Every so often you are enlightened by something that makes you reconsider everything you've known about the world. Kind of a Matrix sort of experience, where you discover that your assumptions...or maybe everything that you've been taught about the world is wrong.
The bad thing is that this article was published in 1995. OK, so 18 years later, I have this Matrix-like experience while everyone else is presumably fully aware that the CIA majorly funded modern art as a way to undermine communist ideology. Was everyone else in radio circles aware of this? Although I'd read a lot about Radio Swan and Radio Americas broadcasting from Swan Island and trying to help out with the Bay of Pigs invasion, I did not know that the CIA was also secretly funding ultra-abstract artists, such as Jackson Pollock. The CIA was also secretly funding jazz and classical artists and concerts and publishing journals.
Why were they doing these things? To show the creativity and freedom that could be experienced in the United States. Combating Soviet realism one paint-splattered canvas at a time. And it wasn't just an ideological war; at least some of the CIA administrators were evidently big fans of the art and the music.
Another fascinating bit to me is that while the FBI was infiltrating left-wing organizations in the '60s while trying to bring them down, the CIA was infiltrating the arts in the '60s (presumably filled with left-wing fans and artists) while attempting to strengthen them.
Isn't it about time that the CIA showed to the world what a great and freedom-loving country this is by secretly sponsoring a number of shortwave pirates? If the Radio Free Whatever t-shirt sale suddenly hits 50 (see below), you'll know what happened.
* If you're getting low in pirate radio t-shirts, your favorite heavy-metal-with-fake-Russian-accented-DJs-on-shortwave pirate is coming through in the clutch. Radio Free Whatever t-shirts are now available for $20. Those who haven't heard the station might think you're a psycho communist if they see you wearing it, but it does make for a good conversation starter. Be on the lookout if people start wearing Jackson Pollock t-shirts around you; the CIA might've infiltrated your inner circle.
* The 27th Annual Winter SWLfest is coming up on March 14 and 15, and the list of forums have been announced. Taking center stage is Behind the Curtain: North Korean Broadcasting and Propaganda, which "will extensively discuss and feature audio and video examples of North
Korean internal and external broadcasting, international and clandestine
broadcasters that manage to penetrate through the regime’s jamming, as
well as descriptions and photographs of the media infrastructure used by
the North Korean regime as the prime instrument of control over the
population."
* Pirate YHWH has not been reported on any of the pirate forums lately, but on the HFU blog, Everett Curry commented that he heard it on 14350 kHz on January 16 at 2300 UTC.
* I bought a new radio for restoration, a Philco 87 lowboy console. I've started stripping the cabinet and cleaning the chassis. I haven't forgotten about the Goldentone, but it's poorly made and I'm still in the process of trying to drill out the pot-metal screw that holds the tuning knob onto the potentiometer. Hopefully, I'll start posting a Philco 87 running account this week.
* Radio song of the day? "Radio Song" by Superbus from France
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Monday, January 6, 2014
Auds 'n' Ends: 1/6/14
In the past New Year's Eve has been excellent for pirates, but activity really slows down for New Year's Day. That happened again in 2013/2014, but I expected that a lot of stations would crop up for this past weekend--especially because of the big snowstorms that have pounded the Midwest and Northeast over the past few days. As it turned out, very few stations were on; in fact, it was one of the lightest weekends in terms of activity in probably about the past four years. Strange, but the unpredictability of pirate radio does help make it fun.
* Summermeeting is an annual event in Europe for pirate radio enthusiasts. Cool AM created an audio promo for it and posted it here.
* Song about radio of the week (or at least this post): Lana Del Ray "Radio"
* The temperatures are dropping faster than the MUF at sunset. I heard that it's supposed to get so cold that frostbite can occur in less than 10 minutes. After watching the Packers-49ers game last night (real temp. 2 degrees in the 4th quarter), I think football player arms must be immune to frostbite.
* I should have another group of PRAs going out either tomorrow or Wednesday.
