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Author Topic: Happy Hanukkah Radio 6925 AM 2030 UTC 13 Dec 2020  (Read 694 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Happy Hanukkah Radio 6925 AM 2030 UTC 13 Dec 2020
« on: December 13, 2020, 2032 UTC »
2030 Just tuned in, song in progress. Miracle of Miracles from Fiddler On The Roof? Could this be Happy Hanukkah Radio?
2041 2,000 Year Old Man skit, sure sounds like HHR.
« Last Edit: December 13, 2020, 2111 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: Happy Hanukkah Radio? 6925 AM 2030 UTC 13 Dec 2020
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2020, 2039 UTC »
Fair reception

2039 OM singing
2041 OM "About 4 days ago a plane landed at Idlewild Airport (now JFK)....."
2047 Some sort of skit, at peaks very good reception, 2 OM's in conversation with canned laughter, "Did you ever have a formal job?"  Maybe Abbott & Costello?
2055 Off
« Last Edit: December 13, 2020, 2057 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: Happy Hanukkah Radio? 6925 AM 2030 UTC 13 Dec 2020
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2020, 2054 UTC »
2051 UTC Operatic YL vocals
2053 UTC OM with "we have to sign off now", followed by an IS played on a xylophone
2054 UTC OM with "Happy Hanukkah interval signal on 5-4-3-2-1" then followed by the IS played on xylophone
2055 UTC OFF

I missed most of this classic show!  :(

Here's the last 4 minutes:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ucTFDjwt5JlOguS3gGhonweUKu3H6-WC/view?usp=sharing
« Last Edit: December 13, 2020, 2105 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Happy Hanukkah Radio? 6925 AM 2030 UTC 13 Dec 2020
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2020, 2055 UTC »
Fair signal. Caught about a minute of the programming before hearing the child IDs and the xylophone IS
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