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Author Topic: WNBC Relay 6930 USB 2040 UTC 17 FEB 2018  (Read 1212 times)

JoeFLIPS

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WNBC Relay 6930 USB 2040 UTC 17 FEB 2018
« on: February 17, 2018, 2040 UTC »
2040- very weak signal with unid music
2047- unid rock music OM vocals
2054- OM talking then WNBC ID
2056- "Rag Doll" The Four Seasons
2102- "Wild Thing" The Troggs S1-2 signal now
2110- "Respect" Aretha Franklin
2116- seems to be off.

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« Last Edit: February 17, 2018, 2117 UTC by JoeFLIPS »

Offline Skipmuck

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WNBC Relay 6930 USB 2044 UTC 17 FEB 2018
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2018, 2048 UTC »
Just tuned in at 2044 UTC to a listenable S3 signal here with an advertisement for Fanny Farmer Candy, and an ID for WNBC, into "Light My Fire"-Jose Feliciano
2048 UTC OM gave out phone #and "The request lines are open", into unid 60's pop tune
2052 UTC OM DJ with mention of Fanny Farmer Candy, WNBC ID, into unid advertisement, then ad for an auto show
2054 UTC WNBC jingle, OM with weather report, followed by a caller with a request
2055 UTC "Rag Doll"-Four Seasons
2058 UTC Jingle, into "Here Comes the Sun"-Richie Havens
2101 UTC Phone request followed by "Wild Thing"-Troggs
2104 UTC Ad for the Metro Car Show
(I'm having difficulty using shazam to ID the songs here....fortunately, I recall most of them implicitly...  ;D ....not a single hit from Shazam yet)
2107 UTC "Celebrate"-Three Dog Night
(WNBC 660 was a regular here in the late 1960's  8) )
2110 UTC "RESPECT"-Aretha Franklin
2113 UTC Jingle, then WNBC news with items from the "occupied West Bank"....report from Jerusalem, item about Secretary of State George Shultz
2116 UTC OFF

Thanks for the blast from the past WNBC relayer! Bit of time travel there! :)
« Last Edit: February 17, 2018, 2117 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: UNID 6930 USB 2040 UTC 17 FEB 2018
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2018, 2048 UTC »
UNID 6930 USB S1 in NY

2047: Jose Feliciano “Light My Fire”
2052: WNBC I.D.
« Last Edit: February 17, 2018, 2052 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: WNBC Relay 6930 USB 2040 UTC 17 FEB 2018
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2018, 2112 UTC »
WNBC relay, 6930u, SIO 424

S7 during ID at 2110z.
Aretha Franklin - Respect


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Re: WNBC Relay 6930 USB 2040 UTC 17 FEB 2018
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2018, 2112 UTC »
VG signal here
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Re: WNBC Relay 6930 USB 2040 UTC 17 FEB 2018
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2018, 2113 UTC »
Very faint

2113z Just strains of music above floor
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Re: WNBC Relay 6930 USB 2040 UTC 17 FEB 2018
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2018, 2143 UTC »
Maybe I'm a bit closer than others:  55454 @ 2110 near Reading, PA


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