• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

Pirate Radio 94.9

E

everclear75

I'm down in the Northern Galveston Co/Southern Harris Co area and while flipping the dials at a stop light by Frys, I came across 94.9. The signal is OK, it seems to get stronger while heading out towards the Kemah area.. Anywho, if this station was a legit station, I would leave my radio there! It sounds like KNBT out of New Braunfels... I heard Billy Joe Shaver, 1100 Springs, Drive By Truckers, Hayes Carll, and like artists yesterday.. I haven't had the chance to listen to it today.. I haven't heard any bumpers or ID and it sounds like mp3 compressed music, so its gotta be a pirate right? just checkin...
 
I know the station pretty well since i live in league city and it is indeed a pirate. The signal is not bad at all it covers the Nasa area very well and it has been on for over a year. I am surprised they have been able to get by with it this long.
 
I'm in SW Houston so I decided to try 94.9 on my Sony HT receiver.

What I hear most strongly is... 94.5 The Buzz (???)

How would that happen, unless this receiver is a POS? It's digital, connected to a large VHF dipole duct taped to my TV.
 
MikeRichardson said:
What I hear most strongly is... 94.5 The Buzz (???)
How would that happen, unless this receiver is a POS? It's digital, connected to a large VHF dipole duct taped to my TV.
Click to expand...

Being in SW Houston you are probably very close to the Missouri City transmitter farm, so you have receiver overload. The external antenna makes things worse.

I assume by digital you mean an HD radio. Unfortunately many of these that I've come across have poor selectivity, so they would be subject to slopover from a strong signal.
 
I use to have a poor walkman, that would be horrible at stations bleeding over to another dial. Every time we would head down to Houston, coming in to columbus KULM will bleed over every dial we head out of the city I can pick up Houston again. My new portable sangean radio does a lot better job now at stations not bleeding in so much.
 
What type of music does it play if I remember it might be rap hiphop I heard there was a pirate playing that type of music close to that area
 
Mediafrog+ said:
Being in SW Houston you are probably very close to the Missouri City transmitter farm, so you have receiver overload. The external antenna makes things worse.

I assume by digital you mean an HD radio. Unfortunately many of these that I've come across have poor selectivity, so they would be subject to slopover from a strong signal.
Click to expand...

By digital I meant digital tuning, sorry wasn't clear on that, it's just a standard AM/FM radio built into the home theater/amplifier. Oddly enough it allows me to tune even-numbered frequencies (like 94.6).

I think it just might be a crappy tuner, because I can't get 103.7 at all, but downstairs in the car I can get it just fine.
 
Status
This thread has been closed due to inactivity. You can create a new thread to discuss this topic.


Back
Top Bottom