Category Archives: Shortwave Radio

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.

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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Dynamic Map of Broadcasters Currently on the Air

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Stefano, who writes:

Hi Thomas,

I just wanted to share a small project I created today that I thought might be interesting for your readers. I put together a webpage where you can see broadcast radio stations currently on air displayed on a world map.

It’s based on two frequency databases: the EiBi and Aoki lists. I also keep these databases updated, since they are the same ones used for the data updates of SWList.

https://www.sramp.com/worldradiomap

Here’s also a page from my blog where I describe the project:

https://sramp.com/world-radio-map/

Thanks, and keep up the great work!

Stefano

What a cool map, Stefano! Thank you for sharing this with the wider SWL community.

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Radio France International (March 17, 2026)

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent RFI broadcast.

Carlos notes:

Patrice Lumumba assassination: former Belgian diplomat sent to trial, RFI, 21690 kHz

Click here to view on YouTube.

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 25th 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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