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Jewels, soul and the weather channel

Hi to all SWLing Post community. Here’s news of what the Imaginary Stations crew will be sending out into the ionosphere and via those groundwaves this coming week.

Thanks to Shortwave Gold, we have a transmission called JEWEL featuring an hour special on Jewel Records, from Cincinnati ran by Rusty York (more on the label here). The show is on Saturday 16th May at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then repeated on Sunday 17th May at 0900/1300 UTC on 6160 kHz and 2000 hrs on 3975 kHz/6160 kHz. Tune in for some musical education!

And then on Monday, May 18th at 20:00 UTC also via Shortwave Gold we’ve got part 2 of “Skybird Soul on Shortwave” on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz. Loads of cracking soul and related type genres for a Monday evening.

Then on Wednesday, May 20th (0200 UTC on 9395 kHz) via WRMI, we bring you a meteorology special with The Weather Channel. So, get the barometer and thermometer at the ready and keep an umbrella at hand just in case and tune in for some forecasting fun.

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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Indie is the WORD

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Hi to all SWLing Post community. Here’s news of what Imaginary Stations will be bringing to the ionosphere this week.

Thanks to Shortwave Gold, we have a transmission called WAIR – Always Independent Radio Featuring the sounds of indie, alternative and post -punk goodness. The show is on Saturday 9th May at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 10th May at 0900/1300 UTC on 6160 kHz and 2000 hrs on 3975 kHz/6160 kHz. Tune in to WAIR for 60 minutes of independent sounds!

Then on Wednesday, May 13th (0200 UTC on 9395 kHz) via WRMI, we have a transmission called WORD. Explore through the shortwaves, a musical theme with songs about words and letters, books, libraries, acronyms, verbs, adverbs and if we can book them in the studio, the shortwave debut of the band Kevin Commas and The Semantics (Wichita’s premier word rock band). Word is the word!

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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We love shortwave, DRM transmissions and Vermont

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Hi to all SWLing Post community. Here’s news of what Imaginary Stations will be bringing to the ionosphere this weekend and into next week.

Thanks to Shortwave Gold, the third instalment of “We Love Shortwave” (WWLS) is ready to be beamed into those airwaves! The show is on Saturday 2nd May at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 3rd May at 0900/1300 UTC on 6160 kHz and 2000 hrs on 3975 kHz/6160 kHz. Get your shortwave radio tuned in, some bell wire slung up on the roof or down the garden and get those headphones on.

If you missed it last week or just want to hear the show again join us on Monday, May 4th at 20:00 UTC when we’re airing a repeat of “Skybird Soul on Shortwave” on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz. It’s the perfect line up of soul and related type tunes for a Monday evening.

Then on Wednesday, May 6th (0200 UTC on 9395 kHz), beyond the maple syrup and the scenery, lies a vibrant musical output that’s waiting to be sampled over those shortwaves. WRMI presents “Imaginary States: Vermont.” Don’t miss this trip into the sounds of the North!

Also on Wednesday, May 6th on 6195 kHz from 0900-1500 UTC is a 6 hour DRM special via Europasender Waldheim bringing you back-to-back shows of Skybird Radio International for most of the day. Tune in for true international style shortwave radio!

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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Shortwave with a bit of Soul

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Hi to all SWLing Post community. Here’s news of what Imaginary Stations will be bringing to the ionosphere this weekend.

Thanks to the services of Shortwave Gold we have a few programmes this week coming. The first show is WWLS – “We Love Shortwave”. It’s a show all about what we all love, shortwave radio! Standby for sounds of the shortwave, music containing shortwave samples and a live debut of Twelve Mega Hurts, the ham radio choir from Cleveland (*subject to availability and atmospheric conditions).

The schedule for the show is on Saturday 25th April at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 26th April at 0900/1300 UTC on 6160 kHz and 2000 hrs on 3975 kHz/6160 kHz. Get your (shortwave) set set, and tune in!

Then on Monday 27th April (and repeated on May 4th) at 20:00 UTC on 3975 kHz/6160 kHz, we have a new Monday evening slot with a special called “Skybird Soul on Shortwave”. Expect all sorts of great soul tunes from old to new, soul classics and lots of “one’s that got away”.

There’s an extra hour of WWLS – “We Love Shortwave” on WRMI on Wednesday 29th April 2026 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz. Same subject as the shows on Shortwave Gold but different content.

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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