* Speaking of the PRA, I just wrote a couple of entries yesterday (during the Packers-49ers game) and two more today for the 2014 edition. Slowly, slowly....
* I've been talking over the past year or so to people about the disappearance of South American pirates in the hobby. I've been planning to write an article to the topic for this PRA. So, I was really surprised to see a mention on HFU about Radio Compañía Worldwide, Chile. I hope this new station will get more people in the region thinking about the possibilities.
* Summermeeting is an annual event in Europe for pirate radio enthusiasts. Cool AM created an audio promo for it and posted it here.
* Song about radio of the week (or at least this post): Lana Del Ray "Radio"
* The temperatures are dropping faster than the MUF at sunset. I heard that it's supposed to get so cold that frostbite can occur in less than 10 minutes. After watching the Packers-49ers game last night (real temp. 2 degrees in the 4th quarter), I think football player arms must be immune to frostbite.
* I should have another group of PRAs going out either tomorrow or Wednesday.
* Speaking of the PRA, I just wrote a couple of entries yesterday (during the Packers-49ers game) and two more today for the 2014 edition. Slowly, slowly....
* I've been talking over the past year or so to people about the disappearance of South American pirates in the hobby. I've been planning to write an article to the topic for this PRA. So, I was really surprised to see a mention on HFU about Radio Compañía Worldwide, Chile. I hope this new station will get more people in the region thinking about the possibilities.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Station Entries for the 2014 PRA
I've been working on creating the initial entry list and also writing a couple of entries today for the 2014 Pirate Radio Annual. Between the thousands of loggings posted online, some of which are initially listed as unids, with wrong IDs, or are misspelled (which makes searching impossible), this is the list that I'm starting with. If you run a station and don't find your station here, feel free to drop a line to let me know that you were active in 2013 and also please send links to one or more loggings of your station from the year so I can dig up material to write the entry.
All
Aboard Radio
All Along
The Watchtower Radio
Amelia
Earhart
ANN
HOFFER
Big Boobs Radio
The Big Q
Bitch
Radio
Black Cat Radio
Blue Ocean Radio
BOCHF
Boom Box Radio
Britain
Radio International
El Buen
Pescador
Bust A Nut
Radio
BZN
Radio
Captain Morgan Shortwave
Chamber Pot Radio
Channel Z
CHIP
CHKN
CKLW
Cool AM Radio
Crazy Wave Radio. See entry in Europe section
CYOT
Radio
DIT DAH
Radio
Dubstep.fm
Eccentric
Shortwave
Echo One
Edmund
Fitzgerald Radio
Empire
Radio
Family Radio. See WFMT.
Frederic
Chopin Radio
Global Warming Radio
Grasscutter Radio
Grizzly
Bear Shortwave
Happy Hannukah
Hardtack
Radio
Hit Parade Radio
Hot Radio.
See Cool AM.
Hot Legs
Radio
Insane
Radio
JFK
Shortwave
KAMP
KBOX
KEGE
Relay
KIPM
KMUD
Knock
Knock Radio
KPZL
Laser Hot
Hits
The Late
Movie
Left
Lane Radio
Liberty
Rock Radio
Liquid
Radio
LTO
Radio
MAC
Man Cave
Radio
Man In
the Moon Radio
Marine
Corps Birthday Radio
Metro Radio International
MIDI
Radio
Mouth Of
Mohammed
My New
Underpants
Mysterious
America Radio
Mystery
Radio
New
Jersey Pirate Radio
NOEL
Northern
Relay Service
Northwoods
Radio
NSDAP Radio
Partial
India Radio
Pee Pee
Vagina Radio
Pipeline
Radio
PBS
Pirate Broadcast System
Pirate Radio Boston
Pirates
Week
Pirating
With Cumbre
Pseudo Radio
Pumpkin
Patch Radio
Radio
Anonymous Int
Radio Appalachia
Radio
Azteca
radio
casablanca
Radio
Cinco De Mayo
Radio
Copy #1
Radio Dr
Tim
Radio Echo One
Radio End Times
| Radio First Termer |
Radio
Free Speech
Radio Free Whatever
Radio GaGa
Radio Gallifrey International
Radio
Halloween
Radio
Ice Cream
Radio
Jackie
Radio Jamba International
Radio
Jihad
Radio Marlene
Radio
Morania Intl
Radio Mushroom
Radio
Paisano
Radio Pipeline
Radio
Ronin
Radio
Snausages Int
Radio
Strange Outpost 7
Radio Totse
Radio True North
Radio RWTFYWTCM
Radio
Vixen International
Radio
Without Borders International
Rainbow
Radio Shortwave
Rattlesnake Radio
Rave On Radio
REBEL
RADIO
Red Mercury Labs
Renegade Radio
RKNW
Satan Radio
SDF1
Radio
SHARON Radio
Snowball Radio
Southern
Relay Service
Sunshine Radio. See Grasscutter Radio.
