Category Archives: Music

Alan Roe’s A-26 Season Guide to Music on Shortwave (version 1.0)

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who shares his A-26 (version 1.0) season guide to music on shortwave. Alan provides this amazing resource as a free PDF download.

Click here to download Music on Shortwave A-26 v1.0 (PDF)

Alan has also created at-a-glance, single-page PDF programme grids for BBC World Service, CGTN Radio, Radio Romania International, Voice of Turkey, and Radio Taiwan International — all updated for the A-26 broadcast season. If you’d like to download these, visit Alan’s Box account here: http://tinyurl.com/shortwaveprograms

As always, thank you for sharing your excellent guide, Alan!

This dedicated page will always have the latest version of Alan’s guide available for download.

Sunny Jim’s Trance Journey: April 2026 Program Schedule

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My April programme is now available for your listening pleasure! 60 minutes of melodic & uplifting electronic based music tracks, which hopefully may persuade you that there’s more to music than the songs we already know! (assuming I haven’t already persuaded you…).

You can tune in via our normal relay partners – WRMI, Channel 292, RealMix Radio, Scandinavian Weekend Radio, & Chelmsford Community Radio. Schedule below. A good opportunity to test your receivers & chase the DX! All reception reports sent to [email protected] will receive eQSLs throughout April. Of course you can always cut out the static & fading by listening online at www.sjtjradio.com (but it’s not so much fun…).

This is my last programme for a while. As always the summer months bring me new projects to try, new places for us to visit, & old projects to continue (will I ever finish the decorating…), but I aim to be back on SW later this year.

Until then – Au Revoir…

Jim

April 2026 Schedule Updates: From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update:

THE FOLLOWING TIMES ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE – VISIT THE
FACEBOOK PAGES OF EACH PROGRAM PRIOR TO BROADCAST FOR CONFIRMATION

From the Isle of Music, Friday, April 10, 2026, 3955 kHz, 1600 UTC, repeats 2200 UTC
This month, we present a surprise package of selections from several decades.

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, Friday, April 17, 2016: 3955 kHz at 1600 UTC, repeats 2200 UTC
This month, we recognize the passage of Nuyorquino salsa artist Willie Colon with selections from some of his earliest recordings.

In addition to direct radio reception, we do honor reception reports using remote SDRs as long as the whole program is described and which SDR is specified. All QSLs are e-QSLs only.

Texas Radio Shortwave: Partial Schedules for March – April 2026

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Terry (N5RTC), who shares the following schedules for Texas Radio Shortwave (click images to enlarge, and see note below):

Terry notes that they will have a complete April schedule once they receive the new A-26 schedule for all broadcasters. We will post updates on the SWLing Post when available.

Sunny Jim’s Trance Journey: March 2026 Program Schedule

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Once again it’s time for another SJTJ programme!

Same old formula – a mix of (mostly) current melodic electronic based music, with at least one song you’ll likely recognise from 30 years ago & one new song from an extremely well known artist we’ve all known for over 50 years!

As always – on shortwave thanks to our wonderful SW relay partners!

Also available online – crackle free – at – www.sjtjradio.com

Happy listening!

Jim

March 2026 Schedule Updates: From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update:

From the Isle of Music March 2026
This month will feature some exciting new and recent releases by Cuban bands.
Friday, March 13, 2026,  3955 kHz, 1800 CET (1700 UTC), repeat 2300 CET (2200 UTC)

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot March 2026
We are going to feature music from Ghana including a tribute to the recently-departed Ebo Taylor.
Friday March 20, 2026, :3955 kHz, 1700 CET (1600 UTC), repeat 2300 CET (2200 UTC)

Our eQSL policy includes recognizing reports from remote SDRs as long as the entire program is reported and the location of both the remote SDR and the listener are included.  Shorter reports will get a short note of thanks instead.