{"id":42950,"date":"2020-04-23T09:30:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=42950"},"modified":"2020-04-23T09:30:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:30:41","slug":"free-radio-skybird-one-alternative-to-lockdown-lunacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/free-radio-skybird-one-alternative-to-lockdown-lunacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Radio Skybird: &#8220;One alternative to lockdown lunacy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: <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\/2020\/04\/free-radio-skybird-26th-april-graphic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42951\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/free-radio-skybird-26th-april-graphic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/free-radio-skybird-26th-april-graphic.jpg 584w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/free-radio-skybird-26th-april-graphic-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Sunday coming\u00a0<strong>26th April 2020<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/half-gifts.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/interview-dj-frederick.html\">DJ Frederick\u2019s<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Free Radio Skybird<\/strong>\u00a0will be broadcasting another show in its weekly spring run at\u00a0<strong>1100 UTC (1200 UK)\u00a0<\/strong>on\u00a0<strong>6070 kHz<\/strong>\u00a0via\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.channel292.de\/\">Channel 292.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s episode features\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sothismedias.com\/\"><strong>Justin Patrick Moore\u2019s<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sothismedias.com\/\">\u00a0<\/a><strong>Radiophonic Laboratory<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>One Deck Pete\u2019s \u201cRadio connects us all\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>mix featuring\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/danger-man.co.uk\/episodeDetails.asp?episodeID=84&amp;seriesNo=3\"><strong>Patrick McGoohan<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.residentadvisor.net\/dj\/sasskia\"><strong>Sasskia<\/strong>,<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Mokka<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Camille Murray.<\/strong>\u00a0We\u2019ve also the debut of\u00a0<strong>Shane Quentin<\/strong>\u00a0from the excellent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crmk.co.uk\/the-garden-of-earthly-delights\/\"><strong>Garden of Earthly Delights radio show<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0who\u2019s bringing us a bit of\u00a0<strong>\u201cRadio Re-flex-ology\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/flexyapril40weedsupto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42952\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/flexyapril40weedsupto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/flexyapril40weedsupto.jpg 584w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/flexyapril40weedsupto-300x82.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tune in using your shortwave radio in the\u00a0<strong>49 Metre band<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>6070 kHz<\/strong>\u00a0or by using the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901\/?tune=6070am\">link here<\/a><\/strong>. It\u2019s going to be one interesting hour!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/6070-sched.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42954\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/6070-sched.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/6070-sched.jpg 486w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/6070-sched-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: Pete Madtone) This Sunday coming\u00a026th April 2020,\u00a0DJ Frederick\u2019s\u00a0Free Radio Skybird\u00a0will be broadcasting another show in its weekly spring run at\u00a01100 UTC (1200 UK)\u00a0on\u00a06070 kHz\u00a0via\u00a0Channel 292.\u00a0 This week\u2019s episode features\u00a0Justin Patrick Moore\u2019s\u00a0Radiophonic Laboratory\u00a0and\u00a0One Deck Pete\u2019s \u201cRadio connects us all\u201d\u00a0mix featuring\u00a0Patrick McGoohan,\u00a0Sasskia,\u00a0Mokka\u00a0and\u00a0Camille Murray.\u00a0We\u2019ve also the debut of\u00a0Shane Quentin\u00a0from the excellent\u00a0Garden of Earthly Delights radio show\u00a0who\u2019s bringing [&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":[442,3,651,43],"tags":[7928,7454,7455],"class_list":["post-42950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-news","category-schedules-and-frequencies","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-baK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40530,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/free-radio-skybird-returns-november-17-24\/","url_meta":{"origin":42950,"position":0},"title":"Free Radio Skybird returns November 17 &#038; 24","author":"Thomas","date":"November 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Pete Madtone) On\u00a0Sunday 17th November\u00a0at\u00a01300 UTC\u00a0there\u2019s a new transmission from DJ Frederick\u2019s\u00a0Free Radio Skybird\u00a0on\u00a06070 kHz\u00a0shortwave by\u00a0Channel 292\u00a0and if you haven\u2019t got a suitable radio it can also be heard on the SDR link on their site\u00a0here. 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Don\u2019t worry, it won\u2019t be long until the next one on\u00a0Sunday 16th February\u00a0at\u00a01400 UTC\/UK\u00a0on\u00a06070 kHz\u00a0via\u00a0Channel 292.\u00a0The show will be rebroadcast on\u00a0Sunday 23rd February\u00a0at\u00a01100 UTC\/UK\u00a0on\u00a07440 kHz.\u00a0If you haven\u2019t got a shortwave radio it can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","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\/2020\/02\/freeradioskybirdfeb202040weedsupto.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/freeradioskybirdfeb202040weedsupto.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/freeradioskybirdfeb202040weedsupto.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":42560,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/free-radio-skybird-now-on-the-air-weekly\/","url_meta":{"origin":42950,"position":3},"title":"Free Radio Skybird now on the air weekly","author":"Thomas","date":"March 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Pete Madtone, who writes: Free Radio Skybird will be on the air every week! Once a fortnight will be new programmes and a repeat on the Sunday after. 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