Tea Party Radio
Toynbee
Radio
Turkey
Breast Radio
Turtlehead Radio
Twangy
Radio
Undercover Radio
"UNID"
Unids
Backwards
numbers station
Fallout
4 Station 3450
Fruitcake
Station
UNID 10YA
Station
Victory
Radio
Voice of Alix
The
Voice Of The American Indian
Voice of Bacon
Voice
of Captain Ron SW
Voice of
Doom
Voice of
Honor
Voice of KAOS
Voice of
Pancho Villa
The
Voice of Planet Zulu
The
Voice Of The Robots
WAHR
WAZU
WBNY
WBOG
WCBT
WCS
WDDJ
WDDR (Drunken DJ Radio)
WEAK
WFAR
WFMT
WFUQ
WFUZ
WGWR. See Global Warming Radio
WHJR
Wireless
Fantasy
Witch City
Radio
WJFK
WKIL
WLIS
WMMR
WMPR
WNKR
WOLF
Wolverine Radio
WPOD
WPON
WRRI
Radio Random International
WRRR
WSBR
WTKY
WTPR
WUBR
WWR
Xenu
XEROX
X-FM
XLR8
XYZ
Yawneb
YHWH
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
My New Year's Eve/New Year's Day Loggings 12/31/13-1/2/13
Radio GaGa: 6925U, 2254 Playing Barnes & Barnes "Fishheads" ELP "Lucky Man" etc. "Live from Zipper Lake" ID
Unidentified: 6955, 2309+ All percussion, no IDs heard yet. Nice signal here with deep fading
I made the mistake of eating supper and a bunch of stations were on the air, according to logs on the HFU: CCC Radio, NSDAP Radio, and WBOG + an unidentified station or two. My guess is that NSDAP Radio was either some programming aired by CCC Radio or was a different show aired by the same pirate. CCC Radio was KKK-related station that made a couple of broadcasts in the '90s, long after the Voice of Tomorrow had stopped. I never heard the station, but The ACE printed one of their QSLs.
Wolverine Radio: 6950U, 1/1, 0030+ Beautiful signal. Was listening while digging through '90s ACEs, trying to find any logs of CCC Radio (still no luck).
Radio Free Whatever: 6925, 1/1, 0130 Playing "Indians" by Anthrax.
Radio Celestial: 1710, 1/1, 0200 Driving around in the car for a while and heard zilch for a few min. Then got to one spot and could hear Spanish-language contemporary Christian music, so I assume it was them. This immediately faded into what I assume was the NJ TIS, with a promo on getting flu shots. Typical telephonic audio. Best I've ever heard the TIS. Could hear co-channel splatter here, so I assumed it was from 1700 kHz. But then I got home & saw that Undercover Radio was on 1720, so maybe that's where the splatter's coming from. Unfortunately, the MW band is really buzzy here, so I can't really hear anything...and my car stereo only goes up to 1710 kHz.
