Pirate on 87.9

Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com
Wed Jul 1 20:11:31 EDT 2009


Ok, now forgive an un-educated person ... but is Route 1/62 anywhere near
Rowley?

I do believe there is an 87.9 pirate station there that plays the kinda of
music you describe.

NECRAT.com seems to be down, I think they had a picture on there.


-- 
Sincerely,
Paul B. Walker, Jr.
www.onairdj.com
walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com



On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Brian Vita <brian_vita@cssinc.com> wrote:

> While driving last night on Route 1 at the intersection with Route 62 I
> picked up a strong signal playing oldies (70's pop vintage)in stereo.  At
> the top of the hour they played a promo for a Friday night Wolfman Jack
> show
> and Id'd the station only as 87.9 - no calls.  I was able to hear the
> station through Peabody Square all the way back to my apartment across from
> Salem Hospital.
>
> I'm guessing, from the frequency and lack of ID's, sweepers, etc, that
> they're a pirate but they sounded very good.  The audio path was clean and
> the limited production didn't sound like an IPOD on shuffle.  The strength
> of the signal would be roughly what I'd expect WMWM to do if its TX was
> located in Danvers so I'm guessing about 100 -150 watts.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
> Brian Vita
>
>


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