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Futures: A rehabilitative radio station for youth in detention

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Fred Waterer, who shares this article about Australia’s first rehabilitative radio station for youth in detention, Futures, from Branding in Asia:

Musicians Making a Difference (MMAD), in partnership with creative studio Supermassive and Youth Justice NSW, has launched Futures–an audio-based rehabilitative program presented as a hip hop radio station. Designed to help young people in juvenile detention find their voices through music, storytelling, and mentorship, Futures offers 24/7 programming aimed at empowerment and self-expression. Following a successful pilot, the initiative is set to expand across Australia.

Read the full story on Branding in Asia by clicking here.

Radio Europe on Shortwave: Two Short Recordings from Paul Jamet

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Paul Jamet, who writes: 

I read the article about Radio Europe transmitting to Western Europe on 6130 kHz.

Here are two recordings:

One made from my balcony with the XHDATA D-808 and a 3m wire antenna. Recording with my smartphone near the speaker. There’s fading after 1 minute.
Note that I live 410 km from Amsterdam as the crow flies:

The other with Twente’s web SDR; very good SINPO! 55555

The Kall Krekel transmitter, which broadcasts RSI programs from Slovakia with 1 kW, does not give such good results.

Best and 73

Paul JAMET

Thank you for sharing this, Paul! Both you and Bob have given me good reason to (at least attempt to) catch Radio Europe on the air!

Alan Roe’s B-25 Season Guide to Music on Shortwave (version 1.0)

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who shares his B-25 (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 B-25 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 B-25 broadcast season and published last week. 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: WRMI & Channel 292 Schedules

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor James Salmon, who shares the following announcement:

New Month – New Programme!

Out now – the November edition of ‘Sunny Jim’s Trance Journey’! Join me on another musical journey powered by melodic electronic music, & keeping shortwave alive with new music!

WRMI – 9955kHz

  • Wednesdays throughout November – 21:00 EST / 02:00 UTC (Thursday)

Channel 292 – 9670kHz

  • Sunday 09th November – 12:00 CET / 11:00 UTC
  • Saturday 22nd November – 15:00 CET / 14:00 UTC

For up to date WRMI & Channel 292 transmission times and frequencies, or to listen online, visit the website: sjtjradio.com

Thanks for tuning in!

Jim

November 2025 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 semiannual time and season changes always bring challenges to FTIOM and UBMP on 6070 and 9670, and we will be pausing our shows on those two frequencies for a month or two until things sort themselves out.  We will have two transmissions of each show on 3955 on Radio Channel 292 from Germany during the interim as follows:

From the Isle of Music

November’s show will feature some Cuban music recordings that entered the Latin and regular GRAMMY competitions this year (it will be too soon to tell if any of them won either.)
Friday, November 14:
3955 kHz at 1700 UTC, repeats 2200 UTC

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot

November’s show will be a polka party featuring Polish-American bands from the northeast US and Chicago. If you think you don’t like polkas, you just haven’t listened to the right bands.
Friday, November 21:
3955 kHz at 1700 UTC, repeats 2200 UTC

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.

Thanks for all you do for radio. Contrary to what some its critics are fond of chanting, shortwave can still be a voice of and for peace, and in these times, that is more important than ever.