Author Archives: Fastradioburst23

Dub and trumpets

Hi all SWLing post readers. This weekend on Imaginary Stations via WRMI will be a KDUB v Radio Clarion special. We’ll be playing some dub, some trumpets and maybe some dub with trumpets. The transmission will be on air on 9395 kHz from 2200 UTC on Sunday 9th July 2023. First-time listeners are also more than welcome to send reception reports to [email protected]
Tune in for some blazing horns! Fastradioburst23 

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X-Raydio transmitting to Europe

Hi all, Fastradioburst23 here letting you know about a transmission on the shortwaves from the Imaginary Stations Crew via Shortwave Gold from Germany this Sunday 9th July 2023 at 2000 utc on 6160 khz.

X-Raydio will explore audio from unusual musical formats and will feature a piece on Bone Music by Stephen Coates from The Real Tuesday Weld (who hosts a great radio show called The Bureau of Lost Culture on Soho Radio, London) and also a flexi disc mix by Shane Quentin (from the excellent The Garden of the Earthly Delights show on CRMK). Tune in your shortwave radio (or an online SDR) to X-Raydio this Sunday for something a little bit different!

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93-95 was my number

Hi all the SWLing post community. All stops will be pulled out again this weekend with the broadcast of TOOTS vs WELK in a 2023 style via WRMI. This Imaginary stations episode will be a showdown of music from Toots Thielemans in the left hand studio and the great Lawrence Welk in the right. The transmission will be on air on 9395 kHz from 2200 utc on Sunday 2nd July 2023. Tune in for an encounter with 2 musical greats. Fastradioburst23 

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The ionosphere will be groovin’ along with WHPY 2

Hi SWLing post readers! Fastradioburst23 here to let you know that we’ll be bringing part two of hippie/hippy special WHPY this Sunday 25th June 2023 at 2200 hrs UTC on the Imaginary Stations show on 9395 kHz via WRMI. Take a trip & never leave the radio and groove along to the far out sounds of WHPY 2.

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Good vibes via the ionosphere with WHPY

Good day SWLing post readers! Fastradioburst23 here to let you know about this Sunday’s Imaginary Station episode at 2200 hrs UTC on 9395 kHz on the 18th June 2023 via WRMI. We’ll be broadcasting a special programme live from the Skybird mobile studio van parked up in a car park in the hippy haven of Woodstock.

So please don your best 1970’s long afghan coat, grab something to drink if there is anything still left in the communal fridge and play your imaginary recorder or shake a home made tambourine along to the far out sounds of WHPY. Prepare to be transported back in time in a hippie/hippy wagon of your choice.

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Please return to the library this week

Fastradioburst23 here to let you know about the return of the Shortwave Music Library this Sunday 11th June 2023 via WRMI at 2200 hrs UTC on 9395 kHz. DJ Frederick looks through his record collection and pulls out some interesting tunes on a chilled tip. Put those slippers on, switch the shortwave radio to AM mode, put your feet up and relax, it’s Shortwave Music Library time!

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Garages are not just for mechanics

Good Morning SWLing Post shopping community! Fastradioburst23 here letting you know about the return of the Shortwave Garage Sale on Imaginary Stations this Sunday 4th June 2023 at 2200 UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI.

We will be putting the rusty key in the lock of the up and over door once again and will be bringing you a rousing Garage and Psyche special. So get horizontal on one of those mechanic’s creeper things (with raised headrest if possible), tune in your radio or SDR and enjoy some not so often heard tunes. First-time listeners are also more than welcome to send reception reports to [email protected] and be sure to check out our old shows here.

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