{"id":13537,"date":"2015-06-10T07:44:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T11:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=13537"},"modified":"2015-06-10T07:46:58","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T11:46:58","slug":"art-bells-midnight-in-the-desert-to-be-broadcast-on-shortwave-via-wtww-and-wbcq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/art-bells-midnight-in-the-desert-to-be-broadcast-on-shortwave-via-wtww-and-wbcq\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Bell&#8217;s &#8220;Midnight In The Desert&#8221; to be broadcast on shortwave via WTWW and WBCQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MidnightInTHeDesert.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13539\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MidnightInTHeDesert.jpg\" alt=\"MidnightInTHeDesert\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MidnightInTHeDesert.jpg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MidnightInTHeDesert-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Mike, who informs us that Art Bell is returning to the airwaves with a new radio show called <em><a href=\"http:\/\/artbell.com\/art-bells-new-show-faq\/\" target=\"_blank\">Midnight in the Desert<\/a><\/em>. Like <em>Coast to Coast AM<\/em>, (which Bell retired from several years ago)\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/artbell.com\/art-bells-new-show-faq\/\" target=\"_blank\">Midnight in the Desert<\/a><\/em>\u00a0will also focus on paranormal activity.<\/p>\n<p>Mike also points out that Bell has also announced <em>Midnight in the Desert<\/em> will be broadcast on <a href=\"http:\/\/wtww.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">WTWW<\/a> (5,085 kHz). \u00a0WTWW will start airing the show July 20, 2015 from\u00a09:00 pm &#8211; Midnight Pacific time.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, after looking at the <a href=\"http:\/\/artbell.com\/radio-stations\/\" target=\"_blank\">list of radio stations rebroadcasting\u00a0<em>Midnight in the Desert<\/em><\/a>, I noted that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbcq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WBCQ<\/a>, in Maine, will also carry the show on 7,490 and 9,330 kHz.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and updates, check out<a href=\"http:\/\/artbell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Art Bell&#8217;s<em>\u00a0<\/em>website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Mike, who informs us that Art Bell is returning to the airwaves with a new radio show called Midnight in the Desert. Like Coast to Coast AM, (which Bell retired from several years ago)\u00a0Midnight in the Desert\u00a0will also focus on paranormal activity. Mike also points out that Bell has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,56,433,3,43,1167],"tags":[3888,3891,3890,3889,4082,657,874],"class_list":["post-13537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-broadcasters","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-art-bell","tag-coast-to-coast-am","tag-midnight-in-the-desert","tag-midnight-in-the-desert-shortwave","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-wbcq","tag-wtww"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3wl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54603,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/has-wtww-left-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":13537,"position":0},"title":"Has WTWW left shortwave?","author":"Thomas","date":"November 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I recently learned from a few reports on Twitter that WTWW left shortwave for good on November 9, 2022 and will now only broadcast over the internet. I missed this announcement on the air and WTWW's website doesn't seem to reflect this information yet. The WTWW wikipedia page has already\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Broadcasting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Zenith-Transoceanic-R-7000-2-angle-e1540388449299.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Zenith-Transoceanic-R-7000-2-angle-e1540388449299.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Zenith-Transoceanic-R-7000-2-angle-e1540388449299.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Zenith-Transoceanic-R-7000-2-angle-e1540388449299.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32878,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/shortwave-station-wtww-promotes-field-day-on-the-air\/","url_meta":{"origin":13537,"position":1},"title":"Shortwave station WTWW promotes Field Day on the air","author":"Thomas","date":"June 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Bill (WD9EQD), who writes: Shortwave Station WTWW is promoting Field Day with a special shortwave broadcast. From their Web Page: http:\/\/wtww.us\/ Call in toll free at: 833-390-5085 Promote The Ham Radio Hobby To The Entire World On A Powerful International Shortwave Radio Station - WTWW\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;HD Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"HD Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/hd-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-Field-Day-1-of-22-5-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-Field-Day-1-of-22-5-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-Field-Day-1-of-22-5-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16243,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/wtww-christmas-shortwave-radio-picture-contest\/","url_meta":{"origin":13537,"position":2},"title":"WTWW Christmas Shortwave Radio Picture Contest","author":"Thomas","date":"December 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: WTWW via David Korchin, K2WNW) It's Christmas music on International Shortwave Radio Station WTWW. We want the shortwave radio to take the place of the electric train under the Christmas Tree! We are asking for pictures of your shortwave radios - the most festive picture wins! Include yourself, friends\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Contests&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Contests","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/contests\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Yes, though I'm not entering the contest, I am getting into the spirit of the season!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Hallicrafters-SX-24-Christmas-Decorations-1024x940.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Hallicrafters-SX-24-Christmas-Decorations-1024x940.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Hallicrafters-SX-24-Christmas-Decorations-1024x940.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23192,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/theatre-organ-from-the-ozarks-on-wtww-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":13537,"position":3},"title":"&#8220;Theatre Organ from the Ozarks&#8221; on WTWW shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"January 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Bob Heil (K9EID), who writes: You may be interested to know about the Saturday evening Theatre Organ shows on the 100KW of WTWW: \"Theatre Organ from the Ozarks\" each Saturday at 8PM CST (0200 UTC Sunday)\u00a0on WTWW shortwave \u00a05.085 MHz. 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