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Author Topic: WGAY 6925 USB 2057 UTC 8 Oct 2019  (Read 1189 times)

Offline Skipmuck

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WGAY 6925 USB 2057 UTC 8 Oct 2019
« on: October 08, 2019, 2059 UTC »
2057 UTC "Oh Sherrie"-Steve Perry
2101 UTC "Kyrie"-Mister Mister (OM with ID over the music....WGAY)
(Signal is just above the noise here)
2105 UTC "This is WGAY" ID by OM, into "St. Elmo's Fire"-John Parr
2109 UTC Fading down to the noise floor now
2110 UTC heard a ".com", so assume email addy, into "Died In Your Arms Tonight"-Cutting Crew
2114 UTC Traces of audio fading in and out....
« Last Edit: October 08, 2019, 2114 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Unid 6925 USB 2057 UTC 8 Oct 2019
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2019, 2101 UTC »
2100 SIO 333
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Re: Unid 6925 USB 2057 UTC 8 Oct 2019
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2019, 2101 UTC »
   Rick Springfield / jesse's girl. S3
2057  Journey /  oh sherry
2102 WGAY id
2111 Cutting Crew/ died in your arms tonight
« Last Edit: October 08, 2019, 2111 UTC by Davep »
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Re: Unid 6925 USB 2057 UTC 8 Oct 2019
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2019, 2104 UTC »
Poor reception

2104 Just barely hearing music over floor
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Re: WGAY 6925 USB 2057 UTC 8 Oct 2019
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2019, 2107 UTC »
Strong signal - 54444

2055 - Jesse's Girl
2102 - ID
2105 - email address
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Re: WGAY 6925 USB 2057 UTC 8 Oct 2019
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2019, 2108 UTC »
on 6925 USB   direct
2107 music, 2109 'this is W-G-A-Y', 2110 wgayradio at gmail.com
2115 "Venus" cover (Bananarama ?)
some IDs seemed different
2127 ID,  ....at gmail.com,
2128 off
« Last Edit: October 08, 2019, 2130 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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WGAY 6925USB 2100 UTC 8 October 2019
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2019, 2115 UTC »
Very weak signal compared to most WGAY broadcasts..
2100  Man anncr with This is WGAY several times.
2101   Kyrie  byMr. Mister
2105    Man anncr..This is WGAY with a tune following (4 times), Then 'From the Top of the World building" by man
2106  St. Elmo's Fire  by John Parr
faded down to less than S2...
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Re: WGAY 6925 USB 2057 UTC 8 Oct 2019
« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2019, 2127 UTC »
Difficult/Poor Reception
Just above noise floor

2058 - "Oh Sherrie" - Journey
2105 - ID: "This is WGAY" w/Harp music
2125 - "I'll Tumble For Ya" - Culture Club
2129 - ID: "WGAY"
« Last Edit: October 08, 2019, 2132 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: WGAY 6925 USB 2057 UTC 8 Oct 2019
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2019, 2131 UTC »
WGAY 6925 USB S3-S4 in NY

2126: Culture Club "I'll Tumble 4 Ya"
2128: WGAY I.D. and e-mail then off the air
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