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Bells and bargains on shortwave

Greetings all SWLing Post community. Here’s news of what Imaginary Stations will be bringing to the airwaves this weekend. Thanks to the services of Shortwave Gold we have a broadcast of the great Radio Carillon. The first transmission is on Saturday 18th April at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 19th April at 0900/1300 UTC on 6160 kHz and 2000 hrs on 3975 kHz/6160 kHz.

Tune in and hopefully at the end of the hour your ears won’t be ringing but will have taken delight in listening to songs about bells, songs with bells and hopefully, some slow ballads played on “a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 bells.” Tune in and enjoy a wonderful hour of ringing and singing on shortwave.

If you tune into WRMI on Wednesday 22nd April 2026 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz you’ll hear the only official supermarket music station on HF called KMRT. Expect bargains, Blue Light Specials, instore giveaways at 30 minutes past the hour and a load of tin cans without the labels on them which will be sold as: 4 mystery tins for the price of 1. (What’s inside? That’s between you and your can opener.)”* Tune in and enjoy the thrills and spills of the supermarket from the comfort of your own home!

*subject to availability

For more information on all our shows, please write to us at [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Showing our true (clock) face on the radio

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Greetings all SWLing Post community. This weekend, Imaginary Stations brings you yet another episode of CLOK, a radio tribute to that popular concept that we call time. The first transmission is on Saturday 11th April at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 15th April at 0900/1300 UTC on 6160 kHz and 2000 hrs on 3975 kHz/6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold). Programme 3 features all sorts of time tributes, songs about cuckoo clocks, diver’s watches and if all goes to plan (and time is not an issue), a world exclusive, the debut of the band The Watchstraps live in the studio. Make sure to wind up your watch and check you are in the right time zone to enjoy this 60-minute show on shortwave.

If you tune into WRMI on Wednesday 15th April 2026 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz Imaginary Stations bring you a sonic salute to “The king of them all” with a programme called KING. King Records was founded by Syd Nathan in Cincinnati Ohio and featured Country & Western, Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll, James Brown and lots more from 1943-1975 and it’s a wonderful tribute show.

For more information on all our shows, please write to us at [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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We’ll have some fun when the clock strikes one

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Greetings all SWLing Post community. This weekend, Imaginary Stations brings you another episode of CLOK, a shortwave tribute to time (not to be confused with Thyme). The first transmission is on Saturday 4th April at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 5th April at 0900/1300 UTC on 6160 kHz and 2000 hrs on 3975 kHz/6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold). Tune into 60 minutes of songs that mention hours, minutes and seconds, ballads about watches, heartwarming tunes about clocking in machines and a lot more. Enjoying spending an hour with us on shortwave this coming 48 hours period we call a “weekend”.

If you tune into WRMI on Wednesday 8th April 2026 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz it’ll be the debut of Skybird Folk & Country Radio. If you like both those genres you are going to love this show. They’ll be a mixture of electric and acoustic tunes for your listening delight.

For more information on all our shows, please write to us at [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Shortwave mysteries with Arizona in the spotlight

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Greetings all SWLing Post community. This weekend Imaginary Stations brings you another episode of WMMR (Mystery Mix Radio) – Guess the theme show. The first transmission is on Saturday 28th March at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 29th March at 0900/1300 UTC on 6160 kHz and 2000 hrs on 3975 kHz/6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold).

As usual, the show has a theme that you the short-wave listener, will have to guess what it is. There’ll be a special e-QSL for the lucky winner, and as ever, we will not give any clues away here, the clues are in the show. Tune in and have some (educated) guessing games via the shortwaves.

And if we mention Arizona, you may think of the Grand Canyon, or the largest continuous ponderosa pine forest on Earth or the 100 or more wineries there but there’s more! If you tune into WRMI on Wednesday 1st April 2026 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz it’ll be the debut of Imaginary States: Arizona. Tune in and find out more interesting facts and music about the Grand Canyon State!

For more information on all our shows, please write to us at [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Does (shortwave) time really exist?

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Greetings all SWLing Post community. This weekend Imaginary Stations bring you a show all about the wonders of time called CLOK. The first transmission is on Saturday 21st March at 1200 hrs UTC on 3975/6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 22nd March at 1000/1400 UTC on 3975/6160 kHz and 2100 hrs on 3975 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold).

We’re not winding you up, but we love passing the time playing with those shortwaves here at Imaginary Stations. During the 3600 second programme you’ll hears songs about wristwatches, stop watches, battery operated time machines and those classic cuckoo clocks. They’ll be a trailor of that classic film “The Watchmakers of Wisconsin” and if all goes well, a performance of the first ever alarm clock orchestra. So make sure your time-piece is set correctly and tune into the sound of the CLOK.

And on WRMI on Wednesday 25^th March 2026 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz it’ll be time for another episode of CLOK. Tune in for more timely classics!

For more information on all our shows, please write to us at [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Shelfmarks and shortwave

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Greetings all SWLing Post community. Imaginary Stations bring you a couple of new episodes of The Shortwave Music Library. The first is on Saturday 14th March at 1200 hrs UTC on 3975/6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 15th March at 1000/1400 UTC on 3975/6160 kHz and 2100 hrs on 3975 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold). Chief librarians DJ Frederick and DJ Marc sort through those shortwave shelves (and the dusty store cupboard) and pick out some wonderful music. Tune in your radio or online SDR next weekend and see what they pull out from the catalogues.

Both librarians will again be on late duty via WRMI for the second programme on Wednesday 18^th March 2026 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz. They will be on hand to do a deeper dive into their databases and those fiddly microfiche machines that needs a steady hand. Listen in again and renew your interest in the library. We here at Imaginary Stations recommend both shows without reservation!

For more information on all our shows, please write to us at [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Skybird goes WEST

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Greetings all SWLing Post community! Imaginary Stations bring you another trip around the World with Skybird Radio International on Saturday 7th March at 1200 hrs UTC on 3975/6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 8th March at 1000/1400 UTC on 3975/6160 kHz and 2100 hrs on 3975 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold). Expect tunes from all around this globe of ours featuring all genres of music too. You don’t need a passport, or over packed suitcases for this transmission as Worldwide travel is guaranteed just by spinning your shortwave dial. Tune in and enjoy!

And we’ll be bringing you WEST via WRMI on Wednesday 11^th March 2026 at 0300 UTC on 9395 kHz. We’ll be going WEST, there’ll be some themes from Westerns, some high noon’s and possibly some westbound trains if all goes well. So, get your compass out, tune in your shortwave radio and get your Clint Eastwood poncho on and enjoy the sounds of WEST.