{"id":65679,"date":"2026-03-26T06:55:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65679"},"modified":"2026-03-26T06:55:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:55:54","slug":"april-2026-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/april-2026-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","title":{"rendered":"April 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

THE FOLLOWING TIMES ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE – VISIT THE
\nFACEBOOK PAGES OF EACH PROGRAM PRIOR TO BROADCAST FOR CONFIRMATION<\/p>\n

From the Isle of Music, Friday, April 10, 2026, 3955 kHz, 1600 UTC, repeats 2200 UTC
\nThis month, we present a surprise package of selections from several decades.<\/p>\n

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot,\u00a0Friday, April 17, 2016:\u00a03955 kHz at 1600 UTC, repeats 2200 UTC
\nThis month, we recognize the passage of Nuyorquino salsa artist Willie Colon with selections from some of his earliest recordings.<\/p>\n

In addition to direct radio reception, we do honor reception reports using remote SDRs as long as the whole program is described and which SDR is specified. All QSLs are e-QSLs only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update: THE FOLLOWING TIMES ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE – VISIT THE FACEBOOK PAGES OF EACH PROGRAM PRIOR TO BROADCAST FOR CONFIRMATION From the Isle of Music, Friday, April 10, 2026, 3955 kHz, 1600 UTC, repeats 2200 UTC This month, we present a surprise […]<\/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-65679","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-h5l","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64973,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/january-2026-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","url_meta":{"origin":65679,"position":0},"title":"January 2026 Schedule Updates: From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill\u2019s Melting Pot","author":"Thomas","date":"December 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update: Happy New Year! 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