'103.3 CHAA and 103.3 WWMP / Tuning in to Lake George Radio' on the last week of The Positive Hedgehog
For some odd reason, a triangle of radio signals has invaded Montreal. 103.3 CHAA from the south shore of Montreal has increased their power and I can hear the station not too far from the extreme western tip of Montreal Island, but then 103.3 WWMP (MP103.3) from Waterbury, VT wants to come in the further west I go, which is totally weird if you think about it because shouldn't I be heading out of the city traveling south to pick WWMP up better? Doesn't make any sense, but anyway...
You then have yet another 103.3 FM this time from Ottawa Ontario. I don't hear that station in Montreal, but I can get 103.3 FM from Ottawa a bit when I am in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. That and 103.3 WWMP since WWMP comes in a bit clearer, which again clearly doesn't make any sense.
Later on today, I will be going for my haircut since I will be headed down to the Lake George area on Wednesday until Friday. The CZH will be on 92.7 FM where I will be broadcast stuff from the Internet and also DJing LIVE on there, probably on Wednesday night. I will turn the CZH off when I am not using it.
This entry was typed on June 25th at 3:06am.
'DJ Sonic on 92.7 FM in Lake George' on the last week of The Positive Hedgehog
Wednesday, June 26th - This morning, my dad and I left the house at 11am. When we passed the border into NY, there was a 88.7 FM in Rouses Point. That station was K-Love. There were about 20 to 30 miles before Lake George where I didn't get any radio station whatsoever. This afternoon, we arrived in Lake George by 2:30pm. I went for a dip in the pool and I noticed some dark storm clouds in the distance. Later on, I came back to my laptop and noticed that the storm clouds were in the Plattsburgh NY / Burlington VT area when I was on NOAA (www.weather.gov) because they were under a severe thunderstorm warning, and I noticed and something were directly from the west of where we were located.
I went to my MyRadar app and there was a big blob heading for us. I told my dad, and I wanted to wait until the rain passed, but no my dad was hungry at that moment, and what do you know, the storm waited until we went to Duffy's Tavern and sat on the terrasse (patio). I looked to the west and the clouds were coming, the ones that were directly west of us. At 6:30pm, BAM! All hell broke lose. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR! And boy, did it come down hard!!! Yes, I was getting sprayed a bit by the rain, but I didn't mind it. I wanted a storm, so I got one... WITH A VENGEANCE! They said a 40% risk of a strong thunderstorm, but it wasn't strong enough. The rain was heavy, though, but a strong thunderstorm? Eh, it could have been just a tad bit stronger with loud cracking thunder. There was thunder, yes, but not LOUD thunder. I did hear AM static on 530 AM (frequency not used for the Lake George area), but I never saw any lightning, which was very weird.
When we both came back, I was DJing on 92.7 FM for over 3 hours and I hope some others listened since there's not a whole heck of a lot of radio stations to choose from over here. 95.9 WCQL, 98.5 WCKM, 100.3 WFFG, and maybe 91.9 WNGN (Adirondack Praise Network) for religious people. 90.3 WAMC comes in pretty well over here, and that is NPR for Albany. 103.1 WGY (810 on the AM dial) does come in too, but it has trouble to. WGY is a news/talk radio station, and I sometimes do get 810 back in Montreal in the overnight hours, though I still would have to turn my walkman since WGY is interfered with 800 CJAD. Anyway, I don't know if I will DJ on Thursday because I want to get ready for the trip back to Montreal on Friday. There is a road trip waiting for me since my dad wants to go on Route 9P again, and that route goes around Saratoga Lake. 103.1 WGY will get stronger, but then I probably listen to 90.3 WAMC since I will be closer to Albany. The 107.9 WVPS NPR station from Burlington doesn't really come in all that well over here.
There also was a 91.1 FM station that was coming in before we hit Lake George, and it sounded like it was a religious station. AAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!! ENOUGH RELIGIOUS STATIONS ALREADY!!! It's okay, I'll just enjoy myself while I am here in Lake George and when we both go back north on 9N on Friday, I'll be in my glory because the view on the route is just something else! Maybe I will get more radio stations since I will be closer to the border of Vermont.
Anyway, Wednesday's blog is wayyy too long, I am sorry guys. Maybe Boomer can 'abbreviate' this and the listening audience can go onto my blog page and read it in full.
I am signing off from this entry on Thursday morning at 12:45 from Lake George.
