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We do love imaginary stations and Ohio!

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Greetings all SWLing Post community, Imaginary Stations bring you WLIS (We Love Imaginary Stations 2) through the ether this week via shortwaveradio.de on Saturday 25th January 2026 at 1200 hrs UTC. Then there’s the second transmission on Sunday 26th January 2026 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz and (the new time of) 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz.

As the first programme a couple of weeks ago, the show is a homage to imaginary, fictitious or fabricated radio stations that have appeared in films, books and music. Use your shortwave radio or an online SDR to tune into radio stations that may or may not exist. It’s going to be an interesting show so tune in!

And on Wednesday 28th January 2026 at 0300 UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI we bring you OHIO. We’re talking about songs about Ohio. Could Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young be in there? Randy Newman? And REM? Who knows, you have to tune in and find out, but it will be a great show no matter what.

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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A first class service with some warmth

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Greetings all SWLing Post community, Imaginary Stations bring you POST (The Shortwave Postal Service) through the ether this week via shortwaveradio.de on Saturday 17th January 2026 at 1200 hrs UTC. Then there’s the second post on Sunday 18th January 2026 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz and (the new time of) 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz.

We’ll be pushing the (audio) envelope and be playing songs about stamps, post masters, postmen and women, and the humble post-box in all its free-standing glory (unless it is mounted into a wall). So put the imaginary overstuffed mailbag on your shoulder and listen to some sorted and possibly redirected tunes by the power of shortwave.

And on Wednesday 21st January 2026 at 0300 UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI we bring you WARM. It may be cold where you are now, but we at Imaginary Stations will be sitting in front of a roaring fire dreaming about the change in the seasons and that magical time when the sun comes out again and playing some tunes with warmth to cheer you up. Tune in and listen to tunes that raise the temperature.

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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Imagination and strange cloud formations

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Greetings all SWLing Post community, Imaginary Stations bring you WLIS (We love Imaginary Stations). It’s a homage to imaginary, fictitious or fabricated radio stations that have appeared in films, books and music. Remember Jimi Hendrix’s EXP, Wolfman Jack on XERB, Harry Chapin’s WOLD, the many shows on GTA and others?

The first show is via shortwaveradio.de on Saturday 10th January 2026 at 1200 hrs UTC and then again on Sunday 11th January 2026 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz and (the new time of) 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz.

Use your shortwave radio or an online SDR to tune into those radio stations that may or may not exist. If you love (fictional or non-fictional) radio, you’ll love our show!

And on Wednesday 14th January 2026 at 0300 UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI we bring you The Weather Channel, a programme which features the joys of meteorology. So have your weather vane wired up as your antenna and keep a look out for strange cloud formations while tuning into The Weather Channel.

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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‘Tis the season before spring

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Greetings all SWLing Post community, Imaginary Stations start the new year with the final episodes of WNTR. The first is via shortwaveradio.de on Saturday 3rd January 2026 at 1200 hrs UTC and then again on Sunday 4th January 2026 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz and (the new time of) 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz. Winter vibes abound as per with the show, and the temperature outside may only a few degrees, but we will be transmitting as much winter warmth as we can!

And the final instalment is on Wednesday 7th January 2026 at 0300 UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI. Spring may be a good few weeks away, but this’ll be the end of WNTR for now.

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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You don’t want to be left out in the cold!

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Greetings all SWLing Post community, here’s more Imaginary Stations WNTR shows for the festive season just when you’re fed up with what’s on Christmas TV. The first is via shortwaveradio.de on Saturday 27th December 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC and then again on Sunday 28th December 2025 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz and 2200 UTC on 3975 kHz.


Expect all sorts of winter tunes, festive tunes and music to celebrate the end of the year. Turn your shortwave radio on and enjoy some pleasurable and warm tunes. There may be some egg nog left in the fridge if you’re lucky!

And there’s another instalment of WNTR on Wednesday 31st December 2025 at 0300 UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI. Start your New Year’s Eve very early and enjoy the cosy sounds on WNTR!

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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Even the ionosphere has tinsel on it

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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 [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.

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This is snowplough radio, this is snowplough radio

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Greetings all SWLing Post community, here’s what the Imaginary Stations crew have for you next week. We’ve two shows celebrating the forth coming holiday period with a series of shows called WNTR, the first via shortwaveradio.de on Saturday 13th December 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC and then again on Sunday 14th December 2025 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz and 2200 UTC on 3975 kHz. Tune in and listen to the more eclectic side of yuletide/winter solstice programming featuring festive delights including holiday tunes, an eggnog recipe without using any eggs, a load of singing Santa’s in the studio, and we’ll be turning on the Plummet Mall Christmas lights live on shortwave (* All subject to availability of course).

We’ll have another instalment of WNTR on Wednesday 17th December 2025 at 0300 UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI. Expect a different show in the same vein. Tune in and turn on. Winter weather protection encouraged.

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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