October 2025 Schedule Updates: From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot

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

From the Isle of Music, October 2025
October’s program will be the final of several episodes featuring the best of Cubadisco 2025, Cuba’s most important discographic awards. This is the best of the best of Cuba’s new releases (and recordings from Cubans elsewhere) and will feature a sampling from several categories this month.
Friday, October 10:
6070 kHz at 1700 UTC
3955 kHz at 2100 UTC
Saturday, October 11:
9670 kHz at 1700 UTC using booster beam H to Africa (repeat of October 10 episode).
*Note that our Sunday broadcasts have been moved to Saturdays.

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, October 2025
In October we will a potpourri of recent releases from around the world.
All broadcasts are on Radio Channel 292 from Germany as follows:
Friday, October 17:
6070 kHz at 1700 UTC
3955 at 2100 UTC
Saturday, October 18:
9670 kHz at 1700 UTC using beam H (repeat of October 17 episode).
*Note that our Sunday broadcasts have moved to Saturdays.
**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.

Photo Gallery: Asheville Radio Museum Annual Flea Market & Open House

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On Saturday, September 20, 2025, the Asheville Radio Museum held its fifth annual Radio Flea Market and Open House—and I attended with camera in hand.

As a proud member and volunteer at the museum, it’s always a treat to see the community come together around radios of every shape and size. The flea market is completely free for both attendees and vendors, and the turnout this year was fantastic. I enjoyed catching up with friends and meeting some new faces—including a number of readers from both the SWLing Post and QRPer.com!

While this sale often highlights antique and vintage radios, it’s by no means limited to them. You’ll find modern gear mixed in as well, as you’ll see in the photo gallery below.

I didn’t take photos of the museum itself during this visit, but I plan to share a full tour in the near future. In the meantime, if you’re in western North Carolina, the Asheville Radio Museum is open most Saturdays and is located on the campus of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. [Click here for directions.]

Flea Market Photo Gallery

(Click each image to enlarge.)

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of China National Radio (September 25, 2025)

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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 China National Radio broadcast.

Carlos notes:

Trump approves reinstatement of death penalty in Washington D.C., China National Radio (CNR), 17590 kHz

“US President Trump issued a proclamation on the 25th approving the reinstatement of the death penalty in Washington, D.C.

US Attorney General Pam Bondi has stated that she will seek to reinstate the death penalty nationwide.”

Click here to view on YouTube.

Join me live on WRTH’s YouTube channel (starting at the top of the hour!)

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Apologies for the very late notice, but I wanted to let you know that I’ll be joining WRTH for a live interview on their YouTube channel at the top of the hour.

You’re warmly invited to join the livestream and take part:

Click here to register and join live

Many thanks,

Thomas

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of All India Radio (September 25, 2025)

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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 AIR broadcast.

Carlos notes:

Discours de Trump à l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies, All India Radio, 9620 kHz

“…The annual United Nations General Assembly has begun in New York. Discussions regarding the Israeli war on Gaza and the Russian war on Ukraine are central concerns. During his address, US President Donald Trump criticized the ineffectiveness of the United Nations, contrasting it with his own active efforts to stop offering it to Gaza…”

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A trip via KTAB to Peru

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Greetings all SWLing Post community, here’s more about what the Imaginary Stations crew will bring via those shortwaves this week on Saturday 27th September 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 28th September 2025 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2100 UTC (new time slot) on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz.

It’ll be a trip back in time (via the transmitters at Shortwave Gold) with a show called KTAB – Time Anomaly Broadcasting which will be broadcast in pure mono complete with the ionosphere joining in with fading and such-like, to give you that authentic old time radio feel you don’t get on today’s shortwave radio shows. They’ll be all sorts of great tunes from many years back so expect some snap, crackle and pop and the sound of the gramophone being wound up before that next 78rpm record gets started. Step back in time via the shortwave dial.

On Wednesday 1st October 2025 at 0200 UTC via WRMI we have an episode of Skybird Radio International – The Peruvian Edition. Expect some wonderful music in a true South American style. It’s well worth tuning in for!

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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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Rádio Nacional (September 23, 2025)

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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 Rádio Nacional broadcast.