To me it sounded surprisingly more Parisian than Creole. That was my first impression when I heard the "Radio Diffusion" bit. Okay. Maybe I'm exaggerating. But a rather light Creole accent; I don't know what French sounds like In Guadeloupe et al...
Anyhow, I'm not surprised Bruce was able to get it. Thank you for reporting that. It was surely not at night-time power. But cx were also very good to the south. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 11:50:20 -0400 > Subject: [IRCA] 1030 WONQ FL - French - huge last night > ON > > > Bruce Conti had them last night also - in Nashua, NH - practically in the > back yard of WBZ. Bruce was able to sync the 1030 audio with WONQ's > webstream. Zouk music and man in Creole. > > > Marc DeLorenzo > South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts > http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chernos Saul <[email protected]> > To: irca <[email protected]>; am <[email protected]>; amfmtvdx > <[email protected]>; amdx <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Oct 19, 2013 11:36 am > Subject: [IRCA] 1030 WONQ FL - French - huge last night > ON > > > From downtown Toronto at 0210-0300, mostly dominating WBZ on my Tecsun ULR, > had > French music with no IDs between songs. Suspected WONQ as has been reported > doing French in past. At 0249 a female ancr said "Radio Diffusion de..." and > a > word that was either Oviedo or Orlando. The first spoken word hear the entire > time. At the top of the hour a man gave a somewhat legal ID, from which I > heard > "WONQ Oviedo". > > That's new to my Toronto log and needed from Burnt River ON. It's been on my > radar, thanks to DXers like Robert Ross who reported it awhile ago, also on a > ULR, from London ON. > > Signal unbelievably huge. 45,000 say or 1,700 night watts? No question the > latter or something close to it. It was for the most part better than WBZ. > > Sigs good to south. I heard "Dominicana" in Spanish talk on 900 under CHML. > > Saul Chernos > Toronto / Burnt River ON > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
