{"id":61865,"date":"2025-01-28T07:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=61865"},"modified":"2025-01-28T07:42:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T11:42:00","slug":"february-2025-schedule-from-the-isle-of-music-and-uncle-bills-melting-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/february-2025-schedule-from-the-isle-of-music-and-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2025 Schedule: From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Bill Tilford, who shares the following announcement and schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the Isle of Music, February 2025<\/strong>
\nFebruary’s program will feature recent Cuban jazz from musicians who participated in Havana’s Jazz Plaza 2025:<\/p>\n

Friday, February 7:
\n3955 kHz at 2200 UTC<\/p>\n

Saturday, February 8:
\n3955 kHz at 1800 UTC simulcasted with 9670 kHz using beam E-F (repeat of February 7 episode).<\/p>\n

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, February 2025<\/strong>
\nFebruary’s program will feature mainly music from the Bahamas with some other odds and ends and will air as follows:<\/p>\n

Friday, February 14:
\n3955 kHz at 2200 UTC<\/p>\n

Saturday, February 15:
\n3955 at 1800 UTC simulcasted with 9670 using beam E-F (repeat of February 14 episode).<\/p>\n

**In addition to direct radio reception, both programs do honor reception reports using remote SDRs with eQSLs as long as the whole program is described and which SDR is specified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Bill Tilford, who shares the following announcement and schedule: From the Isle of Music, February 2025 February’s program will feature recent Cuban jazz from musicians who participated in Havana’s Jazz Plaza 2025: Friday, February 7: 3955 kHz at 2200 UTC Saturday, February 8: 3955 kHz at 1800 UTC simulcasted 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