{"id":62429,"date":"2025-03-24T06:18:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T10:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=62429"},"modified":"2025-03-24T06:18:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T10:18:42","slug":"april-2025-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/april-2025-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2025 Schedule Updates: From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill\u2019s Melting Pot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are some schedule changes for April 2025 in From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot:<\/p>\n

From the Isle of Music, April 2025 (NOTE NEW SCHEDULE)
\nApril’s program will feature a tribute to one of the giants of Cuban timba, Paolo FG, who recently passed away in a tragic accident. We hope to have some special guests.<\/p>\n

Friday, April 11:
\n6070 kHz at 1700 UTC
\n3955 at 2100 UTC
\nSunday, April 13:
\n9670 kHz at 1800 UTC using beam E (repeat of April 11 episode).<\/p>\n

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, April 2025 (NOTE NEW SCHEDULE)
\nApril’s program will feature mainly music from Lesotho with some helpful recommendations from its embassy in the US and will air as follows:<\/p>\n

Friday, April 18:
\n6070 kHz at 1700 UTC
\n3955 at 2100 UTC
\nSunday, April 20:
\n9670 kHz at 1800 UTC using beam E (repeat of April 18 episode).<\/p>\n

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

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update: There are some schedule changes for April 2025 in From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot: From the Isle of Music, April 2025 (NOTE NEW SCHEDULE) April’s program will feature a tribute to one of the giants of Cuban timba, Paolo […]<\/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":[442,3,651,43],"tags":[4685,4686,4100,4082,5983],"class_list":["post-62429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-news","category-schedules-and-frequencies","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bill-tilford","tag-from-the-isle-of-music","tag-music","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-uncle-bills-melting-pot"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-geV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61538,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/january-2025-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","url_meta":{"origin":62429,"position":0},"title":"January 2025 Schedule Updates: From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill\u2019s Melting Pot","author":"Thomas","date":"January 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update: From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill\u2019s Melting Pot January Schedule From the Isle of Music: January's program will feature retro Cuban music from the 1950s and 1960s and will air as follows: (NEW) Friday, January 10: 3955\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Music"","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\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62125,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/march-2025-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","url_meta":{"origin":62429,"position":1},"title":"March 2025 Schedule Updates: From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill\u2019s Melting Pot","author":"Thomas","date":"February 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update: From the Isle of Music, March 2025 March's program will be a Cuban dance party featuring some of our favorite charanga orchestras: Friday, March 7: 3955 kHz at 2200 UTC Saturday, March 8: 3955 kHz at 1800 UTC simulcasted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Music"","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\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RCA-Vintage-Dial.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":65679,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/april-2026-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","url_meta":{"origin":62429,"position":2},"title":"April 2026 Schedule Updates: From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill\u2019s Melting Pot","author":"Thomas","date":"March 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update: THE FOLLOWING TIMES ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE - 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