WFUN 1620 AM New York PIRATE RADIO

Here is WFUN, a pirate radio station. The announcer "Neil Down" is decidely from New YAWK and is probably transmitting with a detuned Heathkit 160 meter ham transmitter and a 300W heater. Aircheck recorded from far Northeast Philadelphia. The signal is marred by the pirate's low-power and a navigation beacon on the same frequency. This was years before the AM broadcast band was extended to 1700 kHz. I called the station during one of their sporadic late-night 1981 - 82 broadcasts and "Manhattan" showed up on my phone bill. This aircheck is on or about March 7, 1982. Please comment if you know anything else about this station.

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• WFUN
• 1620
• AM
• Broadcast Band
• Pirate Radio
• DX
• aircheck
• New York