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You’d catch ’em surfin’ in the library

Greetings to all SWLing Post community, Imaginary Stations have got a couple of treats for you this week.

There’s more surfboard madness with SURF 3 on Saturday 26th July 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 27th July 2025 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2000 UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold).

Propagation may be choppy of late but there will be waves you can jump on to enjoy another hour of tunes about wearing fullsuits, watching out for corduroy approaching (that’s not the trousers and jacket combo, we mean “a series of swells marching in from the horizon”) and hopping on those party waves. Tune in and get surfing without getting soaked to the skin.

And we’ve a new episode of the interesting The Shortwave Music Library on Wednesday 30th July 2025 at 0200 hrs UTC via WRMI. Chief music librarian DJ Frederick is behind the reception desk picking out some eclectic tunes from his collection. Expect all sorts of musical goodness from across all genres and we’d appreciated it if you could keep noise down to a minimum during the broadcast as it is a library after all.

Here’s more about the show.

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

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More shortwave surfing with COOL

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Greetings to all SWLing Post community, here’s this week’s shortwave transmissions from the Imaginary Stations crew.

There’s more “get on that board” madness with SURF 2 on Saturday 19th July 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 20th July 2025 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2000 UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold).

Get that convertible out of the garage, load it up with your surfboard then leave it out on the drive. Turn on your receiver indoors, make sure those (short)waves are active and enjoy an hour of the best surf related tunes. Remember “Let’s go surfing now, turn on your radio, that’s how, join us on the high frequent seas” and hang loose!

And we’ve got another episode of COOL on Wednesday 23rd July 2025 at 0200 hrs UTC via WRMI. Think sunshine vibes and chilling out on a deserted beach somewhere with a shortwave wind up portable. Enjoy the summer with COOL!

Here’s a trailer about riding the shortwave SURF to get you in the mood.

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

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Sand, Sea and Shortwave

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Greetings to all SWLing Post community, here’s our shows we’ve lined up for you this week.

We bring you SURF on Saturday 12th July 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 13th July 2025 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2000 UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold). As they say, “Let’s go surfing now, turn on your radio, that’s how, join us on the high frequent seas”. Join the dawn patrol (if it’s early morning where you are) and jump on your board and go surfing with the shortwave radio dial and you’ll be riding those (air)waves before you know it.

And we’ve got an episode of COOL on Wednesday 16th July 2025 at 0200 hrs UTC via WRMI. Think summer vibes galore and tunes to listen to whilst chilling on the beach. Towels, deckchairs and sunblock at the ready please!

Here’s a trailer about riding the shortwave SURF to get you in the mood.

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

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The COOL keeps on coming on shortwave!

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Hi it’s FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know what Imaginary Stations will be bringing the shortwave community this week. On Sunday 11th August 2024 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz they have yet another version of COOL, this time COOL 5 via Shortwave Gold. Like the last COOL shows, it’s summer vibes galore and tunes to listen to whilst on the sun lounger. Towels and suntan lotion at the ready please!

Then via WRMI on Wednesday 14th August 2024 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz we’ll be bringing you a back to school special of KMART, your “official supermarket shortwave radio station”. Expect voucher give-aways, extended opening hours and the best blue light specials on the planet (*All subject to availability of course). Tune in and enjoy an alternative to shopping on the shortwave dial.

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.

More of the Summer of COOL

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Hi it’s FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know what the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing to the shortwaves this week. On Sunday 4th August 2024 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz they have another version of COOL, this time COOL 4 via Shortwave Gold. Like the last COOL shows it’s all about those summertime tunes, songs about sun tan lotion, deckchairs, long drinks and cool nights. If you’ve loved the last few COOLs you’ll love this one. Shortwave on, sunscreen on and tune into COOL.

Then via WRMI on Wednesday 7th August 2024 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz we’ll be bringing you another COOL show. This is different from the Shortwave Gold show but it will be in the same holiday, summertime spirit. So pour yourself a long refreshing drink (no matter what time it is in your location) and enjoy the weather.

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.

After sun after the rain

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Hi it’s FastRadioBurst 23 from Imaginary Stations here letting you know of a couple of our summertime specials this coming week.

On Sunday 14th July 2024 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing you more summer of shortwave celebrations with COOL 3. More summer vibes and happy sunshine tunes even if though the weather outside isn’t summerlike at your QTH (or perhaps it is?)

Then via WRMI on Wednesday 17th July 2024 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz we’ll be bringing you a great show in the form of Radio Ace, alas no Flash Frisbone but an array of wonderful tunes and the story of Mingling Mike. It’s a winner and well worth a listen so tune in.

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.

On the beach

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Hi it’s FastRadioBurst 23 from Imaginary Stations here letting you know of a couple of our summertime end of pier entertainment specials this coming week.

On Sunday 7th July 2024 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz we’ll be bringing you COOL 2. Expect entertainment of the summer vacation kind over the seaside pier PA, there’ll be songs about of sea and surfing, towels saved on sunloungers and even holiday tips about dodging the deck chair attendant by pretending you’re fast asleep. We’ll be checking the weather forecast a week beforehand and will be crossing our fingers that the sun will shine come broadcast time. So roll out the beach blanket, blow up that beach ball and get yourself comfy and tune into COOL 2.

Then via WRMI on Wednesday 10th July 2024 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz we’ll be bringing you our debut show of COOL which was broadcast to Europe last week. Tune in and enjoy the summer of shortwave vibes.

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.