STA: SIGNAL-9 FRQ: 108.9 MHz PWR: UNLICENSED ● ON AIR UPTIME: 00:00:00
// pirate radio for the last analog hearts // broadcasting from somewhere in the harbour
Carrier Monitor
MODE: SPECTRUM (click wave to switch) NOW PLAYING: MIDNIGHT TIDE — LONGWAVE GHOSTS S/N: 34dB

TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE

all times local · all shows illegal · all hosts pseudonymous
SHOWHOSTWINDOWBAND
THE DEAD CHANNEL
ambient for insomniacs
OPERATOR NULL00:00–03:00108.9
RUST & CHROME
garage tapes, harbour echo
MISS FARADAY03:00–06:00108.9
NUMBERS STATION KARAOKE
you sing, we count
THE ACCOUNTANT06:00–06:30104.2
STATIC GARDENING
field recordings + weather
FERN17:00–19:00108.9
THE LAST ANALOG HOUR
vinyl only, no talking
CAPT. HERTZ23:00–00:0091.1

INTERCEPTED TRANSMISSIONS

02:14OPERATOR NULL: if you can hear this, the tide is doing the mixing tonight.

02:31UNKNOWN: …repeating: 7… 7… 3… 9… kia ora… 7…

03:02MISS FARADAY: this next tape was found in a glovebox at the scrapyard. side B only.

04:47LISTENER (CB): played your station to my houseplants. they leaned toward the speaker.

06:00THE ACCOUNTANT: today's numbers: 4 for the harbour, 12 for the rain, 1 for whoever is still up.

Station Doctrine

No algorithm chooses the next song. A person does, at 3am, for reasons.

Dead air is allowed. Silence is a frequency too.

If the signal drops, walk closer to the sea.

signal9@harbour:~$

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