{"id":60477,"date":"2024-09-05T00:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T04:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=60477"},"modified":"2024-09-05T05:34:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T09:34:39","slug":"using-your-imagination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/using-your-imagination\/","title":{"rendered":"Using your imagination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/name-that-theme-September-2024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60478\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/name-that-theme-September-2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/name-that-theme-September-2024.jpg 962w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/name-that-theme-September-2024-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/name-that-theme-September-2024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/name-that-theme-September-2024-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/name-that-theme-September-2024-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail-ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"gmail-hgKElc\">Hi it\u2019s <strong>FastRadioBurst 23 <\/strong>here letting you know that we haven&#8217;t a clue what the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing to you via the shortwaves on <strong>Sunday 8th September 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 via <a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavegold.org\/\">Shortwave Gold<\/a><\/strong>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail-ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"gmail-hgKElc\">There&#8217;s a good possibility it&#8217;s another episode of <strong>WMMR \u2013 Mystery Mix Radio<\/strong> where the listener is asked to work out what the theme of the show is. It could be about unripened tomatoes, traction engines throughout the ages or it could be philately. Who knows? The listener guesses and sends their suggestion to the address given on the show and the person who gets the closest gets a<\/span><\/span><span class=\"gmail-ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"gmail-hgKElc\"> special eQSL. Tune in and see what you think.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Polka-Party-September-2024.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60479\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Polka-Party-September-2024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Polka-Party-September-2024.png 962w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Polka-Party-September-2024-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Polka-Party-September-2024-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Polka-Party-September-2024-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Polka-Party-September-2024-624x624.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail-ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"gmail-hgKElc\">Then on <strong>Wednesday 11th September 2024<\/strong> at <strong>0200 UTC <\/strong>on <strong>9395 kHz <\/strong>we\u2019ll be bringing you another Shortwave Polka Party via <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\">WRMI<\/a><\/strong>. So dig out that Lederhosen get it to and back from the dry cleaners for the weekend, wash out your tankard and be prepared to polka around the sitting room. Why not invite the neighbours and get them to join in?<br \/>\n<\/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\/vNhT_mFSumI?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>We now have a Patreon page for our regular listeners <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/ImaginaryStations\">here<\/a>. <\/strong>Monthly memberships are available for exclusive audio and zines.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on all our shows, please send\u00a0 to imaginarystations@gmail.com and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/kmtsradio\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi it\u2019s FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know that we haven&#8217;t a clue what the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing to you via the shortwaves on Sunday 8th September 2024\u00a0at 0900\/1300 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz\u00a0and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz via Shortwave Gold. There&#8217;s a good possibility it&#8217;s another episode [&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":[7929,9110,7928,9918,10065,10066,10595,10255,10591,10594],"class_list":["post-60477","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-polka-party","tag-shortwave-gold","tag-shortwave-rodeo","tag-wmmr-mystery-mix-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fJr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58587,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/mysteries-of-a-shortwave-nature\/","url_meta":{"origin":60477,"position":0},"title":"Mysteries of a shortwave nature","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"December 29, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Firstly FastRadioBurst 23 and the Imaginary Stations Crew send our best wishes to all of the SWLing Post Community for 2024! 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