{"id":41002,"date":"2019-12-06T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41002"},"modified":"2019-12-01T08:50:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T12:50:24","slug":"free-radio-skybird-returns-december-8th-and-15th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/free-radio-skybird-returns-december-8th-and-15th\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Radio Skybird returns December 8th and 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/weedsuptomeknees.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pete Madtone<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/free-radio-skybird_december.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41003\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/free-radio-skybird_december.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/free-radio-skybird_december.jpg 584w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/free-radio-skybird_december-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Next<strong>\u00a0Sunday 8th December<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<strong>1700 UTC\/UK<\/strong>\u00a0will be a new transmission from DJ Frederick\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Free Radio Skybird\u00a0<\/strong>on\u00a0<strong>6070 kHz<\/strong>\u00a0shortwave via\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.channel292.de\/\">Channel 292<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and if you haven\u2019t got a suitable radio it 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>. The show will be rebroadcast the week after on\u00a0<strong>Sunday 15th December<\/strong>\u00a0at<strong>\u00a01100 UTC\/UK<\/strong>\u00a0also on\u00a0<strong>6070 kHz.<\/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,\u00a0Steve<\/strong>\u00a0with<strong>\u00a0Indie Science Radio<\/strong>\u00a0and our very own\u00a0<strong>One Deck Pete<\/strong>\u00a0presenting the\u00a0<strong>Skybird Mailbag<\/strong>. Also there\u2019ll be an airing of\u00a0Pete\u2019s\u00a0<strong>\u201cBouncing off the ionosphere\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0that has new tunes from:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/14AiEXtiaKk6yF7YO2fap8\"><strong>UK DD<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<strong>Koko<\/strong>,<a href=\"https:\/\/maxbarbu.bandcamp.com\/\"><strong>\u00a0Maxime Tisne-Versailles<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amyrootmusic.bandcamp.com\/\"><strong>Amy Root<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernie_Freeman\">Ernest Freeman<\/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>\u00a0a day or so before transmission date if you want to hear it in true stereo but we here prefer the show via the ionosphere. Tune in and turn on! #shortwavesnotdead #madtone #freeradioskybird<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source:\u00a0Pete Madtone) Next\u00a0Sunday 8th December\u00a0at\u00a01700 UTC\/UK\u00a0will be a new transmission from DJ Frederick\u2019s\u00a0Free Radio Skybird\u00a0on\u00a06070 kHz\u00a0shortwave via\u00a0Channel 292\u00a0and if you haven\u2019t got a suitable radio it can also be heard on the SDR link on their site\u00a0here. The show will be rebroadcast the week after on\u00a0Sunday 15th December\u00a0at\u00a01100 UTC\/UK\u00a0also on\u00a06070 kHz. This month\u2019s programme will [&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],"tags":[7928,7454,7455],"class_list":["post-41002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-free-radio-skybird","tag-madtone","tag-pete-polanyk"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aFk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46573,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/free-radio-skybird-sunday-november-21st-and-december-6th-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":41002,"position":0},"title":"Free Radio Skybird: Sunday November 22nd and December 6th, 2020","author":"Thomas","date":"November 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source:\u00a0Pete Madtone) The final\u00a0Free Radio Skybird\u00a0programme of this year (bar the repeat two weeks later) is on\u00a0Sunday November 22nd at\u00a01200 UTC\u00a0on\u00a06070 kHz\u00a0via\u00a0Channel 292. 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