'Error on my part' on my last blog as The Positive Hedgehog
107.9 WVPS still is working in Lake George actually pretty well.
'Before I go to lunch and then to Saratoga Springs' on The Positive Hedgehog
I want to correct myself for a third and last time. 107.9 WVPS is not working all that well. The station is trying to come in, yeah, but it's mixed in with a lot of static.
'Kind of forgetting to do another entry since I am a bit tired from the trip back home' on The Positive Hedgehog
Well, Friday rolled around and I packed everything up in the morning, like around 8:45 or something... did my morning routine and got ready to go back in the car. Now, about our car... this car has GPS, and I set it up for Westport in NY, which is where we had to go for I-87 since my dad wanted to take the scenic Route 9N from Lake George back up, which was fun. I wanted to remember what radio station I listened to the most while we traveled on 9N, but does it really matter? I think not! Anyway, we crossed the border and when we tried to get back into the city, there was traffic galore. Lots of construction everywhere both off and on the Island itself. We didn't really have trouble coming back home, though, and I am happy for that. Finally got back home at 3:30pm where I said that I didn't want any supper, and that suited me because on Thursday night, I had a HUGE Mexican treat, Olé!
Right now, I am just relaxing and will be having some fun with Sonic. Tomorrow is the opening ceremony of the fireworks competition, and the forecast for tomorrow looks bleak. They say that the fireworks will go on rain or shine, but I am not sure that I may go or not tomorrow night. Anyway, going to end this entry right here.
This entry was typed up on Friday at 7:51pm.
'Time for the BIG reveal of The Sonic Blog' on [a few days of making the big change-over, so until then, it will be called the no-name blog]
OK guys, ready for me to reveal what I will be doing with The Sonic Blog?
The new blog will be consisting of a weekly audio version of me saying whatever is happening in my life, and that will be for 5 minutes MAX! I won't edit this piece this time since if I edit it, I will have to talk again and then edit that piece, but I have to be at that 5-minute mark, which would be a pain, so I will not edit what I will say, so if you hear some dead air when I am trying to think of what to say, you all will be able to listen to the background music. Remember the 'Twinkle Park' song that I have used a few times? Well, it's coming back, and coming back with a vengeance! I'm talking about weekly background music featuring 'Twinkle Park' since I am a Sonic fan and my nickname is JaSonic.
So yeah, 5 minutes max for talking UNCUT (although I can pause my recordings while I record on GoldWave although I can leave that as a bit of dead air so you can hear Twinkle Park in the background), and with the background music being 'Twinkle Park' weekly, it won't be such a bad weekly blog I think. Immediately after my blog I will be featuring either 1 or 2 songs from DJ Sonic's collection. The editing done will be all up to me, but it really has to be at that 5-minute mark, and it can't go over that mark. The background music will always finish at 4min 58sec, but with 2 seconds longer for me to speak. I'm sure that Ricochet will complain about those 2 extra seconds, lol
So there you have it, my new 'The Sonic Blog' in a nutshell. I think I have my work cut out for me over the next few years. But it's fine since it's fun work.
Now, there's something else that I wanted to add but forgot to say, and that was when I was down in Lake George doing a DJ Sonic show on 92.7 FM on Wednesday night, you know what song I ended my show on? FISHING FOR FISHIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for all the exclamation marks, but that song still really does put me in a real good mood. It's such an upbeat song, it's ridiculous.
Environment Canada issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch at 11:10 this morning, so hmm maybe it wouldn't be such of a good idea to go see the fireworks this evening? I believe that I will still take the 110 to the subway station and take that risk. As of 12:32, I opened up my MyRadar app on my laptop and didn't see anything coming towards the city, but it's early yet and thunderstorms may pop up due to daytime heating. I have had that before where there were some freak pop-up thunderstorms out of nowhere. I adore thunderstorms! I mean I can't have sex with a thunderstorm (that would be so weird and also very dangerous), but I do adore them. Just as long as the thunderstorm doesn't produce a tornado or have very louder-than loud (EAR-BLEEDING!) thunder.
I will leave it here for this week, and the END of The Positive Hedgehog. I want to thank my sponsor, SEGA, for me being a very HUUUUGE Sonic fan, and my other sponsor... life. Without life, I would be nothing, and that would suck monkey balls.
Sonic out (Stay tuned for 'The Sonic Blog' coming next week and for a few years)
JaSonic
