{"id":42422,"date":"2020-03-21T16:42:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T20:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=42422"},"modified":"2020-03-21T16:42:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T20:42:36","slug":"uncle-bills-melting-pot-expands-to-full-hour-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/uncle-bills-melting-pot-expands-to-full-hour-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot Expands to Full Hour in April"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Beginning Sunday, April 5,\u00a0Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot<\/em>\u00a0expands to a full hour of new episodes on Sundays from 2200-2300 UTC on WBCQ 7490 hKz and Tuesdays from 2000-2100 UTC on Channel 292 6070 kHz.\u00a0 The expanded time will allow us to both explore musical cultures more deeply and play longer songs when appropriate.
\nThe expanded program format will include a new feature,\u00a0Radio Balcony<\/em>, on the last Sunday (followed by Tuesday) of each month.\u00a0\u00a0Radio Balcony\u00a0<\/em>is partially inspired by videos of our European friends singing from their balconies in these difficult times and will ask our listeners to send recorded greetings to their fellow listeners, short letters, other short audio recordings and\u00a0 recommendations of songs from their own countries.\u00a0 We will play or read the best of these on the air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beginning Sunday, April 5,\u00a0Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot\u00a0expands to a full hour of new episodes on Sundays from 2200-2300 UTC on WBCQ 7490 hKz and Tuesdays from 2000-2100 UTC on Channel 292 6070 kHz.\u00a0 The expanded time will allow us to both explore musical cultures more deeply and play longer songs when appropriate. The expanded program […]<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-b2e","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59704,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/june-2024-schedules-from-the-isle-of-music-and-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","url_meta":{"origin":42422,"position":0},"title":"June 2024 Schedules: From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot","author":"Thomas","date":"May 21, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following schedule: From the Isle of Music, 8 June 2024 as follows: 1700-1800 UTC on 9670 kHz with Beam E-F (best for South Asia remote listeners) Repeat: 1900-2000 UTC on 3955 & 6070 kHz Repeat: 2300-2400 UTC on 3955\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Music"","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Transistor-radio-dial-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Transistor-radio-dial-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Transistor-radio-dial-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Transistor-radio-dial-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Transistor-radio-dial-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62429,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/april-2025-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","url_meta":{"origin":42422,"position":1},"title":"April 2025 Schedule Updates: From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill\u2019s Melting Pot","author":"Thomas","date":"March 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update: There are some schedule changes for April 2025 in From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill's Melting Pot: From the Isle of Music, April 2025 (NOTE NEW SCHEDULE) April's program will feature a tribute to one of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Music"","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"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":42422,"position":2},"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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