Fake Numbers Station: 6925, 1/1, 0205+ English numbers
Unid: 6925U, 1/1, 0645+ Tuned in to some music & hit Record
X-FM: 6960, 1/1, 0645+ Still on the air. Fair signal
Radio Plate Current: 6925U, 1/1, 0700+ A lot of electronic dance music with two DJs. Long periods of talking & announced an e-mail address a few times and with phonetics. Announced the e-mail "because we're in the 21st century." Just sent an e-mail to see if I copied the address correctly. If I get it, I'll list it here, but I don't want to post incorrect info if I can possibly avoid it.
Unidentified: 6955, 2309+ All percussion, no IDs heard yet. Nice signal here with deep fading
I made the mistake of eating supper and a bunch of stations were on the air, according to logs on the HFU: CCC Radio, NSDAP Radio, and WBOG + an unidentified station or two. My guess is that NSDAP Radio was either some programming aired by CCC Radio or was a different show aired by the same pirate. CCC Radio was KKK-related station that made a couple of broadcasts in the '90s, long after the Voice of Tomorrow had stopped. I never heard the station, but The ACE printed one of their QSLs.
Wolverine Radio: 6950U, 1/1, 0030+ Beautiful signal. Was listening while digging through '90s ACEs, trying to find any logs of CCC Radio (still no luck).
Radio Free Whatever: 6925, 1/1, 0130 Playing "Indians" by Anthrax.
Radio Celestial: 1710, 1/1, 0200 Driving around in the car for a while and heard zilch for a few min. Then got to one spot and could hear Spanish-language contemporary Christian music, so I assume it was them. This immediately faded into what I assume was the NJ TIS, with a promo on getting flu shots. Typical telephonic audio. Best I've ever heard the TIS. Could hear co-channel splatter here, so I assumed it was from 1700 kHz. But then I got home & saw that Undercover Radio was on 1720, so maybe that's where the splatter's coming from. Unfortunately, the MW band is really buzzy here, so I can't really hear anything...and my car stereo only goes up to 1710 kHz.
Fake Numbers Station: 6925, 1/1, 0205+ English numbers
Unid: 6925U, 1/1, 0645+ Tuned in to some music & hit Record
X-FM: 6960, 1/1, 0645+ Still on the air. Fair signal
Radio Plate Current: 6925U, 1/1, 0700+ A lot of electronic dance music with two DJs. Long periods of talking & announced an e-mail address a few times and with phonetics. Announced the e-mail "because we're in the 21st century." Just sent an e-mail to see if I copied the address correctly. If I get it, I'll list it here, but I don't want to post incorrect info if I can possibly avoid it.
Auds 'n' Ends 12/31/13
Happy New Year's Eve!
In some ways, it seems kinda dumb to write that because when I peck away on this blog, I'm essentially just writing to myself. It's kinda like a journal that's left out by the sidewalk in front of the house. I know that some people check it out, but I don't know people open it up, think "??" and walk away or if some people come back from time to time and really read it.
It doesn't really matter to me either way; I'll keep writing here, in part because it's going to make creating the PRAs easier. Also, it is kinda nice to have a radio journal to refer to.
So, "Happy New Year's Eve to me...and to the spammers in Malaysia, who might take time to read this"
* I see that Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke are going to be on the CBS NYE show. Will I be watching to see if they do something "scandalous?" No. I could care less what new attention-getting scheme they shoot for this time (unless it's them running a pirate radio station).
When it comes to NYE programs, one thing comes to mind (and it's not Dick Clark). It's WGUT/WHOT, who made NYE special every year for about a decade. Here's a link to their 1986/87 NYE show. And here's a five-minute video of them as WGUT ringing in the new year in 1983. I'm wondering how long it be until someone relays one of these NYE shows on NYE?
* A great but little-known comic strip ends today, Cow & Boy. You can check out their archives here.
* Interesting how little pirate activity there's been in North America the past few days. I guess everyone's either gearing up for tonight, tired from all of the Christmas broadcasting, or planning parties.
