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The following message is from “Uncle Bill” Tilford, producer and host of From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot:<\/p>\n

I began From The Isle of Music six years ago and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot five years ago, starting small on WBCQ and eventually expanding to Europe and beyond with Channel 292 for both programs and Space Line for FTIOM.\u00a0 I am not a wealthy man,\u00a0 and my programs have been literally 99.9% self-funded during that period.\u00a0 The very small handful of contributors has been appreciated but has never been large enough to put a dent in costs.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Over the past two years, my living expenses have increased precipitously while my income and contributions have not.\u00a0 With great reluctance, I must make some difficult financial decisions.\u00a0 One of them is that broadcasts on Space Line have already ceased,\u00a0 and broadcasts on Channel 292 will cease March 5.\u00a0 This is a purely financial decision, I have very much enjoyed working with both stations and will deeply miss the audiences that I will probably lose.\u00a0 While the financial support from listeners was minimal, the emotional support has been huge, many of those listeners feel like family now.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Broadcasts will continue on WBCQ The Planet where these programs began.\u00a0 FTIOM will continue on 7490 kHz, currently Tuesdays 0000-0100 UTC, and UBMP will continue on 7490 kHz Sundays, currently 2300-0000 UTC.\u00a0 Both of these livestream on WBCQ.com, so listeners unable to catch the terrestrial broadcast (or who are asleep at those hours) may be able to record live for later listening.\u00a0 Both programs will also be part of the new special\u00a0 lineup on 4790 kHz which is being fully sponsored by Angela and Allan Weiner.\u00a0 More details about that will be forthcoming, that frequency may reach parts of Europe terrestrially as an early morning show at a tolerable hour.\u00a0 Note however that both broadcasts on 7490 can be “breakfast listening” using the WBCQ.com website or some remote WebSDRs in Eastern Europe, a key target area for the broadcasts from Europe.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

I regret the necessity for these changes and hope listeners will find the remaining options on WBCQ usable.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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William “Bill” Tilford, Owner\/Producer
\nTilford Productions, LLC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following message is from “Uncle Bill” Tilford, producer and host of From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot: I began From The Isle of Music six years ago and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot five years ago, starting small on WBCQ and eventually expanding to Europe and beyond with Channel 292 for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-duC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52004,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/ftiom-ubmp-farewell-to-europe-marathon-march-8\/","url_meta":{"origin":51870,"position":0},"title":"FTIOM & UBMP Farewell to Europe Marathon March 8","author":"Bill Tilford","date":"February 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Farewell To Europe Special Marathon Channel 292, 6070 kHz March 8, 0800-2400 CET (0700-2300 UTC) From \"Uncle Bill\" Tilford, producer and host of From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill's Melting Pot: Personal financial circumstances beyond my control recently made it necessary for me to discontinue broadcasts of my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","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\/2022\/02\/292.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":47474,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/ftiom-ubmp-special-broadcast-february-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":51870,"position":1},"title":"FTIOM & UBMP Special Broadcast February 1","author":"Bill Tilford","date":"January 24, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"As part of Channel 292's celebration of its 10th Anniversary, From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill's Melting Pot will feature broadcasts with content specifically chosen for the occasion. 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