{"id":65479,"date":"2026-03-04T05:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65479"},"modified":"2026-03-01T15:32:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:32:57","slug":"skybird-goes-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/skybird-goes-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Skybird goes WEST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-7th-March-2026_SG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65481\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-7th-March-2026_SG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-7th-March-2026_SG.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-7th-March-2026_SG-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-7th-March-2026_SG-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-7th-March-2026_SG-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-7th-March-2026_SG-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Greetings all SWLing Post community! Imaginary Stations bring you another trip around the World with<strong> Skybird Radio International <\/strong>on <strong>Saturday 7th March <\/strong>at <strong>1200 hrs UTC<\/strong> on <strong>3975\/6160 kHz <\/strong>and then again on <strong>Sunday 8th March<\/strong>\u00a0at <strong>1000\/1400 UTC <\/strong>on <strong>3975\/6160 kHz <\/strong>and <strong>2100 hrs <\/strong>on<strong> 3975 kHz <\/strong>(via the services of<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavegold.org\/\"> Shortwave Gold<\/a><\/strong>). Expect tunes from all around this globe of ours featuring all genres of music too. You don&#8217;t need a passport, or over packed suitcases for this transmission as Worldwide travel is guaranteed just by spinning your shortwave dial. Tune in and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WEST-March-2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65480\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WEST-March-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WEST-March-2026.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WEST-March-2026-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WEST-March-2026-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WEST-March-2026-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WEST-March-2026-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And we&#8217;ll be bringing you\u00a0<strong>WEST<\/strong>\u00a0via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1769844035703000&amp;usg=AOvVaw17h9cGa1UC4vPWZiUnEP6H\">WRMI<\/a> <\/strong>on <strong>Wednesday 11<sup>th<\/sup> March 2026 <\/strong>at<strong> 0300 UTC on 9395 kHz<\/strong>. We\u2019ll be going WEST, there\u2019ll be some themes from Westerns, some high noon\u2019s and possibly some westbound trains if all goes well. So, get your compass out, tune in your shortwave radio and get your Clint Eastwood poncho on and enjoy the sounds of WEST.<\/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\/tIjhjIobaAA?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 write to us at 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<p><strong>FastRadioBurst23<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings all SWLing Post community! Imaginary Stations bring you another trip around the World with Skybird Radio International on Saturday 7th March at 1200 hrs UTC on 3975\/6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 8th March\u00a0at 1000\/1400 UTC on 3975\/6160 kHz and 2100 hrs on 3975 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold). Expect tunes [&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":[7929,10669,9110,7928,11010,9918,10065,11047,11009,10066,10356,10255],"class_list":["post-65479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-posts","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-dj-frederick","tag-downbeat-on-shortwave","tag-fastradioburst23","tag-free-radio-skybird","tag-gerry-hectic","tag-imaginary-stations","tag-justin-patrick-moore","tag-king","tag-marc-from-belgium","tag-one-deck-pete","tag-radio-ace","tag-shortwave-gold"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-h27","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62320,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/onshore-and-offshore-skybird-keeps-on-keeping-on\/","url_meta":{"origin":65479,"position":0},"title":"Onshore and offshore, Radio Skybird keeps on keeping on","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"March 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Greetings to all SWLing community. 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