{"id":61196,"date":"2024-11-24T07:51:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T11:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=61196"},"modified":"2024-11-24T07:51:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T11:51:33","slug":"december-2024-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/december-2024-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2024 Schedule Updates: From the Isle of Music &#038; Uncle Bill&#8217;s Melting Pot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35317\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1183\" height=\"846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg 1183w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial-624x446.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1183px) 100vw, 1183px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A couple of schedule adjustments start in December to get away from interference from other stations:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>From the Isle of Music, December 14, 2024<\/strong><br \/>\nWe will finish 2024 with a potpourri of recent news (and related songs) in Cuban music plus some buried musical treasures.<br \/>\nTimes &amp; Frequencies are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>0400-0500 UTC 9670 kHz with beam R towards eastern North America but usable in parts of Europe, North Africa and Eurasia<\/li>\n<li>1800-1900 UTC 9670 kHz with beam E-F towards South Asia but usable in Europe, North Africa and parts of the Middle East and Eurasia<\/li>\n<li>2200-2300 UTC 3955 &amp; 6070 kHz (omnidirectional for Europe and beyond)<br \/>\nAll transmissions from Channel 292, Rohrbach, Germany<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Uncle Bill&#8217;s Melting Pot, December 21, 2024<\/strong><br \/>\nThis month, we will feature music from Greenland and sneak in a couple of surprises along the way.<br \/>\nTimes &amp; Frequencies are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>0400-0500 UTC 9670 kHz with beam R towards eastern North America but usable in parts of Europe, North Africa and Eurasia<\/li>\n<li>1800-1900 UTC 9670 kHz with beam E-F towards South Asia but usable in Europe, North Africa and parts of the Middle East and Eurasia<\/li>\n<li>2200-2300 UTC 3955 &amp; 6070 kHz (omnidirectional for Europe and beyond)<br \/>\nAll transmissions from Channel 292, Rohrbach, Germany<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Happy Holidays and Thanks for all you do for radio!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update: A couple of schedule adjustments start in December to get away from interference from other stations: From the Isle of Music, December 14, 2024 We will finish 2024 with a potpourri of recent news (and related songs) in Cuban music plus some [&hellip;]<\/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":[3,651,43],"tags":[4685,4686,5983],"class_list":["post-61196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-schedules-and-frequencies","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bill-tilford","tag-from-the-isle-of-music","tag-uncle-bills-melting-pot"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fV2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60932,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/b24-schedule-for-from-the-isle-of-music-and-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","url_meta":{"origin":61196,"position":0},"title":"B24 Schedule for From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill&#8217;s Melting Pot","author":"Thomas","date":"October 22, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following announcement: B24 schedule as follows: From the Isle of Music, second Saturday of every month. 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This will include a rare opportunity to hear some\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Philco-Transitone-Radio-Dial.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Philco-Transitone-Radio-Dial.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Philco-Transitone-Radio-Dial.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Philco-Transitone-Radio-Dial.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60306,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/august-2024-schedules-from-the-isle-of-music-and-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","url_meta":{"origin":61196,"position":3},"title":"August 2024 Schedules: From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill\u2019s Melting Pot","author":"Thomas","date":"August 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following schedule: Our transmissions at 2300 UTC have been changed from 3955 to 9670 using Channel 292's booster beam aimed at the Caribbean, which should also allow for good listening in some other parts of the Americas. 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