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Author Topic: WREC 6955 USB 2035 UTC 16 Jul 2019  (Read 1489 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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WREC 6955 USB 2035 UTC 16 Jul 2019
« on: July 16, 2019, 2036 UTC »
2035 SIO 555
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Re: WREC 6955 USB 2035 UTC 16 Jul 2019
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2019, 2039 UTC »
WREC 6955 USB S5-S9+10db in NY

2039: WRECRadio@gmail.com email given into Me. Rodgers Neighborhood Music
2041: A Pirates Life
2046: Seether “Broken” (peaking S9+10db)
2049: WREC I.D. by PJ Sparxx with shout outs to HFU posters Aurora, Chris Smolinski & PirateSWL
2050: Powdered Toast commercial then canned WREC I.D.
2051: Ren & Stimpy clip
2052: Another live I.D. by PJ Sparxx with shout outs over “Brick House”
2056: Goober clip then another I.D. & email
2057: PJ Sparxx with additional shout outs and announcing next song Rob Zombie “More Human Then Human”

Video clip of broadcast: https://youtu.be/VXrbDH1GShQ
« Last Edit: July 16, 2019, 2057 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: WREC 6955 USB 2035 UTC 16 Jul 2019
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2019, 2046 UTC »
Nice signal 44344

2043 - ID
2044 - old time radio audio snippets with WREC IDs
2045 - Seether's Broken
2049 - ID / shoutouts to HFU listeners (thanks) / PJ Sparx
2050 - ad for powdered toast
2052 - Brick House
2055 - Goober comedy skit
2102 - gun owners parody ad
2108 - Nickelodeon parody ads (love these parody skits)
« Last Edit: July 16, 2019, 2115 UTC by aurora »
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Re: WREC 6955 USB 2035 UTC 16 Jul 2019
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2019, 2049 UTC »
2032 UTC 6955USB WREC Radio
2032 - WREC Promo
2033 - Stone Temple Pilots - "Interstae Love Song"
2046 - Seether - "Broken"
2049 - DJ shoutouts to HFU posters
2052 - Rob Zombie - "Brick House"
2053 - DJ Shoutout to me! :D
2055 - Liner WRECradio@gmail.com
2057 - More shoutouts to HFU posters!
2058 - White Zombie - "More Human than Human"
« Last Edit: July 16, 2019, 2058 UTC by Radio Boogie »
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Re: WREC 6955 USB 2035 UTC 16 Jul 2019
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2019, 2102 UTC »
2101 UTC S9 at tune in with a parody ad
2103 UTC WREC ID (with your host PJ Sparx), into "Sins of the Flesh"-Sister Machine Gun
2106 UTC PJ chatting over the song....thanks for the shoutout! Great signal here!
2108 UTC "Ren & Stimpy" ad, into ID "From a clandestine studio", into "Suicide Jag"-Chemlab
2111 UTC PJ chatting...."Go Red Sox"  8)
2114 UTC Parody ad and ID, into "Punk Rock Girl"-Dead Milkmen (CT Yankee gets his request!)
2117 UTC "Parody ad for "The Cloud", WREC ID, then another parody ad
2119 UTC PJ Sparx chatting "Live broadcast", over "Bitchin Camaro"-The Dead Milkmen
2122 UTC ID string, into "Holiday in Cambodia"-Dead Kennedys
2128 UTC "Story of WREC", ID, into "Static"-Planet P Project
2137 UTC "I Touch Myself"-Divinyls
2141 UTC Parody ad for Ren & Stimpy
Hey Papa Joe Sparx! How about "Rapture" by Blondie?  :)
2143 UTC "Rapture"-Blondie  ;D Thanks PJ!
2200 UTC Thanks for the shoutout PJ!
2223 UTC PJ saying he'll be signing off ("Highway Star"-Deep Purple

Thanks for the show WREC! Great propagation today! Your rock! :)

« Last Edit: July 16, 2019, 2307 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: WREC 6955 USB 2035 UTC 16 Jul 2019
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2019, 2104 UTC »
Very good reception

