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Author Topic: Christmas Music Pirate 1620 AM 1715 UTC 28 Nov 2017  (Read 4702 times)

Offline Skipmuck

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Re: Christmas Music Pirate 1620 AM 1715 UTC 28 Nov 2017
« Reply #15 on: December 23, 2017, 1219 UTC »
I just listened to an unid station on 1620 playing Christmas tunes this Saturday morning December 23, 2017 from tune in at 1158 UTC with "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman"-?, "A Christmas To Remember"-Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers, "Blue Christmas"-Johnny Mathis, and finally "Sleigh Ride"-Carpenters before 1209 UTC fade out. Don't know how this fits in with the rest of this thread! Signal was mostly right at threshold with a couple of peaks that just moved the S-meter. No announcements heard, but the signal was not strong enough to be certain.
« Last Edit: December 23, 2017, 1221 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Christmas Music Pirate 1620 AM 1715 UTC 28 Nov 2017
« Reply #16 on: December 23, 2017, 1307 UTC »
Considering the signal range, I'm starting to wonder if maybe this is WDND, running with a bare-bones format?
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Re: Christmas Music Pirate 1620 AM 1715 UTC 28 Nov 2017
« Reply #17 on: December 23, 2017, 1413 UTC »
We all need to pick the exact same time to listen, and log what songs we hear.  Along with using an online radio to listen to 1620 local to South Bend. Then we can determine if it is the same station, or who is hearing what.
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Re: Christmas Music Pirate 1620 AM 1715 UTC 28 Nov 2017
« Reply #18 on: December 23, 2017, 1635 UTC »
Here are my 2 cents worth. It took a while but I finally realized they were ID'ing on the hour. Good to very good signal. S7  333 - All times for Dec. 23, 2017

0441 - (Ads) credit card debt forgiveness; student loan relief
0444 - Christmas in Kilarney
0446 - Rockin' Round the Christmas Tree
0448 - Holly Jolly Christmas
0502 - Sleighride
0503 - Joy To The World
0506 - Felix Navidad
0512 - Christmas Time
0515 - (Ads) Steven Singer Jewelers, ihatestevensinger.com; Hydro Care Solutions, fixhardwater.com 866-360-4449; Boll And Branch, bollandbranch.com;
0520 - Andy Williams
0523 - The Carpenters
0536 - (Ads) Steven Singer Jewelers, ihatestevensinger.com; Hydro Care Solutions, fixhardwater.com 866-360-4449; Funeral expense costs, 800-240-0069; Back taxes Loans
0615 - (Ads) Geico; Boll And Branch; Geico (again); Wave Home Solutions, dryhousenow.com
1401 - ID (om), "WDND South Bend"  - played overtop Christmas music making it difficult to hear, almost missed it
1416 - (Ads) Macy Super Saturday Sales; shelterpet.org; Wave Home Solutions, dryhousenow.com; Joan Lunden promoting A Place For Mom senior care living
1420 - resumed airing Christmas music
1502 - ID (om), "WDND South Bend"  - in the clear

I initially made the mistake thinking that WDND was still simulcasting with U93 (U93.com) but the U93 streaming did not agree. Wiki states otherwise, "As of July 2017, WDND is no longer simulcasting U93 and has returned to Adult Standards, using the same satellite format it aired from 1998-2001 and 2004-06."   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WDND
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Re: Christmas Music Pirate 1620 AM 1715 UTC 28 Nov 2017
« Reply #19 on: December 24, 2017, 0240 UTC »
Thanks, Aurora. I listened to it about 100 miles in a different direction today & was thinking that it's gotta be the licensed WDND.
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