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Author Topic: UNID 1620 AM 0318 UTC 25 December 2020  (Read 1358 times)

Offline Kilokat7

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UNID 1620 AM 0318 UTC 25 December 2020
« on: December 25, 2020, 0324 UTC »
Very strong Christmas music here right now at 0318z and seems much too strong for the usual suspects, no announcements heard so far.  I'm also hearing WDHP from the US Virgin Islands way underneath.
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Re: UNID 1620 AM 0318 UTC 25 December 2020
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2020, 0342 UTC »
I have Christmas songs here also at 0341z.

Changed format? at 0503z started playing "My Favorite Things." Sung by a man not Julie Andrews. Then back to carols.
« Last Edit: December 25, 2020, 0507 UTC by myteaquinn »
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Re: UNID 1620 AM 0318 UTC 25 December 2020
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2020, 0405 UTC »
At 0357, I heard a version of "The Little Drummer Boy," then an instrumental guitar version of "The Christmas Song." Good signal. Is this the same station you're hearing?

A few years ago, we were hearing WDND from South Bend, IN, here, with Christmas music & no IDs, but I see that they went off the air & their license was canceled last year

0427 "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
0500 "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
0515 "Sleigh Ride"
0516 "White Christmas"
0519 "Home for the Holidays"


Lots of other Christmas songs, but I'm just logging a few things here'n'there as I run between the radio room, computer, and various gift-wrapping/storage spots in the house :)
« Last Edit: December 25, 2020, 0520 UTC by Andrew Yoder »
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Re: UNID 1620 AM 0318 UTC 25 December 2020
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2020, 0425 UTC »
Andy, yes, you're hearing the same station that I am hearing right now.  About an hour or so into this one now and still no ID or announcements.  Sounds like a broadcast quality signal here with only occasional fading.  The South Bend station is long gone.  There really aren't any good legitimate choices here as to who this could be.  I suspect it's the same station that Chris and I have heard in recent weeks during early afternoons that play non-stop Christmas music on 1620.
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Re: UNID 1620 AM 0318 UTC 25 December 2020
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2020, 1919 UTC »
SDR recording catch

0203 Sinatra "The Secret Of Christmas"
0218 "White Christmas"
0221 "Jolly Old St. Nicholaus"
0238 "Jingle Bells"
0247 "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
0249 "Home For The Holidays"

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Re: UNID 1620 AM 0318 UTC 25 December 2020
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2020, 2327 UTC »
Is that what I heard driving to and from work last night? I thought that it was Pensacola, FL again, battling it out with Cuba. So, that may be it.
I was asked, yet another weird question, of how I would like to be buried, when I finally bite the big one. The answer was actually pretty easy. Face-down, like a certain historical figure in the late 1980's, (I will not mention who, but some of you will get it, and that's enough.) Why??? It would be a burial that will satisfy everyone: (1) My enemies will say that it will show me where to go. (2) On the same point, I can have my enemies kiss my butt. (3) It will temporarily give someone a place to park a bicycle. See??? A WIN / WIN for everyone.

 

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