{"id":61418,"date":"2024-12-18T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=61418"},"modified":"2024-12-16T04:36:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T08:36:56","slug":"can-u-polka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/can-u-polka\/","title":{"rendered":"Can U Polka?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span class=\"gmail-ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"gmail-hgKElc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/POLKA-PARTY-2024_SG_DEC-2024-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61417\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/POLKA-PARTY-2024_SG_DEC-2024-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/POLKA-PARTY-2024_SG_DEC-2024-copy.jpg 962w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/POLKA-PARTY-2024_SG_DEC-2024-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/POLKA-PARTY-2024_SG_DEC-2024-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/POLKA-PARTY-2024_SG_DEC-2024-copy-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/POLKA-PARTY-2024_SG_DEC-2024-copy-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a>Hi all SWLing Post folks,<strong> FastRadioBurst 23 <\/strong>here informing you what the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing to the shortwaves this week.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail-ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"gmail-hgKElc\">On <strong>Saturday December 21st 2024<\/strong> at <strong>1200 hrs UTC<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>6160 kHz <\/strong>and repeated on <strong>Sunday December 22nd 2024<\/strong> at <strong>1000\/1400 hrs UTC<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>6160 kHz<\/strong> and also at <strong>2100 UTC<\/strong> on <strong>3975 kHz<\/strong> via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavegold.org\/\">Shortwave Gold<\/a><\/strong> we have another<strong> Polka Party<\/strong>! So dig out that old dusty accordion from up in the loft, get into your best dancing outfit then stick on the shortwave radio loud and be prepared to happily dance around the sitting room to the best in Polka-core. This is a show that&#8217;ll make you smile!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Radio-Thrift-Shop-Dec-2024_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61420\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Radio-Thrift-Shop-Dec-2024_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Radio-Thrift-Shop-Dec-2024_2.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Radio-Thrift-Shop-Dec-2024_2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Radio-Thrift-Shop-Dec-2024_2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Radio-Thrift-Shop-Dec-2024_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Radio-Thrift-Shop-Dec-2024_2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Radio-Thrift-Shop-Dec-2024_2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Radio-Thrift-Shop-Dec-2024_2-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail-ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"gmail-hgKElc\">Then on <strong>Wednesday December 25th 2024<\/strong> at <strong>0300 UTC<\/strong> via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\">WRMI<\/a> <\/strong>we have another excellent<strong> Radio Thrift Shop<\/strong> where <strong>DJ Frederick<\/strong> will be playing an eclectic holiday mix from old<span id=\"L1\"> 45&#8217;s, 10&#8243; shellacs, old library music albums and tunes that are seldom heard. Prepare your ears to be suprised!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More on the Imaginary Stations Polka Party here:<\/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\/8qpNhL3ICtA?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<\/div>\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 all SWLing Post folks, FastRadioBurst 23 here informing you what the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing to the shortwaves this week. On Saturday December 21st 2024 at 1200 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and repeated on Sunday December 22nd 2024 at 1000\/1400 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and also at 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz via Shortwave [&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":[7929,9110,7928,9918,10065,10066,10595,9437,10255],"class_list":["post-61418","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-radio-thrift-shop","tag-shortwave-gold"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fYC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60223,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/bring-your-own-lederhosen-byol\/","url_meta":{"origin":61418,"position":0},"title":"Bring your own Lederhosen (BYOL)","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"July 18, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi it's FastRadioBurst 23 from Imaginary Stations here letting you know of a couple of polka specials this coming week. 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