Halloween greeting
0026 Animals  ??  Not sure.. just played it back.. Yardbirds ?
0029 ID RFW
0049  HFu shoutouts...heh heh, a shoutout to me , tnx !
( I wish was getting this better.. sounds pretty entertaining)
0057 ID
0058  White Rabbit ( J Airplane)
0015 Off, it seems
Thanks !
« Last Edit: November 01, 2013, 0117 UTC by halifaxtap »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6850 AM 2342 UTC 13 Oct 2013
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2013, 0005 UTC »
Minimal copy into NE Illinois .... "squealing noise" overtaking the audio.
00:07 Peter Gabriel "Shock the Monkey" .... heard enough to pull it out of the noise.
« Last Edit: November 01, 2013, 0007 UTC by hf-na »

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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6850 AM 2342 UTC 13 Oct 2013
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2013, 0010 UTC »
Huge signal here in so. Jersey.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6850 AM 2342 UTC 13 Oct 2013
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2013, 0025 UTC »
Music  coming in Fair S4-5 signal into Illinois
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6850 AM 2342 UTC 13 Oct 2013
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2013, 0052 UTC »
Late tune in here with DJ Dickweed giving shoutouts to all here. S-9 with fades.
Thanks for the show!!  Nice selection of tunes!
« Last Edit: November 01, 2013, 0054 UTC by Chris Lobdell »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6850 AM 2342 UTC 13 Oct 2013
« Reply #10 on: November 01, 2013, 0104 UTC »
visible carrier but not much audio in KCMO.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6850 AM 2342 UTC 13 Oct 2013
« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2013, 1455 UTC »
Also heard Led Zepplin at 2342 UTC after tuning in at 2339 on 6950AM, solid S9 signal into north New Jersey. ID at 2349 UTC by DJ Dick Weed as "Radio Free Whatever."