BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0044 UTC 19 Jun 2021

[~SIGINT~]

00:44 UTC - BallSmacker Radio: carrier is up; almost a +10 into my location;
00:46 UTC - Interval signal, terminated shortly after start;
00:47 UTC - Carrier dropped. Must have been testing. Should be back up around 00:57 UTC;
00:57 UTC - BallSmacker Radio: carrier is up;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins;
01:09 UTC - Station ID;
02:23 UTC - SSTV;
02:25 UTC - End of broadcast followed by interval signal;
00:26 UTC - Carrier off.

BallSmacker, thank you for Reply #17. Good signal as usual. Varying between S9 to +10 tonight. I switched over to the Wellbrook loop around 01:09 UTC with a long AGC on the receiver which keeps the atmospheric noise down considerably.

Thank you for the show, Program: "Summer".

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

[Venom6733]

good carrier here near Indianapolis but ive got a ton of thunderstorms in the area right now....

     00:47   Carrier went away
     01:00   Donna Summer - On The Radio    Barely above noise level
     01:07   Jan & Dean - Summer Means Fun
     01:09   Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
     01:11   Summer Diesel ....Signal went up a lot
     01:17   Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness
     01:23   Don Henley - Boys Of Summer
     01:30   Richard Marx - Endless Summer Nights
     

     May Hear Summertime Girls - Y&T or Hot Summer Nights - Van Halen
   
     01:34    Crazy Days Of Summer
     01:37    Motels - Suddenly Last Summer....Love this song and Martha Davis (singer)
     01:40    Summer In The City - Lovin Spoonful
     01:43    Johnny Rivers (I Think) -
     01:49    Travolta & Newton-John - Those Summer Nights
     01:53    Seals & Croft - Summer Breeze
     02:00    Bryan Adams - Summer of 69
     02:03    Percy Faith - Theme from a summer place
     02:05    Will Smith - Summertime
     02:10    Garth Brooks
     02:20    Bananarama - Cruel Summer


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[KMD3HR]

Wildfire Interval.
Ballsmacker Radio ID. Good evening Ham Samiches
01:01 On the Radio The Late Donna Summer Queen of Disco Donna Summer was a hot commodity in Disco during the 1970's DISCO SUCKS WAS THE CRY BY US ROCKERS, STONERS AND PUNKS.
Extended version was not played to much on radio due to time restraints.
01:07 Summer Means Fun Jan and Dean Beach Craze era of the early sixties.
Ballamacker ID.
01:09 Summertime Blues Rocker Eddie Cochran.
01:11 Sausilito Summer Diesel.

How about?
Suddenly Last Summer The Motels?
Summer Nights Travolta and Olivia Newton John (Grease)
All Summer Long The Beach Boys.
San Tropez The Pink Floyd?
Summer in the City The Lovin Spoonful?
Don't let the Sun Go Down on Me Elton John?

Ballsmacker Proton addy given for reception report, theme and location.
01:17 Summer Madness Kool and the Gang.
01:20 Those Lazy Hazy Days Nat King Very Popular in the 1950s Pop charts
Cole Daughter is Natalie Cole.
01:23 Boys of Summer Drummer and lead singer of The Eagles Don Henley successful with solo career but still with the Eagles.
01:27 a Summer Song Chad and Jeremy
Ballsmacker.net ID.
01:30 Endless Summer Richard Marx
01:34 Hot Fun in Summer Sly and the Family Stone Sly Stone a former Philadelphia Disc Jockey! Also known nortoriously for coming to his concerts late.
The Family Stone were regularly featured on Soul Train. Saw Sly Stone in Concert in a run down theatre in Mount Rainer, Maryland in the eighties Very accomplished musician
01:37 Suddenly Last Summer The Motels.
01:40 Summer in the City Lovin Spoonful featuring John Sebastian
Ballsmacker Radio ID.
01:43 Summer Rain Johnny Rivers
Hit maker of the 60s and 70s

1967 was the Summer of Love Hippies, and Counterculture converge on San Francisco Haight Ashbury.
The Mods, Flower Children and Beatniks too. Anyone have a hit of Acid? Dig my urb baby! ...Don't Trust anyone over 30! Looking Glass.. Down with War! Peace! Make Love, Not War! Tune In Drop Out! Flower Power!


01:47 Summertime Billy Stewart
01:49 Summer Nights Travolta and Olivia Newton John from the movie Grease! Done on Broadway earlier.
01:53 Summer Breeze Dan Seals and Croft.
01:55 In the Summertime Mungo Jerry.
02:00 Summer of 69 Bryan Addams

1962 to 65 Hubba Hubba! The Beach Craze! Catch a Wave! Hey man dig that crazy chick!  Lets go surfing! Surfs Up! Take a ride in your woody!
Annette and Frankie! Beach Blanket Bingo. Thats cool daddy oh!
A Summer Place Percy Faith Orchestra Was used in the movie A Summer Place

Ohhhhhhh yeah...this baby boomer born in July Summer of 1959! Lloyd Price Personality was rocking! Rock and Roll was on the move! Actor Robert Mitchum arrested for pocession of Marjiuana! Mitchum was just plain badass!

Ballsmacker Proton Mail Addy.
02:03 A Summer Place by Percy Faith Orchestra Best French Horn section in music! Makes you want to take your baby out to the beach and sand and roll with it baby!

