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Author Topic: Witch City Radio 6920 AM 0027 UTC 27 Oct 2014  (Read 2317 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Witch City Radio 6920 AM 0027 UTC 27 Oct 2014
« on: October 27, 2014, 0027 UTC »
Just signing on now, Belfast drop and email address: witchcityradio@gmail.com
« Last Edit: October 27, 2014, 0029 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: Witch City Radio 6920 AM 0027 UTC 27 Oct 2014
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2014, 0031 UTC »
Nice S8 signal into NH tonight on 6919.7 AM

0030z Witch City Radio ID into "A song about Dracula" (reggae tune)
0046z Poe - Fall of the House of Usher
0056z ID, Signing off for another year with bits from a vampire reggae tune
0100z ID (by Rich Roses?) and off
« Last Edit: October 27, 2014, 0101 UTC by DimBulb »
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Re: Witch City Radio 6920 AM 0027 UTC 27 Oct 2014
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2014, 0032 UTC »
0026 "Happy Halloween, everybody", IDs, email addy, Belfast addy
0028 into mx
0030 OM talk again, then back to mx
0036 OM ID, scary story?
0041 "...Alice Cooper on Witch City Radio...Welcome To My Nightmare" - sig picking up a bit now
0047 ID, sounds like op telling a creepy story - hearing ments of 'Usher', so...

Good to hear you again.
S7 carrier, but mx initially very hard to hear as compared to voice announcements; things improved later!
« Last Edit: October 27, 2014, 0054 UTC by jFarley »
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Re: Witch City Radio 6920 AM 0027 UTC 27 Oct 2014
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2014, 0032 UTC »
S5 here at 0029. Op with ID ?
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Re: Witch City Radio 6920 AM 0027 UTC 27 Oct 2014
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2014, 0034 UTC »
S5 here with occasional pesc QRM.  Audio seems low, but improving.  Difficult copy.
Bubbly sounds @ 0036, then OM announcer [mostly garbled].  ID @ 0042z and into 'Welcome to my Breakdown'
ID and Happy Halloween wishes @ 0047z, signal improving with fair copy now.
« Last Edit: October 27, 2014, 0048 UTC by refmo »
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Re: Witch City Radio 6920 AM 0027 UTC 27 Oct 2014
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2014, 0035 UTC »
Good signal here at 0031 UTC tune in on 6919.7 KHZ AM with a reggae song with unusual lyrics!
0035 UTC Water gurgling sounds followed by man announcer with ID..."Witch City Radio...on Halloween...hope you're enjoying the broadcast", into what sounds like Vincent Price voice chatting about something strange.... :o
0041 UTC Man announcer gave his name (hopefully not the real name!) and Witch City Radio ID, into "Welcome To My Nightmare"-Alice Cooper
0047 UTC Man announcer..."Salem, MA, home of famous witch trial...Witch City Radio, followed by spoken word reading....House of Usher(I'm getting a very clear copy here using USB!) Edgar Allen Poe tale
0056 UTC Man announcer..."OK Folks...With City Radio...Salem, Massachusetts..hope you like the show....QSL... Vampire", followed by a rather strange and eerie tune!
Great Sunday evening show here WCR op! My first logging of Witch City Radio, and it was a good one! Trick or Treat?
« Last Edit: October 27, 2014, 0104 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Witch City Radio 6920 AM 0027 UTC 27 Oct 2014
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2014, 0039 UTC »
Very weak, almost unusable

0036 - Hearing a witches cauldron bubbling...
0042 - Some spoken word
0045 - Welcome to My Nightmare - Alice Cooper
0047 - OM speaking - possible ID ?
0047 - reading a scary story - mention of Usher - "The Fall of the House of Usher" - E. A. Poe maybe ?
0057 - Wolf howls
0057 - into more Halloween music with screams, groans and wolf howls...
0100 - Positive ID by OM as "Witch City Radio" and E-Mail addy given: witchcityradio@gmail.com
           announcer wishes everybody a Happy Halloween

Thanks for the Show !!
First time hearing your station.
« Last Edit: October 27, 2014, 0103 UTC by ByteBORG »
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Re: Witch City Radio 6920 AM 0027 UTC 27 Oct 2014
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2014, 0050 UTC »
Fair to Poor signal that sometimes drops to Unusable.

Lots of ID's, lots of holiday music.  A few stories, currently, about the House of Usher.

Not sure if undercurrent of "stuff" is part of show or QRM.


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Re: Witch City Radio 6920 AM 0027 UTC 27 Oct 2014
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2014, 0053 UTC »
Very nice signal with spooky House of Usher story.
Thanks for the show!
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Re: Witch City Radio 6920 AM 0027 UTC 27 Oct 2014
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2014, 0056 UTC »
Catching Witch City Radio here with a S7/good audio with some fading and hearing Alice Cooper's "Nightmare" and ID at 0047. QRM from Network call in on 6913 USB. First time catch of this station! Thanks for the show this evening! ;D

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Re: Witch City Radio 6920 AM 0027 UTC 27 Oct 2014
« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2014, 0106 UTC »
Very nice S 9 signal here by sign off.
Thanks for the scary show from Salem.
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