{"id":65608,"date":"2026-03-18T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65608"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:56:37","slug":"does-shortwave-time-existdoes-shortwave-time-really-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/does-shortwave-time-existdoes-shortwave-time-really-exist\/","title":{"rendered":"Does (shortwave) time really exist?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CLOK-21_22-March-SG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65615\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CLOK-21_22-March-SG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CLOK-21_22-March-SG.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CLOK-21_22-March-SG-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CLOK-21_22-March-SG-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CLOK-21_22-March-SG-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CLOK-21_22-March-SG-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greetings all SWLing Post community. This weekend <strong>Imaginary Stations<\/strong> bring you a show all about the wonders of time called <strong>CLOK<\/strong>. The first transmission is on <strong>Saturday 21st March <\/strong>at <strong>1200 hrs UTC<\/strong> on <strong>3975\/6160 kHz <\/strong>and then again on <strong>Sunday 22nd 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<a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavegold.org\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: blue\"> Shortwave Gold<\/span><\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"222\" data-end=\"539\">We&#8217;re not winding you up, but we love passing the time playing with those shortwaves here at Imaginary Stations. During the 3600 second programme you&#8217;ll hears songs about wristwatches, stop watches, battery operated time machines and those classic cuckoo clocks. They&#8217;ll be a trailor of that classic film &#8220;The Watchmakers of Wisconsin&#8221; and if all goes well, a performance of the first ever alarm clock orchestra. So make sure your time-piece is set correctly and tune into the sound of the <strong>CLOK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CLOK-WRMI-March-2026FLYER.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65620\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CLOK-WRMI-March-2026FLYER.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CLOK-WRMI-March-2026FLYER.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CLOK-WRMI-March-2026FLYER-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CLOK-WRMI-March-2026FLYER-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CLOK-WRMI-March-2026FLYER-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CLOK-WRMI-March-2026FLYER-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And on\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\"><strong>WRMI<\/strong><\/a> on <strong>Wednesday 25<sup>th<\/sup> March 2026 <\/strong>at<strong> 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz<\/strong> it&#8217;ll be time for another episode of <strong>CLOK<\/strong>. Tune in for more timely classics!<\/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\/W1oKXMxbYFs?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<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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/kmtsradio\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FastRadioBurst23<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings all SWLing Post community. This weekend Imaginary Stations bring you a show all about the wonders of time called CLOK. The first transmission is on Saturday 21st March at 1200 hrs UTC on 3975\/6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 22nd March\u00a0at 1000\/1400 UTC on 3975\/6160 kHz and 2100 hrs on 3975 kHz (via [&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":[7929,10669,9110,7928,9918,10065,11009,10066,10255,10083],"class_list":["post-65608","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-imaginary-stations","tag-justin-patrick-moore","tag-marc-from-belgium","tag-one-deck-pete","tag-shortwave-gold","tag-shortwave-music-library"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-h4c","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65536,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/shelfmarks-and-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":65608,"position":0},"title":"Shelfmarks and shortwave","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"March 11, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Greetings all SWLing Post community. Imaginary Stations bring you a couple of new episodes of The Shortwave Music Library. 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We've got another transmission of KNTS \u2013 Kearsarge North Transmission Service on Saturday 9th August 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and then again on Sunday 10th\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guest Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KNTS_August_-2025_SG__.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KNTS_August_-2025_SG__.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KNTS_August_-2025_SG__.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KNTS_August_-2025_SG__.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":65642,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/shortwave-mysteries-with-arizona-in-the-spotlight\/","url_meta":{"origin":65608,"position":4},"title":"Shortwave mysteries with Arizona in the spotlight","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"March 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Greetings all SWLing Post community. 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