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

December continues with 3955 kHz only, and since it is the season for various holidays in multiple countries, both programs will be “surprise packages” of musical goodies for those who need a break from regular holiday programming.  Dates and times are as follows:

From the Isle of Music December 2025
Friday, December 12, 2025,  :3955 kHz, 1800 CET (1700 UTC), repeat 2300 CET (2200 UTC)

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot December 2025**
Friday December 19:3955 kHz, 1800 CET (1700 UTC), repeat 2300 CET (2200 UTC)

**UBMP times subject to change, check the Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot Facebook Page, https://www.facebook.com/UncleBillsMeltingPot/ for confirmation.

Happy Holidays to all.

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

The semiannual time and season changes always bring challenges to FTIOM and UBMP on 6070 and 9670, and we will be pausing our shows on those two frequencies for a month or two until things sort themselves out.  We will have two transmissions of each show on 3955 on Radio Channel 292 from Germany during the interim as follows:

From the Isle of Music

November’s show will feature some Cuban music recordings that entered the Latin and regular GRAMMY competitions this year (it will be too soon to tell if any of them won either.)
Friday, November 14:
3955 kHz at 1700 UTC, repeats 2200 UTC

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot

November’s show will be a polka party featuring Polish-American bands from the northeast US and Chicago. If you think you don’t like polkas, you just haven’t listened to the right bands.
Friday, November 21:
3955 kHz at 1700 UTC, repeats 2200 UTC

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. All QSLs are e-QSLs only.

Thanks for all you do for radio. Contrary to what some its critics are fond of chanting, shortwave can still be a voice of and for peace, and in these times, that is more important than ever.

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.

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

Special Extra Broadcast of September’s Program

Channel 292 will air an encore broadcast of September’s UBMP featuring jazz from Russia and Ukraine on September 28, 2025 at 0300 UTC (11pm Eastern US) on 3955 kHz.

This is an experiment – although most Europeans are fast asleep, this is supposedly the hour of maximum reach for the frequency, and it may or may not touch parts of the world that don’t receive the transmission directly at the usual times. We are about to find out.

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

From the Isle of Music, September 2025
September’s program will be the fourth 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 the Música Bailable (Dance Music) category this month.
Friday, September 12:
6070 kHz at 1700 UTC
3955 kHz at 2100 UTC
Sunday, September 14:
9670 kHz at 1700 UTC using booster beam H to Africa (repeat of September 12 episode).

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, September 2025
In September we will present jazz from Russia and Ukraine featuring musicians who are still in each country.
Friday, September 19:
6070 kHz at 1700 UTC
3955 at 2100 UTC
Sunday, September 21:
9670 kHz at 1700 UTC using beam H to Africa (repeat of September 19 episode).

*As an experiment, we are turning the booster beam for 9670 kHz towards Africa. We have never done that before and can’t predict the results.
**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.