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206-278-9390

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Any of you been getting strange calls from this number too?

Did a Google search on this number and it only gets more interesting. My Caller ID lists the name of the phone number holder as "NOT AVAILABLE". It also says it tried to call me at 9:37 and 10:02 AM Saturday morning.

They say it's probably a scam artist posing as a high-speed internet or satellite TV dealer using a pay phone number....

Here's more info in this number:

206-278-9390

Phone I.D.: TMC
City: SEATTLE
Telephone Company: MARATHON COMMUNICATIONS, INC
Telco Type: CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier)

TMC Locations:

SeaTac Office:
3100 S. 176th St.
Suite 203
SeaTac, WA 98188
Phone: 206-988-5400
Fax: 206-988-5415

Spokane Office:
4225 S. Martin
Spokane, WA 99203
Phone. 509-777-1300
Fax. 509-777-1301

Boise Office:
5242 Decatur Drive
Boise, ID 83702
Phone. 208-322-6480
Fax. 208-322-6497


Website: http://www.tmcgroup.com
[email protected]

More information can be found via Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://tmcgroup.com

Registrant:
TMC Group L.L.C.
3100 South 176th Street Suite 203
SeaTac, WA 98188
US
Phone: 999 999 9999
Fax: 999 999 9999

Domain Name: TMCGROUP.COM

Administrative Contact , Technical Contact :
Simmons, J.R
[email protected]
16256 Military Rd S, STE 203
SEATAC, WA 98188
US
Phone: (206) 988-5400
Fax: (206) 988-5415

Record expires on 06-Jul-2010
Record created on 07-Jul-1997
Database last updated on 07-Jul-2004

Domain servers in listed order:

NS1.XO.COM 207.155.248.16
NS2.XO.COM 207.155.252.16


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</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by TheOriginalLarry on 06/12/05 10:21 AM.</FONT></P>
 
What happens when you call it?
(always find out where/who the number IS...BEFORE you dial it!)

DIAL this number:
206-421-1001
(You'll never GUESS which radio station answers THIS one!!)

If the problem persists, report it to Qwest and/or the FUZZzzzzzz...
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**Happy Birthday Gomer Pyle (75)**
 
> What happens when you call it?
> (always find out where/who the number IS...BEFORE you dial
> it!)

I don't know, but if enough people call to jam their system as well as raise hell with the Attorney General's office for them using an automated dialer (a class C felony in WA - for EACH instance), that could send a VERY powerful message to these creeps.

It's always open season on telemarketers and spammers. When someone uses your telephone or e-mail or anything you use for personal communication to sell you something, it is just plain wrong....


>
> DIAL this number:
> 206-421-1001
> (You'll never GUESS which radio station answers THIS one!!)

I tried, but the number was busy.....

Not sure if it's a private line to a studio and if it is, I'm sure there was one very pissed off board op last night....

+
>
> If the problem persists, report it to Qwest and/or the
> FUZZzzzzzz...
---------> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> **Happy Birthday Gomer Pyle (75)**
>
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Re: The Number you have dialed...

> DIAL this number: 206-421-1001
> (You'll never GUESS which radio station answers THIS one!!)

Reminds me of working for one of the music FM's in this town ... about the 3rd line in on request (a rollover for the publicized number) was often confused by listeners and they would dial it directly thinking they were hitting the request line of a competitor.

So...if you saw that one ringing by itself you could have some fun....

Jock: "Uh....yeah????"
Caller: "Is this {Competitor}??"
Jock: "Yeah...what the h%ll do YOU want...?"
Caller: "Can I Request a song??"
Jock: "CAN you..or MAY you? It better be a good one, cuz to be honest most of the stuff we play REALLY sucks and none of the jocks here can stand to play this crap"

and on it would go....with the caller getting more disgruntled as the ruse would proceed. Inevitably I'd end it with a big attitude problem and tell the caller that if they like THAT kind of song...then (OUR STATION) would probably play something like that. Go listen to THEM....
 
Re: 206-421-1001

> I tried, but the number was busy.....
> Not sure if it's a private line to a studio and if it is,
> I'm sure there was one very pissed off board op last night....
=================================================================
It's NOT actually a private line to a radio station, but a strange one
in that the last time I dialed it 'twas answered by the KISW jocks
and they told me it was blinking from the REQUEST lines!

I believe it USED to be one of the old KOMO-AM lines when they were music next to their 421-1000...

..however about 4-5 years ago (and I kid you not),
this SAME number would just connect you to a live feed of KMTT-FM.....weird!
 
421-xxxx numbers: The Rest Of The Story

> It's NOT actually a private line to a radio station, but a
> strange one
> in that the last time I dialed it 'twas answered by the KISW
> jocks
> and they told me it was blinking from the REQUEST lines!
>
> I believe it USED to be one of the old KOMO-AM lines when
> they were music next to their 421-1000...
>
> ..however about 4-5 years ago (and I kid you not),
> this SAME number would just connect you to a live feed of
> KMTT-FM.....weird!
>

Radio station phone numbers that start with 421 are not "real" numbers. They're part of a "choke network" which is used by the phone company to handle large caller volumes. The phone company automatically call-forwards to a local number - and that's what's installed on each of the lines in the studio.

Now, if you call a station whose local Seattle number does NOT begin with 421 - you're dialing a standard phone line just like the one you have at home.

Usuallly, only ONE 421-xxxx number is assigned to receive calls - so the example above (where 421-1001 went to KMTT) is certainly plausible - if KMTT reserved that "choke" number for themselves.

And yes, there are toll-free "choke" network numbers as well.
 
Numbers (local or toll) that connect to feeds *DELETED* *DELETED*

Post deleted by easthill
 
Re: Numbers (local or toll) that connect to feeds

If the other posts don't, this one really shows someone's lack of experience in radio.

They're called listen lines, kid.

And yes I know a couple of listen line numbers. But as a whole, most have gone by the wayside to the internet broadcasting (some have private feeds).
 
Re: 206-421-1001

> > I tried, but the number was busy.....
> > Not sure if it's a private line to a studio and if it is,
> > I'm sure there was one very pissed off board op last
> night....
=====> ============================================================
>
> It's NOT actually a private line to a radio station, but a
> strange one
> in that the last time I dialed it 'twas answered by the KISW
> jocks
> and they told me it was blinking from the REQUEST lines!
>
> I believe it USED to be one of the old KOMO-AM lines when
> they were music next to their 421-1000...
>
> ..however about 4-5 years ago (and I kid you not),
> this SAME number would just connect you to a live feed of
> KMTT-FM.....weird!

Before internet radio. a lot of stations used lines like that fed to corporate headquarters so they could hear what their stations sounded like.
>
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