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

From the Isle of Music, July 2025
July’s program will be the second 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.
Friday, July 11:
6070 kHz at 1700 UTC
3955 kHz at 2100 UTC
Sunday, July 13:
9670 kHz at 1700 UTC using booster beam E to eastern Europe and Eurasia (repeat of July 11 episode).

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, July 2025
In July we will recognize the national days of Canada and the United States with music and comedy from both places, but it will not be standard patriotic fare in either case.
Friday, July 18:
6070 kHz at 1700 UTC
3955 at 2100 UTC
Sunday, July 20
9670 kHz at 1700 UTC using beam E (repeat of July 18 episode).

*For those who were avoiding 3955 due to mixing product issues at the station, we have been informed that this has been fixed.
**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:

From the Isle of Music, March 2025

March’s program will be a Cuban dance party featuring some of our favorite charanga orchestras:

Friday, March 7:
3955 kHz at 2200 UTC

Saturday, March 8:
3955 kHz at 1800 UTC simulcasted with 9670 kHz using beam E-F (repeat of March 7 episode).

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, March 2025

March’s program will feature mainly music from Corsica and will air as follows:

Friday, March 14:
3955 kHz at 2200 UTC

Saturday, March 15:
3955 at 1800 UTC simulcasted with 9670 using beam E-F (repeat of March 14 episode).

**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:

From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot January Schedule

From the Isle of Music:
January’s program will feature retro Cuban music from the 1950s and 1960s and will air as follows:
(NEW) Friday, January 10:
3955 kHz at 2200 UTC
Saturday, January 11:
(NEW) 3955 at 1800 UTC simulcasted with 9670 using beam E-F (repeat of January 10 episode).

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot:
January’s program will feature mainly Kurdish music and will air as follows:
(NEW) Friday, January 17:
3955 kHz at 2200 UTC
Saturday, January 18:
(NEW) 3955 at 1800 UTC simulcasted with 9670 using beam E-F (repeat of January 17 episode).

In addition to regular radio listening, both shows honor reception reports using websdrs provided that the report covers the entire program and specifies which remote sdr was used. All QSLs are eQSLs, and we will probably send an acknowledgment only for partial reports.

73,
Bill