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Author Topic: PIRATE RADIO BOSTON 6919.7 KHZ AM 1758 UTC DEC 21, 2014  (Read 988 times)

Offline Skipmuck

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PIRATE RADIO BOSTON 6919.7 KHZ AM 1758 UTC DEC 21, 2014
« on: December 21, 2014, 1801 UTC »
False start at 1755 UTC, then abrupt sign on at 1758 UTC with "Christmas Is All Around" (to the tune of the Troggs-"Love is All Around"
1802 UTC Man announcer..."Pirate Radio Boston...Charlie Loudenboomer...Christmas Special...request by
George Marotti...special Christmas Special QSL... pirateradioboston@gmail.com "
1803 "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day"
1808 UTC Charlie with ID and name of last song played, ID'd next song as a favorite of his
       "Oh My Lord-Boy Christ Child"-Boney M
1814 UTC Charlie IDing last tune and ..."less thalk more music", then talk of next song first heard on Radio Moscow
       "I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus"  :o
1818 UTC Charlie with request by John Fisher
       "Mellow Mood"-Bob Marley
1821 UTC Charlie mentioned 100% QSL for all correct reception reports, and that Harry Smith just got out of the hospital and wanted to hear a song
      "Mary Did You Know"-Robert Lowry
1827 UTC Charlie mentioned this is the Pirate Radio Boston 2014 Christmas Holiday Special, then ID'd the next 2 songs
      "Put The Lights On The Tree"-Sufjan Stevens
1830 UTC A Merry Christmas jingle!, followed by "Merry Christmas Everybody"-Slade
1834 UTC Charlie with mention of a clip from Andre of CoolAM, a Merry Christmas jingle from Andre, then
"Little Red Rooster"-Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
1839 UTC Charlie with ID, email address and QSL info, "until next week, or next year...whenever we're on the air again...Merry Christmas and Happy New Year", then OFF

Awesome to catch the whole program this time! Excellent signal and superb audio! The Christmas songs were an interesting change of pace too...THANKS Charlie, PRB, and relayer! ;D
« Last Edit: December 21, 2014, 1843 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Pirate Radio Boston 6919.7 KHZ AM 1759 UTC DEC 21, 2014
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2014, 1804 UTC »
PRB ID at 1802 by Charlie Loudenboomer, then into music. About an S5.
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Re: PIRATE RADIO BOSTON 6919.7 KHZ AM 1758 UTC DEC 21, 2014
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2014, 1820 UTC »
Can see a carrier occasionally, but no audio heard.
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