{"id":57200,"date":"2023-07-10T11:02:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T15:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=57200"},"modified":"2023-07-10T13:08:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T17:08:30","slug":"returning-to-shortwave-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot-and-ginga-brasil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/returning-to-shortwave-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot-and-ginga-brasil\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning to Shortwave: From the Isle of Music, Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot and Ginga Brasil!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following announcement:<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the Isle of Music, Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot and Ginga Brasil! Return To Shortwave<\/h1>\n

On August 6, From the Isle of Music, Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot and Ginga Brasil! return to shortwave on WBCQ The Planet, 7490 kHz. These programs will share the hour of Sundays 6pm-7pm Eastern US Time (currently 2200-2300 UTC) as follows:<\/p>\n

1st Sunday – From the Isle of Music
\n2nd Sunday – Ginga Brasil!
\n3rd Sunday – Uncle BIll’s Melting Pot
\n4th Sunday – Ginga Brasil!
\n5th Sunday – varies<\/p>\n

From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot are both produced and hosted by “Uncle Bill” Tilford in the United States. Ginga Brasil! (pronounced “Zheenga”) is produced and hosted by Julio Cesar Pereira in Brazil. These stellar international music programs will immediately follow one of WBCQ’s flagship programs, Marion’s Attic, which airs Sundays 5-6pm Eastern Time (currently 2100-2200 UTC); they also precede Harry Shearer’s Le Show for a solid three hour block of quality entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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! Return To Shortwave On August 6, From the Isle of Music, Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot and Ginga Brasil! return to shortwave on WBCQ The Planet, 7490 kHz. These programs will […]<\/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":[442,3,43],"tags":[4685,4686,10254,5983,4116],"class_list":["post-57200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bill-tilford","tag-from-the-isle-of-music","tag-ginga-brasil","tag-uncle-bills-melting-pot","tag-whats-on-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-eSA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57502,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/return-of-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","url_meta":{"origin":57200,"position":0},"title":"Return of Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot!","author":"Thomas","date":"August 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following announcement: Dear radio friends, we are coming back after a brief hiatus August 20 as a monthly on the third Sunday of each month on WBCQ The Planet 7490 kHz on the shortwave bands from 6pm-7pm ET (currently\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\/2023\/08\/NEWCOVERPHOTOUBMPAUG2023.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":60521,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/from-the-isle-of-music-and-uncle-bills-melting-pot-september-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":57200,"position":1},"title":"From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, September 2024","author":"Thomas","date":"September 3, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following announcement: From the Isle of Music, September 14, 2024 On August 10, 2024, we will feature music from the Academic Music categories (concert soloist, chamber, symphonic) of Cubadisco 2024. 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