Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who notes:
I attach a copy of my “Music Programmes on Shortwave” PDF list for the
new A-19 broadcast season for you to consider adding to your SWLing Post
pages.
Alan, thanks so much for keeping this brilliant music guide updated each broadcast season and for sharing it here with the community! I always print and keep a copy of your guide at my listening post!
Click here to download a PDF copy of Alan Roe’s Music on Shortwave A-19 v1.1.
Many thanks to the host of This is a Music Show who shares the following announcement:
I’m moving to a better frequency for the longer days. The move also means a time shift 30 minutes later.
Starting May 1, continuing every week for the summer:
9395 kHz 0130 UTC THURSDAY = Wed. evenings in the Americas (930pmET/630pmPT):
5850 kHZ 0100 UTC THURSDAY will still be on for the next couple of weeks during the transition:
As always, the 3 most recent broadcast recordings are available here, processed for artificial stereo, using recordings from different SDRs. (Big thanks to Daz Man for processing these recordings, and improving the show’s broadcast fidelity!)
Click here to listen on SoundCloud.
After last week’s themed program, I’m back to the regular program of irregular second-hand record gems–hope you’ll tune in.
Encore – Classical Music on shortwave – broadcast Sunday afternoon in Europe & USA
Encore – Classical Music this weekend is being broadcast as usual by Channel 292 (Europe) on 6070 kHz at 15:00 UTC Sunday 28th April.
Back on the air after ten days of maintenance.
And by WBCQ on 7490 kHz at 00:00 – 01:00 UTC Monday 29th April.
There is a repeat on 6070 kHz on Friday at 19:00 UTC.
The show this week will start with a fanfare on medieval bladder pipes followed by some Holst and an organ sonata by Bach. We have two lyrical and romantic contemporary pieces from Thomas Adès, also some Telemann and Mozart. Amongst much else – Leonard Bernstein conducts Charles Ives and the programme finishes with some early Russian polyphony.
As usual – reception reports and requests for music to play in future programmes will be very welcome.
Regular Broadcast times are:
15:00 – 16:00 UTC Sunday, and repeated 19:00 – 20:00 UTC Friday on 6070 kHz (Channel 292 Germany).
00:00 – 01:00 UTC Monday on 7490 kHz (WBCQ – Maine).
Brice Avery – Encore – Radio Tumbril – www.tumbril.co.uk
(Source: Radio Tumbril)
Classical Music on shortwave – broadcast Sunday afternoon in Europe & USA
Encore – Classical Music this weekend Is being broadcast as usual on WBCQ at 00:00 – 01:00 UTC Monday 22nd April.
Channel 292 is off air at the moment for servicing so the normal 15:00 UTC Sunday 21st April transmission will not happen this week.
The show will start with a Boccherini quintet, then some ballet music from Swan Lake.
There will also be some French wind band music, an organ work from Bach and some interesting works for the human voice.
As usual reception reports and requests for pieces to pay in future programmes will be very welcome.
Broadcast times are:
15:00 – 16:00 UTC Sunday, and repeated 19:00 – 20:00 UTC Friday on 6070 kHz (Channel 292 Germany).
00:00 – 01:00 UTC Monday on 7490 kHz (WBCQ – Maine).
(Channel 292 is off air for ten days from Monday 16th April.)
Brice Avery – Encore – Radio Tumbril – www.tumbril.co.uk
(Source: Radio Tumbril)
Classical Music broadcast on Sunday afternoon in Europe & USA
Encore this week will start with a beautifully lyrical Piano piece by Sibelius, then we’ll have a movement from Elgar’s Cello Concerto in an historic recording by Jaqueline du Pré.
There will also be a song from Gluck, two string quartet pieces by Janacek, some of Mahler’s 5th, Copeland’s clarinet concerto, a little Bach organ music and some Albinoni.Broadcast times are 15:00 – 16:00 UTC Sunday on 6070 kHz (Channel 292 Germany) and 00:00 – 01:00 UTC Monday on 7490 kHz (WBCQ – Maine).
(There would normally be a repeat on Friday 19th on on 6070 kHz but 292 will be off air for ten days from Monday 16th April for adjustments)
Brice Avery – Encore – Radio Tumbril
Many thanks to Brice Avery who writes:
Hi Thomas,
Thanks for all the quality work at the SWLing Post.I have recently started a weekly programme on SW playing Classical Western Music.
There is hardly any now and there used to be a lot more.The show is called Encore and goes out on 6070 kHz from Channel 292 at 15:00 UTC on Sundays with a repeat on Friday at 19:00 UTC.
WBCQ broadcast Encore in US between 00:00 and 01:00 UTC Monday (Early Sunday evening in the US).
We are now at Programme 6 and the feedback is excellent.
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Thank you for sharing this, Brice. I’ll certainly tune into your new show as I’m a massive fan of music over shortwave and, as you say, there are few outlets these days for classical music. Good luck with the new show!
Thanks to a tip from SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, I spent some air time with an old friend last night: Radio Educación broadcasting from Mexico City on 6,185 kHz.
Like a lot of small Central and South American shortwave stations, I believe XEPPM only broadcasts at 1,000 watts–though in the past, I believe they were allowed 10,000 watts. Still, their signal often makes it into eastern North America with relative ease, although it’s rare that it’s so clear. As summer approaches here in the northern hemisphere, QRN (noise from natural sources, like thunder storms) will rise on the 49 meter band. Even last night, there were some mild static crashes.
I tuned in around 01:25 UTC (April 1, 2019) with the WinRadio Excalibur and heard some amazing jazz, so I had to hit the record button.
For your listening pleasure, here’s the one hour ten minute recording I made:
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