Even the ionosphere has tinsel on it

Greetings all SWLing Post community, here’s more Imaginary Stations news for the holiday season. We’ve more episodes of WNTR celebrating the forthcoming festive period, the first via shortwaveradio.de on Saturday 20th December 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC and then again on Sunday 21st December 2025 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz and 2200 UTC on 3975 kHz. Tune in and listen to all things festive, lots of themed mixes, live wrapping of presents on air, a live tutorial of how to make a balloon dog toy and they’ll be a live link up from somewhere where snow has fallen and much more (* All subject to availability of course).

And there’s another instalment of WNTR on Wednesday 24th December 2025 at 0300 UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI. Get ready for the holiday season by listening to shortwave! Seasons greetings from all at Imaginary Stations.

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

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Personality of the Year 2025 via RRI

RRI’s Tiganesti-based shortwave transmitter centre (Photo source: Radio Romania International)

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following announcement from Radio Romania international:

RRI’s Personality of the Year in 2025

Like every year, Radio Romania International is again inviting listeners to choose their favourite person in 2025.

It’s been a difficult and complicated year, with Russia’s war in Ukraine waging on, conflicts in the Middle East, natural disasters and the effects of climate change. Under these circumstances, who, in your opinion, has had the most positive influence on the world in 2025? And why?

Your choice can be a global figure or someone who is unknown to the wider public but whose story you find inspiring.

We’re looking forward to your proposals, either in text or audio format, by email, Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp at 0040.744.312.650.

Stay tuned to find out the name of RRI’s 2025 Personality of the Year in our programmes and online on Thursday, 1st January 2026.

Carlos is Making an Illustrated Radiofax Scrapbook

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Carlos Latuff, who writes:

Since the pandemic, I’ve been receiving news in Brazil from the Japanese agency Kyodo News, transmitted by radiofax. From now on, I’ll print the radiofax and paste them into this scrapbook, illustrating one or more news items.

I love it, Carlos! You’ll fill that book quickly with the number of decodes you log each year!

Check Your Time with the LM Chime

by Dan Greenall

Shades of the 1970’s.  Commercial AM radio (in English) the way it used to be. Heavy on nostalgic music from the 1960’s to the 1990’s, plenty of good old style jingles, and of course, the LM chime every hour.

Decades ago, the “LM” used to stand for Lourenco Marques Radio as the station was based in this city in Mozambique. Today, it is Lifetime Memories Radio, and broadcasts to Maputo and the surrounding area, where it can be heard on 87.8 FM. The station also broadcasts on 702 kHz medium wave from a transmitter near Johannesburg, South Africa, and can be heard worldwide via Kiwi SDR or online stream here   https://lmradio.co.za/

In addition to the live stream, be sure to read about the rich history of the station that began in 1936. The station was shut down in 1975 when Mozambique gained independence, but has re-emerged in the 21st century.  A visit to the LM Radio museum is well worth the trip.  https://lmradio.co.mz/history/

In 1973, I was able to hear Radio Clube de Mocambique on 4855 kHz shortwave from here in Canada.  If you listen closely, you can hear the LM chime.

Give them a listen, but first, check out these sample recordings made between November 27 and December 8, 2025, through a Kiwi SDR located near Johannesburg:

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2025-12-08:

All Tribes Radio Returns to Shortwave!

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

Broadcasting across the globe on shortwave radio, All Tribes Radio champions world peace through an eclectic blend of culturally diverse music, spoken word, and vintage treasures from the golden age of radio.

We offer a welcoming platform for independent artists who license their work through Creative Commons, while also sharing open-source, public-domain, Copyleft, and other copyright-free content.

Founded in 2008, All Tribes Radio (ATR) streamed Creative Commons music 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to an average of 6,000 listeners per month in more than 120 countries across every continent. With studios in Nosara, Costa Rica, ATR’s signal reached the world via an internet server in Tampa, Florida.

In 2011, streaming gave way to podcasting, resulting in the production of 68 one-hour episodes for iTunes, completed in 2012.

ATR entered a new chapter in 2020 with its first shortwave broadcasts: a weekly one-hour program showcasing Creative Commons music in English, Spanish, German, French, and Italian. These were transmitted from WRMI in Okeechobee, Florida, and Channel 292 in Rohrbach, Germany. Unfortunately, the disruptions of Covid-19 brought those broadcasts to an end the following year.

Happily, as of November 30, 2025, ATR has returned to shortwave —now transmitting exclusively from Channel 292 with 10 kW of power and a 315º beam aimed toward northern and western Europe. One-hour broadcasts can be heard each Sunday from 1400–1500 UTC on 9670 kHz. Reception reports are warmly welcomed, and e-QSL verification is available.

Click here to read more about All Tribes Radio on Ken’s Substack.