{"id":57957,"date":"2023-10-13T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T04:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=57957"},"modified":"2023-10-11T03:00:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T07:00:29","slug":"imagine-the-sound-of-international-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/imagine-the-sound-of-international-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagine the sound of international radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-October-2023_Shortwave-Gold-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57959\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-October-2023_Shortwave-Gold-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1984\" height=\"902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-October-2023_Shortwave-Gold-1.png 1984w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-October-2023_Shortwave-Gold-1-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-October-2023_Shortwave-Gold-1-1024x466.png 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-October-2023_Shortwave-Gold-1-768x349.png 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-October-2023_Shortwave-Gold-1-1536x698.png 1536w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-October-2023_Shortwave-Gold-1-624x284.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1984px) 100vw, 1984px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hi all SWLing Post Community, <strong>FastRadioBurst 23<\/strong> here bringing you news of this week&#8217;s Imaginary Stations transmissions. Beamed to Europe via Shortwave Gold on <strong>Sunday 15th October 2023 <\/strong>at <strong>2000 hrs UTC<\/strong> on <strong>3975 <\/strong>&amp;<strong> 6160 kHz<\/strong>, we have the third episode of <strong>Skybird Radio International<\/strong> bringing you music and culture from all over the world. Tune in and enjoy some great jazz, electronica, pop and dub.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-October-2023_WRMI.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57961\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-October-2023_WRMI.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1686\" height=\"992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-October-2023_WRMI.png 1686w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-October-2023_WRMI-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-October-2023_WRMI-1024x602.png 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-October-2023_WRMI-768x452.png 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-October-2023_WRMI-1536x904.png 1536w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-October-2023_WRMI-624x367.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1686px) 100vw, 1686px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few hours later via the transmitters of WRMI on<b> Monday 16<\/b><strong>th October <\/strong>we have a different episode of <strong>Skybird Radio International<\/strong>. The broadcast is at <strong>0200 UTC <\/strong>on <strong>9395 kHz <\/strong>and then repeated at <strong>0300 UTC<\/strong> on <strong>9455 kHz<\/strong>. No genres or no agendas, just some cool sounds from around planet earth featuring a collection of international platters that really do matter. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fwQpZV2OCRA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information on the shows please email imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/kmtsradio\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi all SWLing Post Community, FastRadioBurst 23 here bringing you news of this week&#8217;s Imaginary Stations transmissions. Beamed to Europe via Shortwave Gold on Sunday 15th October 2023 at 2000 hrs UTC on 3975 &amp; 6160 kHz, we have the third episode of Skybird Radio International bringing you music and culture from all over the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"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":[3194,3,43,1167],"tags":[7929,9110,7928,9918,10065,10066,10255,10272,61],"class_list":["post-57957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-posts","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-dj-frederick","tag-fastradioburst23","tag-free-radio-skybird","tag-imaginary-stations","tag-justin-patrick-moore","tag-one-deck-pete","tag-shortwave-gold","tag-skybird-radio-international","tag-wrmi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-f4N","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60619,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/skybird-radio-international-flies-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":57957,"position":0},"title":"Skybird Radio International flies again","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"September 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi it\u2019s FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know that the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing to you the return of Skybird Radio International via the shortwaves on Sunday 15th September 2024\u00a0at 0900\/1300 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz\u00a0and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz via Shortwave Gold. 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Imaginary Stations bring you another trip around the World with Skybird Radio International on Saturday 7th March at 1200 hrs UTC on 3975\/6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 8th March\u00a0at 1000\/1400 UTC on 3975\/6160 kHz and 2100 hrs on 3975 kHz (via the services\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\/2026\/03\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-7th-March-2026_SG.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-7th-March-2026_SG.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-7th-March-2026_SG.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-7th-March-2026_SG.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57332,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/imaginary-shortwave-stations-this-weekend\/","url_meta":{"origin":57957,"position":3},"title":"Imaginary shortwave stations this weekend","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"July 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi all, Fastradioburst23 here letting you know about a the Imaginary Stations schedule on the shortwaves this Sunday 30th July 2023. The first show will be\u00a0 beamed to Europe via the services of Shortwave Gold in Germany at 2000 utc on 6160 khz and will be the debut of Skybird\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\/2023\/07\/WSFR-Flyer-July-2023.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WSFR-Flyer-July-2023.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WSFR-Flyer-July-2023.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WSFR-Flyer-July-2023.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62786,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/more-international-shortwave-radio-sounds\/","url_meta":{"origin":57957,"position":4},"title":"More international shortwave radio sounds","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"May 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Greetings to all SWLing Post readers from all the Imaginary Stations crew. 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