{"id":49437,"date":"2021-06-30T15:20:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T19:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=49437"},"modified":"2021-06-30T06:06:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T10:06:09","slug":"free-radio-skybird-on-july-4-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/free-radio-skybird-on-july-4-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Radio Skybird on July 4, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, <a href=\"https:\/\/weedsuptomeknees.wordpress.com\/2021\/06\/30\/tune-into-the-skybird\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Madtone<\/a>, who shares the following announcement:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/The-return-of-FRS-July-2021_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49438\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/The-return-of-FRS-July-2021_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/The-return-of-FRS-July-2021_2.jpg 850w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/The-return-of-FRS-July-2021_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/The-return-of-FRS-July-2021_2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/The-return-of-FRS-July-2021_2-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0<strong>Sunday<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>4th July 2021<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Free Radio Skybird<\/strong>\u00a0is being beamed out of the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WRMI<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0transmitter from Miami on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901\/?tune=9395am\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9395 kHz<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<strong>2300 utc<\/strong>\u00a0(12 midnight UK time). Expect some free radio goodness from\u00a0<strong>DJ Frederick<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>Free Radio Skybird\u00a0<\/strong>crew. Tune in\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901\/?tune=9395am\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on Sunday if you\u2019ve no shortwave radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. Tune in\u00a0here\u00a0on Sunday if you\u2019ve no shortwave radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[3,43,1167],"tags":[7928,7455,61],"class_list":["post-49437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-free-radio-skybird","tag-pete-polanyk","tag-wrmi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cRn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63290,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/shortwave-on-the-big-screen\/","url_meta":{"origin":49437,"position":0},"title":"Shortwave on the big screen","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"July 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Greetings to all SWLing Post community, here's a couple of programmes we've lined up for you this week. 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Tune in on Saturday 15th March 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guest Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Free-Radio-Skybird-2nd-program-March-2025.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Free-Radio-Skybird-2nd-program-March-2025.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Free-Radio-Skybird-2nd-program-March-2025.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50531,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/free-radio-skybird-flies-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":49437,"position":3},"title":"Free Radio Skybird flies again!","author":"Thomas","date":"October 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, DJ Frederick, who shares the following announcement: Free Radio Skybird flies again Just a quick note to let you know that Free Radio Skybird will be heard this Sunday [October 17, 2021] on WRMI 9395 kHz at 2300 UTC. Lots of oldies, known and\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\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-e1530836181998.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-e1530836181998.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-e1530836181998.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-e1530836181998.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62386,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/more-keeping-on-from-radio-skybird-and-radio-ace\/","url_meta":{"origin":49437,"position":4},"title":"More keeping on from Radio Skybird and Radio Ace","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"March 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Greetings to all the SWLing community, hope things are well, wherever you are. 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