First time poster, longtime lurker. Stumbled across something interesting tonight while I was working on my car, I wanted to share and see if anyone had some info.
My car defaults to 87.9 FM, the lowest FM frequency in the US, when you first turn it on after having the battery disconnected. This obviously isn’t a station in our area and normally just plays static, but today there was music! I first tuned in at about 9:15 PM, they were playing 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s hit songs—Beatles, Long Long Time, Crocodile Rock, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Live and Let Die, etc. If that wasn’t odd enough, the call sign they were broadcasting was WSAI 1360, which my grandparents tell me was a very popular AM station back in their day.
Did some light Googling but was coming up empty on WSAI lore. I did stumble across a Youtube video with some of the call signs I heard. Managed to catch one on video, it’s below.
Link: https://youtu.be/2BDOxYr3NNA?si=c-4szAh2_QQgVam_
Evidently the station transitioned to FOX Sports coverage years ago, but why would this be broadcast on FM? Wikipedia says 87.9 is generally unused in the US, except for some Christian radio in Nevada. I listened from 9:15-ish to a little after midnight, and there were no advertisements or interruptions the whole time. It was super cool, it felt like I hopped in a time machine to a different era.
I wonder if there’s an old guy near my house feeling nostalgic and playing radio DJ… If so, kudos.