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88.5 WXPN's 67kHZ SCA programming

radiodx10

radiodx10

Using my SDR receiver and SDR# program, I have finally been able to decode and hear WXPN's SCA audio at 67kHz within their 88.5 signal.

I am making a recording of it so, potentially, this will be the first recording of this signal.

However, my question to you all is, does anyone know what the service is? I can find on my own absolutely nothing describing who or what it is for. Usually I know these are used for the blind or vision impaired, but what I am hearing sounds to be some sort of creole religious music. Any help would be appreciated.
 
Thank you so much! I searched the exact same words yet Radio Vision Celeste did not show up. Really weird but thank you so much again. This is a huge help.
 
Seems crazy that there are still radio stations using SCA. Aren't there plenty of HD Radio side channels that could be leased out instead? At least HD radios aren't as rare. Even a streaming pure play model seems like it would make more sense than SCA at this point.
 
I've heard a SCA signal on youtube from someone with a portible radio but what does it sound like direct from the radio itself via line out jacks?
 
Way back in the prehistoric 1970s, I was working at WIOQ and for a time they were sending out an SCA for the Physicians Radio Network, It was sort of like the closed TV stuff you see in doctors' offices now, but this was just a special radio designed to pick up the subcarrier.

In those days, the subcarrier added a sort-of whistle to the stereo sound on some crappier tuners. Mono radios were exempt.

We always had a monitor in the automation room that you could turn up to hear what the SCA was sending out. Boring stuff.
 
While we are in the Jurassic 1970s, I remember having one unit of a cordless intercom set that used power line
via low frequency RF in the 50-100 kHz range. One channel was near 67 kHz so I tweeked it spot on and connected
it to the MPX output of an Eico FM tuner. First station I tried was running a medical program like you described.
Other stations were running Russian program, a woman reading a children's story , main channel audio and
what sounded like FSK teletype like stream - maybe text or telemetry back to the studio .

Fred, LA
 
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