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Author Topic: ION Radio 6870 AM 1953 UTC 31 OCT 2021  (Read 1097 times)

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ION Radio 6870 AM 1953 UTC 31 OCT 2021
« on: October 31, 2021, 1953 UTC »
Excellent reception, what an adventure to/fro East Haddam but that is a tale for another day  :o.  Thanks for being the proper accompanying soundtrack for my early trick or treaters 🎃

1953 "Ghostly Ghouls" Stardiva, "Bring Out Your Dead" from Monty Python
1955 ION Radio ID
1957 Indian-Oscar-November ID, email addy to "Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood" Don Hinson & Rigamortis
2000 "Shakin' All Over" Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
2003 ID to "Children's Day at the Morgue" Sheldon Allman
2008 Indian-Oscar-November ID to "Devil Doll" Roy Orbison
2010 Indian-Oscar-November ID to "Witches' Brew" Hap Palmer, I think they had this for sale at Yankee Cidery  ;D
2013 Fake Pill AD, ID/email addy
2016 ID several times, "Witch Doctor" Cartoons
2019 ID to OM telling tale
2022 ID to Unid song
2027 ID to skit
2029 ID to "Trick or Treat" Nekromantix,   👏  very original Halloween playlist
2034 Indian-Oscar-November ID to "Halloween" Siouxsie and the Banshees
2039 "Halloweekend" No Parents
2041 Fake news report, ID, screams, email addy to "This is Halloween" Marilyn Manson
2045 Sign off ID
« Last Edit: October 31, 2021, 2046 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 1953 UTC 31 OCT 2021
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2021, 1954 UTC »
1953 Been an open carrier there for maybe 10 minutes, music just started
1955 Phonetic "This is ION Radio" ident
1957 ionradioshortwave (at) gmail (dot) com E-mail address then "Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood," Don Hinson and the Rigamorticians
2000 "Shakin' All Over," Johnny Kidd and the Pirates
2002 ionradioshortwave (at) gmail (dot) com E-mail address, adults shouldn't wear Halloween costumes, phonetic "This is ION Radio" ident
2004 "Children's Day At The Morgue," Sheldon Allman
2006 Spoken word lyrics from "Thriller," Michael Jackson recited by a YL (not Vincent Price) then phonetic ION Radio ident and E-mail address
2008 "Devil Doll," Roy Orbison
2011 "Witches' Brew," Hap Palmer
2013 Dr. Whitaker's "Larded Atoms" uranium upset stomach remedy commercial, E-mail address, and spoof trailer for Wolfbomination film
2017 "Witch Doctor"
2019 James Earl Jones reading "The Raven" from The Simpsons
2023 "Do the Trick or Treat," Panic! At The Disco
2028 ION Radio ident, a different spoof film trailer
2030 "Trick or Treat," Nekromantix
2034 YL screams then "Halloween," Siouxsie and The Banshees
2038 ION Radio id, Ring Around the Rosie, Bring Out Your Dead
2041 Zombies won't attack you in a Dodge commercial
2042 "This is Halloween," Marilyn Manson (Nightmare Before Christmas theme)
2045 signoff

S9, strong signal here with some moderate QRN. Great show!

Recording (full show):
https://archive.org/details/ion-radio-6870-am-1953-utc-31-oct-2021
« Last Edit: November 15, 2021, 0134 UTC by Blue Max »
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ION RADIO 6869.70 AM 1953 UTC 31 October 2021
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2021, 1956 UTC »
SIO: 444 in Uniontown PA

1953 - Sign-on with ID
Reciever: Degen DE-1103

PSE-QSL to big_badfish_al@proton.me Note new email address.
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 1953 UTC 31 OCT 2021
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2021, 2009 UTC »
S7 clear signal here in NC at 20:09 with Music.

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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 1953 UTC 31 OCT 2021
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2021, 2010 UTC »
SINPO=34433

2009- "Devil Doll" by Roy Orbison.
2010- YL recorded ID "India, Oscar, November," followed by scream.
2010- "Witches' Brew" by Hap Palmer.
2012- Spoof ad for Dr. Whitaker's something Atoms.
2013- YL recorded ID with email address.
2013- Halloween comedy skit. Movie preview about the arrival of the undead, by Hammer and Anvil Films.
2016- YL recorded ID. Repeating.
2016- "Witch Doctor" by The Cartoons.
« Last Edit: October 31, 2021, 2016 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 1953 UTC 31 OCT 2021
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2021, 2011 UTC »
Weak but mostly above the noise and readable.
Northeast Ohio
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 1953 UTC 31 OCT 2021
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2021, 2017 UTC »
signal S9 on the SDR in Fair Hill, Maryland
20.14 something like a radio drama
20.16 ID (a woman)
20.16 song "Witch Doctor"
20.19 ID (a woman)
20.19 talking (a man) / "The Raven"
20.22 ID (a woman)
20.23 song (a man)
20.25 song
20.26 ID + email (a woman)
« Last Edit: October 31, 2021, 2027 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 1953 UTC 31 OCT 2021
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2021, 2030 UTC »
S9 solid signal this afternoon. Thanks for the show Ion!

2029 - "Curse Of the Blacksmith"
2029 - YL w/ ID: "This is ION Radio" & email addy
2030 - "Trick Or Treat" - Nekromantix
2040 – Big Rock Dodge funny commercial. No zombies here.
2046 - Off
« Last Edit: October 31, 2021, 2047 UTC by Radio Star »
All Reception Direct and Local on Cape Cod, MA
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 1953 UTC 31 OCT 2021
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2021, 2032 UTC »
2031 UTC - Signal is S7 in WNY with slight fade, audio just above the noise, playing Halloween theme music.
2034 UTC - India Oscar November for ID, then a scream,  Siouxsie and the Banshees - Halloween
2038 UTC - India Oscar November this is ION Radio. Monty Python bring out your dead.
2040 UTC - Getting reports on zombies purchase vehicles from Big Rock Dodge.
2042 UTC - e-mail address for ION Radio.
2046 UTC - Thanks for listening to ION Radio, ION Radio signing off.
« Last Edit: October 31, 2021, 2046 UTC by Traveling Wave »
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 1953 UTC 31 OCT 2021
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2021, 2039 UTC »
2037 UTC Just caught the tail end of "Halloween"-Siouxsie & The Banshees, followed by YL with phonetic ID
2038 UTC Child's voice with Ring Around the Rosie's, then OM with movie clip "Bring Out Your Dead", into "Halloweekend"-No Parents (Banging in here at S9!)
2040 UTC YL with phonetic and spoken word ID, into advertisement for "Big Rock Dodge"?, YL with ID, then child voiced Ring Around the Rosie...YL with "email address is ionradioshortwave@gmail.com"
2042 UTC "This Is Halloween"-Marilyn Manson
2046 UTC OFF

Thanks for the Halloween show ION!
« Last Edit: October 31, 2021, 2047 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 1953 UTC 31 OCT 2021
« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2021, 2047 UTC »
Signed off 20:46

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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 1953 UTC 31 OCT 2021
« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2021, 2048 UTC »
Excellent signal with a different Halloween program from yesterday. Numerous phonetic IDs by computer woman voice, Halloween music, scary Halloween sounds & screams, movie clips "bring out your dead," and ads such as a Halloween Dodge zombie ad
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 1953 UTC 31 OCT 2021
« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2021, 2115 UTC »
Good sounding tune of rock music. Signal is showing S8 and well above any noise levels. This is sounding really good. Thanks for the show.
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