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Author Topic: 80s Forever (via Mix?) 6880 AM 2244 UTC 12 April 2022  (Read 1773 times)

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80s Forever (via Mix?) 6880 AM 2244 UTC 12 April 2022
« on: April 12, 2022, 2245 UTC »
55455

2245z White Wedding-Billy Idol
2251z I Will Return-Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons
2258z 80sForever.radio ID not really a station ID, seems like a relay
2313z S9+20
« Last Edit: April 12, 2022, 2323 UTC by rpjjpr »
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Re: 80s Forever (via Mix?) 6880 AM 2244 UTC 12 April 2022
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2022, 2248 UTC »
2247 "White Wedding" Billy Idol  S7
2250 "I Will Return " Jo Jo Zep
2257 MIX ID ?/ "English Black Boys " X-O -Dus
2315 "Your on Eighties Forever " I still think this is MIX 
« Last Edit: April 12, 2022, 2316 UTC by hsmith77 »
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Re: 80s Forever (via Mix?) 6880 AM 2244 UTC 12 April 2022
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2022, 2311 UTC »
signal S9+10 on the SDR in Fair Hill, Matyland
23.25 song "Someone Up There"
23.28 song "Melanie Still Hurts"
23.32 ID (a man)
23.33 song "Evergreen"
23.36 song "Stand And Deliver"
« Last Edit: April 12, 2022, 2337 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: 80s Forever (via Mix?) 6880 AM 2244 UTC 12 April 2022
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2022, 2312 UTC »
Reception into NE Ohio:

S9  SIO 555  SINPO 55545  Just alittle fading

2312 UTC Justification by The Metronomes

2315 ID "This 80's Forever Radio, keeping the 80's alive!"

2315 Only Cry the Lonely by The Risk

2318 Toutes Les Nuits The Calamities

2321 Oh! Brother by The Fall

2325 ID into Someone Up There by Joe Jackson

2328 Melanie Still Hurts by The Icicle Works

2333  ID with I Wanna Live by Ramones

2334 Evergreen by Into A Circle

2337 Stand And Deliver by Adam & The Ants

2341 No Gift Refused by Until December

2345 The World Falls Into Place by The Motorcycle Boy

2348 Another Pretty Face by The Chicaynes

2351 ID into White Car in Germany by Associates

2356 Sweethearts by Camper Van Beethoven

0001 ID, menu, into more music (cannot ID music)

0005 Call On Me by The Bangles

Thanks for the music tonight!!!!
« Last Edit: April 13, 2022, 0005 UTC by Chuck54 »
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Re: 80s Forever (via Mix?) 6880 AM 2244 UTC 12 April 2022
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2022, 2313 UTC »
2313 UTC - Signal is S9 in WNY with some fade, audio sounding very nice.
2315 UTC - Eighties ??? radio we keep the eighties alive.
« Last Edit: April 12, 2022, 2318 UTC by Traveling Wave »
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Re: 80s Forever (via Mix?) 6880 AM 2244 UTC 12 April 2022
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2022, 2317 UTC »
Great signal here  don't know the songs though 
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Re: 80s Forever (via Mix?) 6880 AM 2244 UTC 12 April 2022
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2022, 2320 UTC »
on 6880.0            direct
2318 very weak and noisy, music barely heard, 2327 fading up
... up and down,
2357 very noisy


80s Forever was  heard in Nov. 2020, then also via  mix radio, or relaying Cool Am
« Last Edit: April 12, 2022, 2357 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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Re: 80s Forever (via Mix?) 6880 AM 2244 UTC 12 April 2022
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2022, 2328 UTC »
S9+ SIO: 555
2327 - "Someone Up There" - Joe Jackson
2329 - "Melanie Still Hurts" - The Icicle Works
2333 - "It's Eighties Forever. We keep the 80s alive" (Swiss Internet stream)
2333 - "Evergreen" - Into A Circle
2337 - "Stand And Deliver" - Adam & The Ants
2340 - "No Gift Refused" - Until December
2351 - "White Car In Germany" - Associates
« Last Edit: April 13, 2022, 0000 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: 80s Forever (via Mix?) 6880 AM 2244 UTC 12 April 2022
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2022, 2328 UTC »
2326 UTC SIO 555, S8 - S9 with excellent audio into my SDR
2326 "Someone Up There" Joe Jackson
2328 "Melanie Still Hurts" The Icicle Works
2333 "Evergreen" Into A circle
2337 "Stand And Deliver" Adam & The Ants
2340 "No Gift Refused" Until December
« Last Edit: April 12, 2022, 2341 UTC by Sky Waves »
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Re: 80s Forever (via Mix?) 6880 AM 2244 UTC 12 April 2022
« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2022, 2343 UTC »
2338 UTC: Good signal but noisy with some bad fading, call it 35333. Nice music throughout.
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Re: 80s Forever (via Mix?) 6880 AM 2244 UTC 12 April 2022
« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2022, 2346 UTC »
2344 Music at S9+20, Wow! Must be MRI? Great AM sound.  :) Live internet stream relay.
« Last Edit: April 12, 2022, 2351 UTC by flexoman61 »
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Re: 80s Forever (via Mix?) 6880 AM 2244 UTC 12 April 2022
« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2022, 2349 UTC »
I have it with an excellent signal (60 dB SNR).  Playing a newer rock tune.  Thanks for the show.
2351Z ID as Forever Dot Radio (Forever.Radio), keeping the 80s alive.
0005Z Caught the ID better this time; Eighties Forever Dot Radio.
« Last Edit: April 13, 2022, 0007 UTC by JustGreg »
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Re: 80s Forever (via Mix?) 6880 AM 2244 UTC 12 April 2022
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2022, 0014 UTC »
SINPO=44433

012- Recorded OM ID, "The request line is always open for your favorite music....80s Forever dot Radio."
013- "Great Palaces of Immortal Splendour"  by Single Gun Theory.
017- "Wet Job" by Fingerprintz.
« Last Edit: April 13, 2022, 0017 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
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Re: 80s Forever (via Mix?) 6880 AM 2244 UTC 12 April 2022
« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2022, 0023 UTC »
0022 Sounds like the Furs but I'm not familiar with the tune. SIO 323 from Winter Park Florida.
« Last Edit: April 13, 2022, 0025 UTC by corq »
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Re: 80s Forever (via Mix?) 6880 AM 2244 UTC 12 April 2022
« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2022, 0031 UTC »
The Specials!!! +10 over S9/SNR:12.6dB into NH, USA

Thank you for playing this band!!
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