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Sirius Radio Repeater - Southington 98.5

MarcB

MarcB

I picked up another Sirius Radio repeater in Southington today. It's on 98.5 FM. Whatever Sirius Channel they were using was playing mostly Classic Rock. I heard "Coming to America" by Rod Stewart? (Is that who sings it?). I also heard some 70s/80s Dance Music on the channel too including "Born to be Alive" by Patrick Hernandez. It was really strong on Queen Street Shoprite Plaza area and the Plaza where Bob's Furniture is. There was several seconds of dead air in-between songs, no song IDS, and no station IDs. Station started mixing with La Fiesta from Long Island driving up Spring Street past BJ's Wholesale Club and 98.5 was completely La Fiesta by time I reached Route 229 at the end of Spring Street.
 
Probably not Sirius. Most of their channels have some sort of brief DJ chatter, liner, jingle, or whatever between most songs.
 
luperm said:
Probably not Sirius. Most of their channels have some sort of brief DJ chatter, liner, jingle, or whatever between most songs.
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Agree. Dead air is non-existent on the pop/rock channels. Sounds like Marc ran across a makeshift background music system, maybe for some parking-lot event involving some of the businesses along that strip.

Oh, and "Coming to America" is Neil Diamond, not Rod Stewart.
 
You were probably driving alongside someone using an FM transmitter for their iPod. Not everyone has Aux jacks in their cars.
 
Sirius would likely be the only place you would hear Rod Stewart's cover of "Coming To America."
 
qunewsguy said:
You were probably driving alongside someone using an FM transmitter for their iPod. Not everyone has Aux jacks in their cars.
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The thing is I wasn't driving. I was parked - in 2 different parking lots. Someone must've left their IPOD on in their car while it was parked. I was in Southington for close to 3 1/2 hours on Wednesday.
 
107.3 used to be an awesome Dead frequency in Danbury/Waterbury or be the distant WAAF. no it is occupied by the true oldies channel and goes about as far as 91.7 WXCI goes.
 
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