* Frank Sinatra on the radio on New Year's Eve 1943 is a bit of a diversion from typical posts here
In some ways, it seems kinda dumb to write that because when I peck away on this blog, I'm essentially just writing to myself. It's kinda like a journal that's left out by the sidewalk in front of the house. I know that some people check it out, but I don't know people open it up, think "??" and walk away or if some people come back from time to time and really read it.
It doesn't really matter to me either way; I'll keep writing here, in part because it's going to make creating the PRAs easier. Also, it is kinda nice to have a radio journal to refer to.
So, "Happy New Year's Eve to me...and to the spammers in Malaysia, who might take time to read this"
* I see that Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke are going to be on the CBS NYE show. Will I be watching to see if they do something "scandalous?" No. I could care less what new attention-getting scheme they shoot for this time (unless it's them running a pirate radio station).
When it comes to NYE programs, one thing comes to mind (and it's not Dick Clark). It's WGUT/WHOT, who made NYE special every year for about a decade. Here's a link to their 1986/87 NYE show. And here's a five-minute video of them as WGUT ringing in the new year in 1983. I'm wondering how long it be until someone relays one of these NYE shows on NYE?
* A great but little-known comic strip ends today, Cow & Boy. You can check out their archives here.
* Interesting how little pirate activity there's been in North America the past few days. I guess everyone's either gearing up for tonight, tired from all of the Christmas broadcasting, or planning parties.
* Frank Sinatra on the radio on New Year's Eve 1943 is a bit of a diversion from typical posts here
Saturday, December 28, 2013
NA Activity last week: 12/23 to 12/30/2013
12/23 Monday UTC (Sunday night into Mon.)
UNID: 6925U 0047
UNID 6925U 0156-0204+
Pirate Radio Boston 1720 0055-0149*
Radio Free Whatever/Pirate Radio Boston: 1720 *0229-0425* audio
Captain Morgan SW: 6925 0233
Captain Morgan SW: 6950.2 0243
Pirate Radio Boston 6925 1200-1226*
Channel Z 6925 *2214-2256*
Radio Free Whatever 6925 2300-0004*
Radio Totse (Relay) 6940U 2330-0006
12/24 Tuesday UTC (Monday night into Tues.)
Pirate Radio Boston 6925 *0005-0051*
Black Cat Radio 6925U *0102-0130*
Radio Totse: 6920L 0110-0121
Radio Gallifrey Intergalactic 6925U *0139-0225*
Radio Free Whatever 1720 *0214-0316* audio
Radio Totse 6940U 0237-0253*
Pirate Radio Boston 1720 0400-0427*
UNID 6924.9U 2200-2235*
Radio Jingle Bells 6924.67 2249-2340
Radio Marlene 6930.06U 2253-2300
12/25 Wednesday UTC (Tuesday night into Wed.)
Wolverine Radio 6945U 0200-0424*
Channel Z 6925 1305-1336
WBNY 6950 1350-1450*
Boombox Radio 6924.6 1525-1634
Radio Dr, Tim 6949 1637-1654*
Radio Dr. Tim 6924.65 1845-1941*
Pirate Radio Boston 6925 2035-2056*
Boom Box Radio 6950 2100-2209*
Crystal Ship: 6925.56 2214-2340*
12/26 Thursday UTC (Wednesday night into Thurs.)
Pirate Radio Boston 6930 0012-0116
Boom Box Radio 6925 1554-1634*
Radio True North 6924.75-> 6940 2300-0132
Pirate Radio Boston 1720 *2352-0038
XLR8 6930U 2355-0045*
12/27 Friday UTC (Thursday night into Fri.)
