{"id":42161,"date":"2020-02-25T19:48:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T23:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=42161"},"modified":"2020-02-25T19:49:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T23:49:18","slug":"ftiom-ubmp-march-1-7-special-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/ftiom-ubmp-march-1-7-special-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"FTIOM & UBMP March 1-7 & Special Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Special 12-Hour Marathon of From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot<\/strong><\/em>
\nMarch 4 0800-2000 UTC:<\/strong><\/em>
\nOn Wednesday, March 4, Radio Channel 292 from Rohrbach Germany will present a special 12-hour marathon of From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot on 6070 Khz from 0800 to 2000 UTC. There will be a special e-QSL for reception reports for the marathon.<\/p>\n

From the Isle of Music, March 1-7:<\/strong><\/em>
\nThis week, our special guest is Daym\u00e9 Arocena, who will converse with us in English about her beautiful new album, Sonocardiogram.
\nThe broadcasts take place:
\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 Sofia, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK)
\nIf you don’t have a shortwave radio or are out of range, you can listen live to an uplink from a listening radio in the Netherlands during the broadcast at
\nhttp:\/\/websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901\/?tune=9400am
\n2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 (New UTC) on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EST in the US).
\nIf you don’t have a shortwave or are out of range, you can listen to a live stream from the WBCQ website here (choose 7490): http:\/\/www.wbcq.com\/?page_id=7
\n3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany.
\nIf you don’t have a shortwave radio or are out of range, you can listen live to an uplink from a listening radio in Europe.
\nVisit our Facebook page at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fromtheisleofmusic<\/p>\n

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, March 1 and 3:<\/strong><\/em>
\nEpisode 153 takes us to Serbia.
\nOn WBCQ only, there is a second half-hour featuring one of the first episodes of our show in 2017.
\nThe transmissions take place:
\n1.Sundays 2200-2300 NEW UTC (6:00PM -7:00PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The Planet 7490 KHz from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe
\nIf you don’t have a shortwave or are out of range, you can listen to a live stream from the WBCQ website here (choose 7490): http:\/\/www.wbcq.com\/?page_id=7
\n2. Tuesdays 2000-2030 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany for Europe.
\nIf you don’t have a shortwave radio or are out of range, you can listen live to an uplink from different web SDRs in Europe.
\nVisit our Facebook Page at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UncleBillsMeltingPot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Special 12-Hour Marathon of From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot March 4 0800-2000 UTC: On Wednesday, March 4, Radio Channel 292 from Rohrbach Germany will present a special 12-hour marathon of From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot on 6070 Khz from 0800 to 2000 UTC. 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