{"id":31006,"date":"2018-02-28T01:42:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T05:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31006"},"modified":"2018-02-28T01:42:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T05:42:39","slug":"from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot-mar-3-10-a18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot-mar-3-10-a18\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, Mar 3-10 & A18"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From the Isle of Music, March 4-10, 2018<\/strong><\/em>
\nPart 2 of 2 parts
\nThis week, Part 2 of our special guest, saxophonist\/composer\/bandleader Alexey Le\u00f3n, 1st Place winner in the Interpretation category at JoJazz 2017. He already has a very impressive musical resume, and in one of our rare interviews in English, we’ll talk about his career to date and listen to some of his new album Cuban Connection, which also features other distinguished jazzistas such as Ivan Melon Lewis and Carlos Sarduy. We will also listen to some of Alexey’s first album Cuba Meets Russia, some of Carlos Sarduy’s first album Charly en la Habana, and a composition by Juan Almeida from the 1970s, Leningrado, a modern Cuban suite dedicated to the Russian defense of Leningrad in World War II.
\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 Space Line, 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.<\/p>\n

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, Sunday, March 4:\u00a0 1st Anniversary Broadcast!<\/strong><\/em>
\nEpisode 52 of Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, to celebrate the first anniversary of the program, will have a little bit of everything along with our mystery song for the week.
\nSunday, March 4, 2300-2330 UTC (6:00PM -6:30PM Eastern US) on
\nWBCQ The Planet 7490 KHz shortwave from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe<\/p>\n

A18 schedules for FTIOM and UBMP
\n<\/strong>1. FTIOM continues at the current days and UTC times from Channel 292 and Space Line, local times will change accordingly.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0WBCQ will stay at current day and current local time (8-9pm Eastern Mondays) and UTC will change to Tuesdays 0000-0100.
\n2.\u00a0 \u00a0UBMP will continue Sundays 6-7pm Eastern and UTC will change to 2200-2300.\u00a0 Watch for a new option for Europe in April.<\/p>\n

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