{"id":64719,"date":"2025-11-25T06:31:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=64719"},"modified":"2025-11-25T06:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:31:28","slug":"december-2025-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/december-2025-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","title":{"rendered":"December 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

December continues with 3955 kHz only, and since it is the season for various holidays in multiple countries, both programs will be “surprise packages” of musical goodies for those who need a break from regular holiday programming.\u00a0 Dates and times are as follows:<\/p>\n

From the Isle of Music December 2025<\/strong>
\nFriday, December 12, 2025,\u00a0 :3955 kHz, 1800 CET (1700 UTC), repeat 2300 CET (2200 UTC)<\/p>\n

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot December 2025**<\/strong>
\nFriday December 19:3955 kHz, 1800 CET (1700 UTC), repeat 2300 CET (2200 UTC)<\/p>\n

**<\/strong>UBMP times subject to change, check the Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot Facebook Page,\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UncleBillsMeltingPot\/<\/a> for confirmation.<\/p>\n

Happy Holidays to all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update: December continues with 3955 kHz only, and since it is the season for various holidays in multiple countries, both programs will be “surprise packages” of musical goodies for those who need a break from regular holiday programming.\u00a0 Dates and times are as follows: From […]<\/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":[4686,4100,611,5983],"class_list":["post-64719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-news","category-schedules-and-frequencies","category-shortwave-radio","tag-from-the-isle-of-music","tag-music","tag-shortwave-music","tag-uncle-bills-melting-pot"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gPR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65443,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/march-2026-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","url_meta":{"origin":64719,"position":0},"title":"March 2026 Schedule Updates: From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill\u2019s Melting Pot","author":"Thomas","date":"February 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update: From the Isle of Music March 2026 This month will feature some exciting new and recent releases by Cuban bands. 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