{"id":59844,"date":"2024-05-30T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T04:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=59844"},"modified":"2024-05-27T12:57:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T16:57:13","slug":"skybird-returns-to-the-supermarket-shelves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/skybird-returns-to-the-supermarket-shelves\/","title":{"rendered":"Skybird returns to the supermarket shelves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Free-Radio-Skybird_Flyer_June_2024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59845\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Free-Radio-Skybird_Flyer_June_2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"863\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Free-Radio-Skybird_Flyer_June_2024.jpg 863w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Free-Radio-Skybird_Flyer_June_2024-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Free-Radio-Skybird_Flyer_June_2024-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Free-Radio-Skybird_Flyer_June_2024-624x388.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>FastRadioBurst 23<\/strong> letting you know of our forthcoming shortwave transmissions this week. On <strong>Sunday 2nd June 2024<\/strong>\u00a0at <strong>0900\/1300 hrs UTC<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>6160 kHz<\/strong>\u00a0and then at <strong>2000 UTC<\/strong> on <strong>6160 kHz<\/strong> and <strong>3975 kHz<\/strong> we bring you the return of <strong>Free Radio Skybird <\/strong>beamed to Europe via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavegold.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shortwave Gold<\/a><\/strong>. Tune in and enjoy the return of the station that brings you the eclectic musical treats.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\"><span class=\"gmail-ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"gmail-hgKElc\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/KMRT-JUNE-2024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59846\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/KMRT-JUNE-2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1416\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/KMRT-JUNE-2024.jpg 1416w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/KMRT-JUNE-2024-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/KMRT-JUNE-2024-1024x423.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/KMRT-JUNE-2024-768x317.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/KMRT-JUNE-2024-624x258.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1416px) 100vw, 1416px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\"><span class=\"gmail-ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"gmail-hgKElc\">Our second show is <strong>KMRT<\/strong> on <strong>Wednesday 5th June 2024<\/strong> at <strong>0200 UTC <\/strong>on <strong>9395 kHz <\/strong>via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\">WRMI<\/a><\/strong>. This programme is part of the <strong>SOS \u2013 Supermarkets on Shortwave 2024<\/strong> broadcasts. Expect &#8220;Blue Light Specials&#8221;, a nearing their sell by date cheese and crackers giveaway (*subject to availability and while stocks last) and a heart warming song from our night shift bakery team.\u00a0 So cut out the coupon of the local paper to save yourself 10% off the broadcast (one coupon only per listener please) and be very suprised what&#8217;s on sale in the centre aisle this week. Remember when it&#8217;s gone, it&#8217;s gone!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/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\/JpE9jZtPnEA?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;start=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 all our shows please email imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our Mixcloud page <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/kmtsradio\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FastRadioBurst 23 letting you know of our forthcoming shortwave transmissions this week. On Sunday 2nd June 2024\u00a0at 0900\/1300 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz\u00a0and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz we bring you the return of Free Radio Skybird beamed to Europe via Shortwave Gold. Tune in and enjoy the return of the station [&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":[7929,9110,9918,10065,9109,10066,10255,10272,10535,61],"class_list":["post-59844","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-imaginary-stations","tag-justin-patrick-moore","tag-kmrt","tag-one-deck-pete","tag-shortwave-gold","tag-skybird-radio-international","tag-supermarkets-on-shortwave","tag-wrmi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fze","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60619,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/skybird-radio-international-flies-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":59844,"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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