Friday, June 22, 2007

Pirate Radio Blog Logs


This morning's Blog Logs feature a sampling from this week's Free Radio Weekly enewsletter and blog contributors. Two new stations were heard by Dxers, Radio Jambi International and Real Pirate Radio. Congrats to Ed Insinger as he joins the editorial staff of FRN. Best of DX to all for the weekend!
Gayle VH

Grasscutter Radio/Sunshine Radio sunshineradio@hotmail.com
6925U on 6/13 from 2330 to 2350, several ID’s and saying hello to all the pirates out there. Mentioned that this was a combined Sunshine Radio/Grasscutter Radio program. Music by Procal Harem singing "A Whiter Shade Of Pale." SIO=444. (Insinger, NJ)
Insinger, NJ)

MAC Shortwave macshortwave@yahoo.com
6850AM 6/9 0048-0201+ The Paul Starr show started with the song "Happy Organ" Beatles, Beach Boys (Help me Rhoda) and other classic rock tunes like Sonny and Cher. Followed up with old TV Themes. Paul signed off at 0126. Carrier did not drop and audio started up at 0128. More themes like Spider man, Johnny Rivers Secret Agent man. Identifications were Check your tire pressure and stop playing with yourself. Also had Fun radiates around Doctor
Who. (434 Majewski CT)

The Crystal Ship
5386AM- 11 June- 0216-0244+ - SINPO 24222- Playing the Doors "Celebration of the
Lizard". Signal was mostly down in the noise, a brutal half hour of attempted listening. Notified of this broadcast via e-mail from TCS. (McClintock-OH)

The Crystal Ship - 6875AM 6/13 0051-0130+ Show started with music from the Doors, then Alice Cooper (School's Out, I'm Eighteen), Bob Seeger and Argent.(333) Majewski CT)

The Crystal Ship
6875/AM, 0153-0200+, 13-June; Weird tunes & weird stuff. SIO=443, occasional ute bursts. (Frodge-MI)

The Crystal Ship
5386, 0358-0441. 06/11/07. The Xtal Ship sailing on an odd freq. Lots of music from the 1980s including: "What About Love," "Heat of the Moment," "Midnight Blue" and several others that I couldn’t ID. Station ID at 0431 by YL as "You are listening to the Crystal Ship" followed by unreadable comments. ID by John Poet at 0432-"You’re tuned to the Crystal Ship." Audio clip about the war in Iraq at 0436. Signal audible from 5384-5388 and // 6875. The signal was lost on 6875 at 0425. Static closed in at 0440 on 5386. Some fades throughout the bx. Fair to good signal on 5386 until 0437 then very poor until 0440. Poor signal on 6875 throughout. (Wood, TN).

Radio Jamba International
Saturday, June 9, 2007, 2300, 6990.18 usb. Radio Jamba International. "Alcohol soaked news," Commander Bunny Alfa Lima bits, and more. SIO 433, somewhat hard to tune, as if the xmtr was not quite stable, or the solar conditions were wreaking havoc at the grey line.(Will-MD)

Radio Jamba International
6925U 6/16 from 2243 to 2253. ID’s and mentions of Alpha Lima, followed by C&W musical selection, as well as tequila and Bob beer. SIO=353, heavy static bursts in my area. Second logging this week. (Insinger, NJ)

WBNY
6851a 6/14/7 23:52 sio333, getting stronger by the minute, going on about "dumb monkeys", ID by a British robot voice at 23:52, listing all of the donors. (Fansome)

Wolverine Radio
Saturday, June 16, 2007, 0227, 6925 usb. Music with occasional istinctive "Wolverine Radio" IDs. ID at 0228. Off around 0235 or so. SIO 222 s5. (Will-MD)

WMPR
6925,0012-0032. 06/21/07. Standard WMPR prgm. Electronic mx and synthesized IDs. G-VG. (Wood, TN).
(Source: Free Radio Weekly #592; J. Wood, TN; H. Frodge, MI)