Category Archives: What’s On Shortwave

Libraries on the air on shortwave

Hello all shortwave listeners and SWLing Post community, FastRadioBurst 23 here with news of the Imaginary Stations radio shows this week. This Sunday October 13th 2024 there’s the return of The Shortwave Music Library with chief music librarian DJ Frederick behind the desk picking out some eclectic tunes from his record collection. Expect all sorts of musical goodies from across all genres. This show is brought to you via the services of Shortwave Gold at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz.

Then on Wednesday October 16th 2024 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz there’s Part 2 of Skybird Radio International (Instrumental Version) via WRMI for your listening pleasure. More musical flavours with no vocals from various countries of the world.

We are looking for some financial help to cover our production and transmission costs for our shows on shortwave so here’s our fundraising video below. We’d love to keep our show on the air well into the new year and we are looking for donations (no matter how small as everything helps) to keep our eclectic shows bouncing off that ionosphere. Remember, radio connects us all!

For more information on all our shows, please send to [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Extra imagination on shortwave this Sunday

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Hello all shortwave listeners and SWLing community, FastRadioBurst 23 here again with news of an extra transmisson this Sunday October 6th 2024. It’s a rerun of the Skybird Radio International (Instrumental special) on Shortwave Gold at 1800 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz. It’s all about the instrumental worldwide flavours so tune in if you missed it last week and you’re more than welcome to WSTL along of course!

For more information on all our shows, please send to [email protected] and check out our shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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KMRT back on those airwaves of ours

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Hello all shortwave listeners and SWLing community. FastRadioBurst 23 here with news of the Imaginary Stations radio shows this week. This Sunday October 6th 2024 there’s a return to the supermarket shelves with KMRT via the services of Shortwave Gold at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz (night shelf stackers workload permitting).

Plus on Wednesday October 9th 2024 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz we’ve another episode of KMRT via WRMI for your listening pleasure.

Both these programmes are part of the Supermarkets on Shortwave 2024 broadcasts. Expect nearing their sell by date and marked down classics, a heart warming song from The KMRT Trainee Managers Choir called “The customer is always right”, some shopping trolley sing-a-longs, a look at supermarket radio from around the world and a roving reporter hidden in a stack of Teddy Bears ready to jump out at a unsuspecting member of the public (*subject to availability and while stocks last of course). Here’s our trailer, happy shopping!

For more information on all our shows, please send to [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Putting instrumentals on the map

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FastRadioBurst 23 here with news of the Imaginary Stations radio shows this week. This Sunday 29th September 2024 there’s an instrumental episode of Skybird Radio International via the services of Shortwave Gold at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz.

As with the last shows, they’re of an worldwide flavour but the musical selection will have a lot less vocals in this episode. Tune in and you’re welcome to add the singing bits yourself.

The on Wednesday October 2nd 2024 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz we have the return of WDWD – Off the Map Radio via WRMI. It’s as they say “an audio journey in the wrong direction to the wrong destination” but wherever we end up, they’ll be tunes mentioning place names, locations, compass points and maps.

We now have a Patreon page for our regular listeners here. Monthly memberships are available for exclusive audio and zines.

For more information on all our shows, please send to [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Music from all over the map

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FastRadioBurst 23 here with news of what the Imaginary Stations crew are up to. This Sunday coming on 22nd September 2024 there’s another episode of Skybird Radio International via the services of Shortwave Gold.

The show which features an across the board selection from around this musical globe of ours will be broadcast at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz. Expect all sorts in a international musical mix up including the above musical gem.

Next Wednesday 25th September 2024 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI there’s an episode of Radio Ace. If you love all things radio-related you’ll Radio Ace!

We now have a Patreon page for our regular listeners here. Monthly memberships are available for exclusive audio and zines.

For more information on all our shows, please send to [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Skybird Radio International flies again

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Hi it’s FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know that the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing to you the return of Skybird Radio International via the shortwaves on Sunday 15th September 2024 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz via Shortwave Gold. Expect some wonderful eclectic music in a true worldwide style from all of the Skybird crew.

Then on Wednesday 18th September 2024 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz we’ll be bringing you another episode of Skybird Radio International which is a worldwide affair as you can imagine with more tunes from around this musical globe of ours via WRMI.

We now have a Patreon page for our regular listeners here. Monthly memberships are available for exclusive audio and zines.

For more information on all our shows, please send to [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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Using your imagination

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Hi it’s FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know that we haven’t a clue what the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing to you via the shortwaves on Sunday 8th September 2024 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz via Shortwave Gold.

There’s a good possibility it’s another episode of WMMR – Mystery Mix Radio where the listener is asked to work out what the theme of the show is. It could be about unripened tomatoes, traction engines throughout the ages or it could be philately. Who knows? The listener guesses and sends their suggestion to the address given on the show and the person who gets the closest gets a special eQSL. Tune in and see what you think.

Then on Wednesday 11th September 2024 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz we’ll be bringing you another Shortwave Polka Party via WRMI. So dig out that Lederhosen get it to and back from the dry cleaners for the weekend, wash out your tankard and be prepared to polka around the sitting room. Why not invite the neighbours and get them to join in?