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Onshore and offshore, Radio Skybird keeps on keeping on

Greetings to all SWLing community. This week in the world of shortwave entertainment, Imaginary Stations bring you more eclectic programming. As part of the 15th year anniversary series we have a transmission of Free Radio Skybird 2. Tune in on Saturday 15th March 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and also on Sunday 16th March 2025 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz.

As with last week’s show, expect more tunes from the onshore and offshore genre, a mini-feature on the musician Jim Sullivan and lots more interesting stuff during the hour that’s beamed to Europe via Shortwave Gold. Turn on (the shortwave radio) and tune in.

On Wednesday 19th March 2025 at the new time of 0200 UTC via WRMI we bring you another episode of the excellent Shortwave Music Library by DJ Frederick. A show well worth tuning into if you the like all sorts musicwise.

For more information on all our shows, please write to imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Onshore and offshore sounds are all around us

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Good day all SWLing community, we’re letting you know what we’ll be sending out across those airwaves this week. The first is a return of all things esoteric when it come to your listening pleasure with Free Radio Skybird. Tune in on Saturday 8th March 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and also on Sunday 9th March 2025 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz brought to you via the transmitters of Shortwave Gold

Expect some onshore, offshore and all sorts of sounds from the sky (bird). Tune in for your audio treat.

On Wednesday 12th March 2025 at the new time of 0200 UTC via WRMI we bring you more of Radio Ace. Expect more of that DJ Flash Frisbone fellow and all things radio. Enjoy!

For more information on all our shows, please write to imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Is that whistling I hear, my dear?

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We at Imaginary Stations have another whistling and in gainful employment combination show coming out over the airwaves this weekend. It’s called WSTL—WORK 2 of course. It’s on Saturday 1st March 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and also on Sunday 2nd March 2025 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz brought to you via Shortwave Gold

We hope in your part of the world you will get a “clean as a whistle” signal so you can enjoy our show which is a cracker if we say so ourselves. So change into your overalls/coveralls or even an interview whistle (AKA whistle and flute in cockney rhyming slang), put on those eye and ear protectors and slip into some soft steel toe-capped boots and listen in at the alloted time and enjoy some fine tunes that will bring a smile to your face.

Then on Wednesday 5th March 2025 at 0300 UTC via WRMI we bring you WRBW the station that has the motto “Where rainbows connect us all”. Expect music containing all the colours of the rainbow and tunes from the colour swatch book of hits. If all goes well they’ll be an interview with Roy G. Biv himself. Tune in and enjoy the Kaleidoscopic vibes.

For more information on all our shows, please write to imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Whistling on the shortwaves

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Do you enjoy whistling while you’re at work? We at Imaginary Stations do too and our next programme is the combo show called WSTL—WORK, brought to you by the powers of shortwave radio via Shortwave Gold. The show goes out on Saturday 22nd February 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and also on Sunday 23rd February 2025 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz.

Expect lots of whistling tunes to keep you going through those shifts at work, ones to keep the Robin in your garden amused if you have the radio on while maintaining the flower beds and songs to make you feel like the wandering whistler (if you’re tuned in whilst on a treadmill). And as we have just read, “People whistle to communicate feelings which cannot be readily expressed in words.” Tune in and receive those (shortwave) feelings.

We also have another episode of Radio Ace featuring the fantastic adventures of the ground/rule breaking DJ Flash Frisbone alongside all sorts of interesting stuff on Wednesday 26th February 2025 at 0300 UTC via WRMI. Tune in as Radio is Ace!

Also we need your help again to cover our production and transmission costs. Even if you can only spare a couple of dollars it still helps to bring our shows to the shortwaves. So please donate to paypal.me/DJFrederick. A heartfelt thanks from all at Imaginary Stations goes out to all the folks who have sent us generous donations in the past!

For more information on all our shows, please write to imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Bigfoot seen in the local supermarket twice

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Good day all SWLing Post community! FastRadioBurst 23 here with this week’s Imaginary Stations transmissions.

On Saturday 15th February 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and also on Sunday 16th February 2025 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz via Shortwave Gold we’ll be bringing you another Beatles to Bigfoot. It’s a mixture of Lennon & McCartney, songs about Sasquatch and aliens if you remember the show from last week. We bring you more of the same!

Then on Wednesday 19th February 2025 at 0300 UTC via WRMI we bring you KMRT, your official shortwave supermarket station. Expect short-term discounts that are indicated by a flashing blue light, a book at bedtime (if it is bedtime when you’re tuning in) from the thriller called “A chance meeting in the Middle Aisle”, tips from an ex-shelf stacker and much much more. Tune in and bag yourself a bargain!

For more information on all our shows, please write to imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Beatles, Bigfoot and Skybird

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Good day all SWLing Post community! FastRadioBurst 23 here with what Imaginary Stations will be bringing you this week for your listening pleasure.

On Saturday 8th February 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and also on Sunday 9th February 2025 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz via Shortwave Gold we’ll be bringing you Beatles to Bigfoot, a show with the songs of Lennon/McCartney covered in a way you’ve never heard before, beatles soundalikes, plus UFOs, flying saucers and if all goes well a Yeti Choir (*subject to availability and time constraints). It’s a odd mixture but a very nice odd mixture.

On Wednesday 12th February 2025 at 0300 UTC via WRMI we bring you a special archive edition of Free Radio Skybird. Fly Skybird fly!

Also we need your help again to cover our production and transmission costs like we did in 2024. Even if you can only spare a couple of dollars it still helps bring our shows to the shortwaves. Heartfelt thanks from all of the Imaginary Stations crew goes out all the folks who have sent us generous donations in the past!

For more information on all our shows, please write to imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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A shortwave mystery on the 45th Parallel

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Good day all SWLing Post community far and wide! FastRadioBurst 23 here with what Imaginary Stations will be bringing you this week for your shortwave listening pleasure.

On Saturday 1st January February 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and also on Sunday 2nd February 2025 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz via Shortwave Gold we’ll be bringing you WMMR, another show where the listener has to guess what the theme is. Tune in and let us know what you think it is. It could be anything from dreams, the bus stops or apple orchards but we are not giving away any clues, you will have to decide.

On Wednesday 5th February 2025 at 0300 UTC via WRMI we have our yearly 45th Parallel Midwinter broadcast. As it says on the special press release direct from the Imaginary Stations HQ in special gold print: “Enjoy a unique programme of music and messages for anyone who lives on, above or below the 45th parallel”. It will be great so do listen in!