{"id":40004,"date":"2019-10-03T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T22:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=40004"},"modified":"2019-10-03T18:39:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T22:39:00","slug":"free-radio-skybird-returns-october-5-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/free-radio-skybird-returns-october-5-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Radio Skybird returns October 5, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/weedsuptomeknees.wordpress.com\/2019\/09\/27\/saturday-night-in-a-shortwave-style\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pete Madtone<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Free-radioskybird5thOctober@weedsupto-e1570142016916.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40005\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Free-radioskybird5thOctober@weedsupto-e1570142016916.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Saturday night (in a shortwave) style<\/h2>\n<p>On<strong>\u00a0Saturday 5th October<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<strong>2200 UTC\/ 2300 UK<\/strong>\u00a0there\u2019s a new transmission from DJ Frederick\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Free Radio Skybird\u00a0<\/strong>on\u00a0<strong>6070 khz\u00a0<\/strong>on shortwave. The later time which will help propagation hopefully is broadcast by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.channel292.de\/\">Channel 292<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and if you haven\u2019t a shortwave set can also be heard on the SDR link on their site\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901\/?tune=6070am\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This month\u2019s programme will feature:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sothismedias.com\/\"><strong>Justin Patrick Moore\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><strong>Radiophonic Laboratory,\u00a0<\/strong>Steve with\u00a0<strong>Mini-indie radio<\/strong>\u00a0and our very own\u00a0<strong>One Deck Pete<\/strong>\u00a0presenting the\u00a0<strong>Skybird Mailbag<\/strong>. They will also play his\u00a0<strong>\u201cSolar minimum but the music\u2019s maximum\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0mix that has tunes from:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/frothwhitlam.bandcamp.com\/releases\"><strong>Froth Whitlam<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/young-nrg.bandcamp.com\/album\/on-the-street\"><strong>Dasya<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/268recordings.bandcamp.com\/track\/andre-j-kwenda-umbali\"><strong>Andre J Kwenda<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and a worldwide exclusive from\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/madtone.bandcamp.com\/\">Madtone<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The programme will be available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/djfrederick\"><strong>DJ Frederick\u2019s Soundcloud page<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0the day before, if you want to hear the show in quality stereo. We here prefer it intermingled with the sounds of the ionosphere. Tune in and turn on whichever way you fancy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/free-radio-skybird-repeat-show_coil-e1570142056861.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40006 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/free-radio-skybird-repeat-show_coil-e1570142056861.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"608\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also this weekend coming sees the re-transmission of\u00a0<strong>Free Radio Skybird\u2019s Remixed show<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>Sunday 29th September at 0800 UTC (0900 UK)<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>7440 khz<\/strong>\u00a0which will feature One Deck Pete\u2019s \u201cSounds of the shortwave\u201d mix.<\/p>\n<p>#shortwavesnotdead #freeradioskybird #madtone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: Pete Madtone) Saturday night (in a shortwave) style On\u00a0Saturday 5th October\u00a0at\u00a02200 UTC\/ 2300 UK\u00a0there\u2019s a new transmission from DJ Frederick\u2019s\u00a0Free Radio Skybird\u00a0on\u00a06070 khz\u00a0on shortwave. The later time which will help propagation hopefully is broadcast by\u00a0Channel 292\u00a0and if you haven\u2019t a shortwave set can also be heard on the SDR link on their site\u00a0here. This [&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":[442,3,43,1167],"tags":[7929,7928,7455,611],"class_list":["post-40004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-dj-frederick","tag-free-radio-skybird","tag-pete-polanyk","tag-shortwave-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-ape","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46104,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/free-radio-skybird-sunday-october-25th-and-november-1-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":40004,"position":0},"title":"Free Radio Skybird: Sunday October 25th and November 1, 2020","author":"Thomas","date":"October 22, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source:\u00a0Pete Madtone) DJ Frederick\u2018s\u00a0Free Radio Skybird\u00a0is back on the 49 Metre shortwave band again this\u00a0Sunday October 25th\u00a0(and repeated the week after) as part of the station\u2019s tenth anniversary. The broadcast goes out at\u00a01200 UTC\u00a0on\u00a06070 kHz\u00a0via\u00a0Channel 292. Expect the usual mixture of stuff with\u00a0DJ Frederick,\u00a0The Radiophonic Laboratory\u00a0and\u00a0Weed\u2019s\u00a0own\u00a0One Deck Pete. 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Next week\u2019s show features\u00a0DJ Frederick,\u00a0Justin Patrick Moore\u2019s\u00a0Radiophonic Laboratory\u00a0and\u00a0Shane Quentin\u00a0with more of that\u00a0Radio Reflexology\u00a0and our very own\u00a0One Deck Pete\u00a0with\u00a0\u201cTunes to cheer you up\u201d\u00a0series.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/free-radio-skybird-sept_oct-2020.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/free-radio-skybird-sept_oct-2020.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/free-radio-skybird-sept_oct-2020.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49437,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/free-radio-skybird-on-july-4-2021\/","url_meta":{"origin":40004,"position":2},"title":"Free Radio Skybird on July 4, 2021","author":"Thomas","date":"June 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Pete Madtone, who shares the following announcement: This\u00a0Sunday\u00a04th July 2021\u00a0Free Radio Skybird\u00a0is being beamed out of the\u00a0WRMI\u00a0transmitter from Miami on\u00a09395 kHz\u00a0at\u00a02300 utc\u00a0(12 midnight UK time). Expect some free radio goodness from\u00a0DJ Frederick\u00a0and the\u00a0Free Radio Skybird\u00a0crew. 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