930/98.1 stunting?

[golden eagles97]

A moment ago, I heard an ID for a DM2 customized radio in Switzerland or something to that effect. The music is all over the place. I heard a country song, then a duet by Julio Iglesias and Dolly Parton, then a song that sounds like something Enya would sing, then a foreign language song, and now the remix of December 1963. The FM sounds very distorted, but the AM is fine.

 

[Thisi]

I don't know if it's a pirate overpowering the translator, but it could be.

 

[CTListener]

I don't know if it's a pirate overpowering the translator, but it could be.

That's what I'm thinking. Someone in the area with a low power transmitter hooked up to a web stream of a Swiss radio station -- maybe testing in preparation of more coherent pirate programming or maybe just some slacker looking to get noticed.

 

[Thisi]

That's what I'm thinking. Someone in the area with a low power transmitter hooked up to a web stream of a Swiss radio station -- maybe testing in preparation of more coherent pirate programming or maybe just some slacker looking to get noticed.

I heard an IP address on the station. The RDS says "Black Information Network", so it's likely a broadcast signal intrusion (like the Max Headroom attack)

 

[CTListener]

I heard an IP address on the station. The RDS says "Black Information Network", so it's likely a broadcast signal intrusion (like the Max Headroom attack)

But why would a BIN affiliate be playing Dolly Parton, an Enya soundalike and "foreign music"?

 

[Thisi]

They're on the air with no programming

 

[lanceventa]

It sounds like the Barix box used to distribute audio to the transmitter got reset and is running the default audio server. They just need to reset the device.

 

[PTBoardOp94]

Lance's thought was my thought too - either a default audio stream or the station left the default password and a "hacker" reprogrammed the audio server.

 

[Thisi]

Lance's thought was my thought too - either a default audio stream or the station left the default password and a "hacker" reprogrammed the audio server.

930 AM is back on the air but 98.1 isn't

 

[briansmac]

We sure miss the days of Farmer Jim on WSLI 930.

 

[rfburns]

Had the pleasure of meeting Farmer Jim not long before he had to retire from WSLI due to health issues. Lots of Jackson radio voices no longer with us.