02:05 Summertime DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince Yo Yo Yo in da house bitch! Dat bitch is P H A T!!!!


02:10 That Summer Garth Brooks Country and Western hit maker Also part of Country/Western Duo Brooks and Dunn.
01:14 All Summer Long The Beach Boys from California. Song used in American Grafitti Soundtrack. One of the Beach Boys earliest hits! RIP Dennis and Carl Wilson
Ballsmacker Radio ID.
02:16 Steal my Sunshine Len.
02:20 Cruel Summer Bananarama.

BANANNARAMA? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! lol

Had the pleasure of many years seeing the Beach Boys in Concert on the 4th of July in Washington DC at the base of the Washington Monument! We all got wasted and drunk! Good summertime memories!

SSTV Image.
Thats all! Wildfire Interval.
Off the Air!

[bigd]

0058:  Carrier present. Interval music, just below the noise.
0100:  Donna Summer "On The Radio".  Just above the noise.
0111:  Carrier only, faint signal below the noise.
0126:  Don Henley "The Boys of Summer".  Just above the noise.
0127:  Unid music selection, just above the noise.
0138:  The Motels "Suddenly Last Summer".  Just above the noise.
0140:  The Lovin Spoonful "Summer In The City".  Just above the noise.
0143:  Ballsmacker ID into Johnny Rivers "Summer Rain".  Just above the noise.
0146:  Unid music selection.  Just above the noise.
0149:  Ballsmacker ID into John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John "Summer Nights".  Just above the noise.
0153:  Seals and Crofts "Summer Breeze".  Just above the noise.
0156:  Mungo Jerry "In The Summertime".  Just below the noise.
0201:  Bryan Adams "Summer of 69".  Just below the noise.
0203:  Ballsmacker ID into unid music selection.
0206:  Will Smith "Summertime".  Just below the noise.
0210:  Unid music selection.  Just above the noise.
0216:  Ballsmacker ID into Len "Steal My Sunshine".  Just below the noise.
0220:  Bananarama "Cruel Summer".  Just below the noise.
0223:  SSTV Scottie 2.  P 1
0224:  Ballsmacker ID with contact information.
0225:  Interval music.

[Molvania Poacher]

SINPO=55544, wow so far!

058- Wildfire IS, repeating.
100- YL "Good evening, ham sandwiches. You're listening to Ball Smacker Radio on 6960...Somewhere in the Northeast," with bowling ball strike sound effect, into...
100- "On The Radio" by Donna Summer.
107- "Summer Means Fun" by Jan and Dean.

[intellman]

0057 - Interval signal being played, signal is S5 into NYC


Thanks for the show!

[William Hassig]

Tuned in at 0058utc on Normal IL sdr, fair signal with light noise, piano interval signal, at 0100 Ball Smacker ID followed by bowling ball hitting pins sound, song "on the radio" sung by the late Donna Summer, at 0110 oldie "summertime blues", signal getting a bit weaker, tried Barrington Hills IL sdr and too weak there, (BTW Dixon IL sdr has gone away), gave ID and email address as ballsmacker@protonmail.com , easy listening instrumental, oldie "hazy lazy days of summer", seems to be a summer themed program, at 0123 Ballsmacker ID and bowling sound, at 0135 switched to Barrington Hills IL sdr, slightly better but still getting slowly weaker, song "hot fun in the summertime", ID at 0137, song "suddenly last summer", at 0141 oldie "summer in the city" from 1966, at 0145 signal improving a bit, at 0204 instrumental oldie "summer place" over Ballsmacker ID, at 0223utc suddenly SSTV/FAX interrupting song "cruel summer" then gave ID and email address ballsmacker@protonmail.com , piano interval signal, off air at 0226½utc, excellent program, thanks.                 

[Bali_Frank]

signal S8-9 on the SDR in Elida, Ohio
00.58 piano
01.00 ID, Frequency
01.00 song "On The Radio"
01.07 song "Summer Means Fun"
01.09 ID, Frequency
01.09 song "Summertime Blues"
01.11 song "Sausalito Summernight"

[JustGreg]

Got it here in CT. 0100UTC gave ID and then into Donna Summer Heard it on the Radio, Fair/Good signal.

I did notice that there was a carrier with music on 6975AM no ID and then disappeared at 0059.

0109 Gave ID and into Summertime Blues (original), thanks for show.
0122 ID and then into Don Henley, Boys of Summer.

[Radio Star]

S8 this evening
0100 - "On The Radio" - Donna Summer
0107 – “Summer Means Fun” – Jan & Dean
0120 – “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer” – Nat King Cole

[Traveling Wave]

0103 UTC - Signal is S9 in WNY, audio is making it above the static crashes, playing Donna Summer - On the Radio
0110 UTC - Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
0112 UTC - Diesel - Sausalito Summernight
0135 UTC - Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun in The Summertime

Thanks for the show !

[myteaquinn]

Good signal with some noise tonight.

On The Radio at 0106z.

[blw]

Great signal from Ball Smacker Radio. A Perseus is being used tonight along with v5 software. Thanks for the good sounding show.

Great sounding interval signals.  The bowling ball audio is a classic Ball Smacker IS.

[bandarr3000]

0115 - "Sausalito Summer Night" - Diesel SIO 333

[Markokpik]

0112.  Signal wasn't audible until now.  instrumental pop, ID with an offer for an e - QSL for accurate reports into another instrumental.

S6 - 7 here.