Today I picked up this station driving near Cal State Long Beach. They were running an oldies show called "The Top 40 Hit Clock" playing songs from 1967 in the morning and then 1971 in the afternoon. The signal was very strong in East Long Beach and Seal Beach. It started to fade north of Katella on the 605. I'm guessing it's a pirate station. A google search reveals nothing. So does anyone know anything about this station?
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KCHC 90.9
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Move it to the DX & Reception Forum
Why? We do not know if, perhaps, it is a local pirate. Since there is no KCHC, the market where it was heard is a good start, as this does not sound like DX.
He get more views there & people prob give him a answer
No such station, of course. And in CA there appears to be no station on that frequency with a similar format or one that might have special Sunday programming of that nature. Out of state skip of any kind would not have a "local like" coverage as you drove around.
If it is a local pirate, which every indication says it is, the local LA folks will be the only ones who can help identify it. Someone in another market or state will have no idea.
I will be the area tomorrow and I will see what I hear.
Don't know about the station, but the Top 40 Hit Clock was an old syndicated show done by Bill Drake:
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The show is no longer available, so the station is likely airing the show without permission
It seems kind of unusual to hear a pirate on a non-comm frequency. Usually 100.7 or 104.7 are popular pirate freqs in L.A.
Might of seen this thread & thought going to get in trouble, so he took it off air
Or, simply, they are a weekend or "whenever I want to" pirate.
That too or just broadcasting for his friends to listen too
I don't think someone not in to radios, DXing would look for a pirate and listen
It's really sad that it takes a weekend pirate just to get some cool oldies on the air.
I listen to an internet station in England, all-volunteer, that has a program host ("presenter," as the Brits call them) who pumps the station's stream into a flea-powered transmitter somewhere between 1400-1500 KHz to allow neighbors to enjoy the music without a computer or other streaming device. Several of the presenters are longtime radio amateurs and all have worked in commercial or community radio, so there's a bit of technical knowledge afoot there, but I have no idea if such a use is legal on the medium wave band in the UK.
Is this somebody's personal FM Transmitter and it's a person's personal playlist from their phone, tablet or dashboard app that's intended to be transmitted on the person's car speakers but ended up going beyond the confines of their car.
So disappointing if true. Pirate station is much more fun.Is this somebody's personal FM Transmitter and it's a person's personal playlist from their phone, tablet or dashboard app that's intended to be transmitted on the person's car speakers but ended up going beyond the confines of their car.
I heard nothing yesterday on 90.9 from LAX to Newport Beach.
Why would a pirate choose 90.9, right next to that giant 115kw KPFK signal?
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