2104 Unid song....electronic rap?
2106 PJ shout out to me thanks 8)
Taking requests?  Punk Rock Girl - The Dead Milkmen
2108 "Collect the stinkiest Red & Stimpy" WREC ID
2112 "Go Red Sox, Go Red Sox"
2114 "Punk Rock Girl"The Dead Milkmen   Thanks, PJ  ;D!
2119 PJ Sparx & WREC ID - shouts outs
Glad I caught part of your show, PJ.  Made plans to see this movie shortly:
https://greenwichentertainment.com/film/echo-in-the-canyon/
Maybe one last one before I go - the underplayed but excellent Solar a Prestige A Gammon Elton John or the Divinyls - I Touch Myself
2126 email addy
2137 "I Touch Myself - The Divinyls". Watch out, you may get the FCC coming after you for indecent airplay -"Go Red Sox"  ;)
« Last Edit: July 17, 2019, 1136 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: WREC 6955 USB 2035 UTC 16 Jul 2019
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2019, 2115 UTC »
2112 - OM talking with ID WREC 6955 Upper
2113 - "Suicide Jag" - Chemlab
2115 - "WREC Radio Free East Coast
2115 - "Punk Rock Girl" The Dead Milkmen
2119 - ID into spoof advertisement
2120 - PJ Sparx with multiple shout-outs
2121 - "Bitchin' Camaro"  The Dead Milkemen Thanks for the Shout-Out PJ Sparx!
2123 - ID: "Radio Free East Coast, with your host PJ Sparx"
2124  - "Holiday In Cambodia" - Dead Kennedys (Nice signal now S6 good audio)
2127 - Email address given into ronco? ad lampoon
2130 - "Static" - Planet P Project
2138 - ID & email addy into; "I Touch Myself" - Divinyls
2142 - Lampoon ad
2144 - "Rapture" - Blondie
2248 - "Highway Star" - Deep Purple
2250 - Multiple ID's  "Golden Anniversary Public Service Message. The story of WREC" Thanks for the Show PJ Sparx!
2257 - Mr Rogers..........
2258 - OFF
« Last Edit: July 16, 2019, 2258 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: WREC 6955 USB 2035 UTC 16 Jul 2019
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2019, 2121 UTC »
On KiwiSDR in NH
S5
2119 - "Radio Free East Coast"
2121 - Mentioned Radio Star
2127 - Ad for home psych kit
2134 - ID "Pirate radio on shortwave"
2144 - Shout out over "Rapture" Blondie.  Thanks!
« Last Edit: July 16, 2019, 2146 UTC by tcolgan »
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Re: WREC 6955 USB 2035 UTC 16 Jul 2019
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2019, 2121 UTC »
300Watts!
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Re: WREC 6955 USB 2035 UTC 16 Jul 2019
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2019, 2122 UTC »
Wonder if he has "Static" by Planet P??
Thank you, PJ! Wifey really enjoyed that!
« Last Edit: July 16, 2019, 2133 UTC by Radio Boogie »
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Re: WREC 6955 USB 2035 UTC 16 Jul 2019
« Reply #10 on: July 16, 2019, 2146 UTC »
2145 Blondie playing, S9+.
2151 Comedy skit then email.
2154 Shouts, Thanks! email.
2212 Hendrix playing into "White Rabbit". ID, Shouts.   S9
2223 Comedy, WREC signing off, Deep Purple. Signal down some. S5


Great show PJ Sparx!!
« Last Edit: July 16, 2019, 2229 UTC by flexoman61 »
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Re: WREC 6955 USB 2035 UTC 16 Jul 2019
« Reply #11 on: July 16, 2019, 2148 UTC »
2145 UTC - Signal is S5 in WNY, audio making it above the noise, playing Blondie / Rapture.
2157 UTC - WREC Radio Free East Coast ID.
2201 UTC - Shout outs, thanks.
2206 UTC - Peter Gabriel / Solsbury Hill
2212 UTC - Jimi Hendrix / Purple Haze
2216 UTC - Jefferson Airplane / White Rabbit
2217 UTC - Booker T & The M.G.s / Green Onions
2218 UTC - Jefferson Airplane / Somebody to Love
2224 UTC - Deep Purple / Highway Star
2231 UTC - Powder Toast Man from Ren and Stimpy show.
 Thanks for the show !
« Last Edit: July 16, 2019, 2232 UTC by Traveling Wave »
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Re: WREC 6955 USB 2035 UTC 16 Jul 2019
« Reply #12 on: July 16, 2019, 2209 UTC »
AT 2209 35443 in Wyomissing

Tuned in at 2205 to a notice of technical difficulties with a live broadcast and an ID.


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Re: WREC 6955 USB 2035 UTC 16 Jul 2019
« Reply #13 on: July 16, 2019, 2227 UTC »
Great show and thanks for music.

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