{"id":65221,"date":"2026-01-20T10:19:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65221"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:19:29","slug":"february-2026-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/february-2026-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2026 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

From the Isle of Music February 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are going to go “retro” this month and feature some lesser known but excellent Cuban fusion and dance bands from the 1970s and 1980s. Some listeners who only know the North American narrative about Cuban music\u00a0 will be surprised at what was being recorded, performed and broadcast then.
\nFriday, February 13, 2026,\u00a0 3955 kHz, 1800 CET (1700 UTC), repeat 2300 CET (2200 UTC)<\/p>\n

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot February 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are going to feature folk\/folkloric music from Denmark.\u00a0 Expect a surprise or three. Note that the hours are slightly different than for FTIOM.
\nFriday February 20, 2026, :3955 kHz, 1700 CET (1600 UTC), repeat 2300 CET (2200 UTC)<\/p>\n

Be advised that in January, our programs started several minutes late during the first transmission, but they did then air in full.\u00a0 Hopefully that won’t recur in February, but if it does, don’t touch that dial!<\/p>\n

Our eQSL policy includes recognizing reports from remote SDRs as long as the entire program is reported and the location of both the remote SDR and the listener are included.\u00a0 Shorter reports will get a short note of thanks instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update: From the Isle of Music February 2026 We are going to go “retro” this month and feature some lesser known but excellent Cuban fusion and dance bands from the 1970s and 1980s. Some listeners who only know the North American narrative about Cuban music\u00a0 […]<\/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-65221","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-gXX","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":65221,"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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