{"id":29934,"date":"2018-01-02T22:16:52","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T02:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29934"},"modified":"2018-01-02T22:16:52","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T02:16:52","slug":"from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot-jan-7-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot-jan-7-13\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, Jan 7-13"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFrom the Isle of Music<\/strong><\/em>, January 7-13:
\nThis week our special guest is rumbero\/percussionist extraordinaire Jes\u00fas Mar\u00eda Abreu Hern\u00e1ndez of Los Papines, who will share some of their exciting new release Rumbeando a mi manera. We will also converse about the history of the group. Plus, a taste of Los Hermanos Arango, one of the most interesting Rumba\/Jazz\/Fusion groups in Cuba today
\nFour opportunities to listen on shortwave:
\n1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) with 100Kw, Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK)
\n2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0100-0200 UTC on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EST in the US). This is running on a backup transmitter due to a recent fire.
\n3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot<\/strong><\/em>, January 7, 2018
\nHot and Cold
\nEpisode 44 of Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot will include some music to warm us up in this cold winter.
\nSunday, January 7, 2018
\n2300-2330 UTC (6:00PM -6:30PM Eastern US) on
\nWBCQ The Planet 7490 KHz shortwave from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe
\nReception reports are especially welcome right now due to WBCQ’s recent transmitter fire.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Isle of Music, January 7-13: This week our special guest is rumbero\/percussionist extraordinaire Jes\u00fas Mar\u00eda Abreu Hern\u00e1ndez of Los Papines, who will share some of their exciting new release Rumbeando a mi manera. We will also converse about the history of the group. Plus, a taste of Los Hermanos Arango, one of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7MO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57200,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/returning-to-shortwave-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot-and-ginga-brasil\/","url_meta":{"origin":29934,"position":0},"title":"Returning to Shortwave: From the Isle of Music, Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot and Ginga Brasil!","author":"Thomas","date":"July 10, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following announcement: From the Isle of Music, Uncle Bill's Melting Pot and Ginga Brasil! 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