Captain Morgan SW 6925 *0142-0212*
Pirate Radio Boston 1720 0208-0233
Radio Totse (relay) 6930U 0227-0246
Red Mercury Labs 6925U 0401-0443
Radio Dr. Tim 6925 1300-1350*
WTPR 6930.6 1435-1450
Undercover Radio (incl. PR Boston relay) 13960 1743-1830
CHKN 6913.3 2003-2031
SHARON Radio 6925U 2318-2327*
SHARON Radio 6935U 2338-2359*
12/28 Saturday UTC (Friday night into Sat.)
Undercover Radio 1720 0300-0406*
Radio Free Whatever 6949.2 1721-
Pirate Radio Boston 13960U 1620-1719*
Radio Free Whatever 6924.6 2223-2325*
12/29 Sunday UTC (Saturday night into Sun.)
Radio Gallifrey Intergalactic 6945U 0125-0207* audio
Rattlesnake Radio 6950U SSTV 0200
Pirate Radio Boston: 1710 0215-0410
Pirate Radio Boston 6925 0445-0543*
UNID 1710 0603-0605*
UNID: 6925U 0047
UNID 6925U 0156-0204+
Pirate Radio Boston 1720 0055-0149*
Radio Free Whatever/Pirate Radio Boston: 1720 *0229-0425* audio
Captain Morgan SW: 6925 0233
Captain Morgan SW: 6950.2 0243
Pirate Radio Boston 6925 1200-1226*
Channel Z 6925 *2214-2256*
Radio Free Whatever 6925 2300-0004*
Radio Totse (Relay) 6940U 2330-0006
12/24 Tuesday UTC (Monday night into Tues.)
Pirate Radio Boston 6925 *0005-0051*
Black Cat Radio 6925U *0102-0130*
Radio Totse: 6920L 0110-0121
Radio Gallifrey Intergalactic 6925U *0139-0225*
Radio Free Whatever 1720 *0214-0316* audio
Radio Totse 6940U 0237-0253*
Pirate Radio Boston 1720 0400-0427*
UNID 6924.9U 2200-2235*
Radio Jingle Bells 6924.67 2249-2340
Radio Marlene 6930.06U 2253-2300
12/25 Wednesday UTC (Tuesday night into Wed.)
Wolverine Radio 6945U 0200-0424*
Channel Z 6925 1305-1336
WBNY 6950 1350-1450*
Boombox Radio 6924.6 1525-1634
Radio Dr, Tim 6949 1637-1654*
Radio Dr. Tim 6924.65 1845-1941*
Pirate Radio Boston 6925 2035-2056*
Boom Box Radio 6950 2100-2209*
Crystal Ship: 6925.56 2214-2340*
12/26 Thursday UTC (Wednesday night into Thurs.)
Pirate Radio Boston 6930 0012-0116
Boom Box Radio 6925 1554-1634*
Radio True North 6924.75-> 6940 2300-0132
Pirate Radio Boston 1720 *2352-0038
XLR8 6930U 2355-0045*
12/27 Friday UTC (Thursday night into Fri.)
Captain Morgan SW 6925 *0142-0212*
Pirate Radio Boston 1720 0208-0233
Radio Totse (relay) 6930U 0227-0246
Red Mercury Labs 6925U 0401-0443
Radio Dr. Tim 6925 1300-1350*
WTPR 6930.6 1435-1450
Undercover Radio (incl. PR Boston relay) 13960 1743-1830
CHKN 6913.3 2003-2031
SHARON Radio 6925U 2318-2327*
SHARON Radio 6935U 2338-2359*
12/28 Saturday UTC (Friday night into Sat.)
Undercover Radio 1720 0300-0406*
Radio Free Whatever 6949.2 1721-
Pirate Radio Boston 13960U 1620-1719*
Radio Free Whatever 6924.6 2223-2325*
12/29 Sunday UTC (Saturday night into Sun.)
Radio Gallifrey Intergalactic 6945U 0125-0207* audio
Rattlesnake Radio 6950U SSTV 0200
Pirate Radio Boston: 1710 0215-0410
Pirate Radio Boston 6925 0445-0543*
UNID 1710 0603-0605*
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