Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following announcement:
From the Isle of Music, Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot and Ginga Brasil! Return To Shortwave
On August 6, From the Isle of Music, Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot and Ginga Brasil! return to shortwave on WBCQ The Planet, 7490 kHz. These programs will share the hour of Sundays 6pm-7pm Eastern US Time (currently 2200-2300 UTC) as follows:
1st Sunday – From the Isle of Music
2nd Sunday – Ginga Brasil!
3rd Sunday – Uncle BIll’s Melting Pot
4th Sunday – Ginga Brasil!
5th Sunday – varies
From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot are both produced and hosted by “Uncle Bill” Tilford in the United States. Ginga Brasil! (pronounced “Zheenga”) is produced and hosted by Julio Cesar Pereira in Brazil. These stellar international music programs will immediately follow one of WBCQ’s flagship programs, Marion’s Attic, which airs Sundays 5-6pm Eastern Time (currently 2100-2200 UTC); they also precede Harry Shearer’s Le Show for a solid three hour block of quality entertainment.
I am intrigued by some of these old radio dials. A real work of art!
From the dial above at around 6MHz Philadelphia, N.York, Pittsburgh. When was domestic High Frequency broadcasting aloud in the USA?!
Another dial shown on a later post contained MF frequencies up to 1700 kHz which was standardised for use in 1990 in the Americas. This slide rule dial also included 6 – 18 MHz with band spread and FM