{"id":65753,"date":"2026-04-08T05:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65753"},"modified":"2026-04-06T11:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:21:38","slug":"showing-our-true-clock-face-on-the-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/showing-our-true-clock-face-on-the-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Showing our true (clock) face on the radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOK-3-APRIL-SG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65763\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOK-3-APRIL-SG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOK-3-APRIL-SG.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOK-3-APRIL-SG-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOK-3-APRIL-SG-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOK-3-APRIL-SG-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOK-3-APRIL-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> brings you yet another episode of <strong>CLOK<\/strong>, a radio tribute to that popular concept that we call time. The first transmission is on <strong>Saturday 11th April <\/strong>at <strong>1100 hrs UTC<\/strong> on <strong>6160 kHz <\/strong>and then again on <strong>Sunday 15th April<\/strong>\u00a0at <strong>0900\/1300 UTC <\/strong>on <strong>6160 kHz <\/strong>and <strong>2000 hrs <\/strong>on<strong> 3975 kHz\/6160 kHz <\/strong>(via the services of<a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavegold.org\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: blue\"> Shortwave Gold<\/span><\/strong><\/a>). Programme 3 features all sorts of time tributes, songs about cuckoo clocks, diver&#8217;s watches and if all goes to plan (and time is not an issue), a world exclusive, the debut of the band The Watchstraps live in the studio. Make sure to wind up your watch and check you are in the right time zone to enjoy this 60-minute show on shortwave.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KING-April-2026_WRMI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65762\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KING-April-2026_WRMI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KING-April-2026_WRMI.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KING-April-2026_WRMI-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KING-April-2026_WRMI-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KING-April-2026_WRMI-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KING-April-2026_WRMI-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you tune into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\"><strong>WRMI<\/strong><\/a> on <strong>Wednesday 15th April 2026 <\/strong>at<strong> 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz<\/strong> Imaginary Stations bring you a sonic salute to \u201cThe king of them all\u201d with a programme called<strong> KING. <\/strong>King Records was founded by Syd Nathan in Cincinnati Ohio and featured Country &amp; Western, Rhythm &amp; Blues, Rock &amp; Roll, James Brown and lots more from 1943-1975 and it&#8217;s a wonderful tribute show.<\/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\/vgkvcaDWBIc?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><span style=\"color: blue\">here<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FastRadioBurst23<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings all SWLing Post community. This weekend, Imaginary Stations brings you yet another episode of CLOK, a radio tribute to that popular concept that we call time. The first transmission is on Saturday 11th April at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 15th April\u00a0at 0900\/1300 UTC on 6160 kHz and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3194,3,43,1167],"tags":[11073,7929,10669,9110,7928,9918,10065,11047,11009,10066,10255,11074,61],"class_list":["post-65753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-posts","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-clok","tag-dj-frederick","tag-downbeat-on-shortwave","tag-fastradioburst23","tag-free-radio-skybird","tag-imaginary-stations","tag-justin-patrick-moore","tag-king","tag-marc-from-belgium","tag-one-deck-pete","tag-shortwave-gold","tag-skybird-folk-country-radio","tag-wrmi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-h6x","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65705,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/well-have-some-fun-when-the-clock-strikes-one\/","url_meta":{"origin":65753,"position":0},"title":"We&#8217;ll have some fun when the clock strikes one","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"April 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Greetings all SWLing Post community. This weekend, Imaginary Stations brings you another episode of CLOK, a shortwave tribute to time (not to be confused with Thyme). The first transmission is on Saturday 4th April at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 5th April\u00a0at 0900\/1300 UTC\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\/2026\/03\/Skybird-Folk-Country-Radio-April-2026.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Skybird-Folk-Country-Radio-April-2026.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Skybird-Folk-Country-Radio-April-2026.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Skybird-Folk-Country-Radio-April-2026.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":65608,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/does-shortwave-time-existdoes-shortwave-time-really-exist\/","url_meta":{"origin":65753,"position":1},"title":"Does (shortwave) time really exist?","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"March 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"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\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\/2026\/03\/CLOK-WRMI-March-2026FLYER.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CLOK-WRMI-March-2026FLYER.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CLOK-WRMI-March-2026FLYER.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CLOK-WRMI-March-2026FLYER.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":65821,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/shortwave-with-a-bit-of-soul\/","url_meta":{"origin":65753,"position":2},"title":"Shortwave with a bit of Soul","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"April 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi to all SWLing Post community. Here's news of what Imaginary Stations will be bringing to the ionosphere this weekend. Thanks to the services of Shortwave Gold we have a few programmes this week coming.\u00a0The first show is WWLS - \"We Love Shortwave\". It's a show all about what we\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\/2026\/04\/Soul-on-Shortwave-APRIL-SG.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Soul-on-Shortwave-APRIL-SG.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Soul-on-Shortwave-APRIL-SG.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Soul-on-Shortwave-APRIL-SG.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":65875,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/we-love-shortwave-drm-transmissions-and-vermont\/","url_meta":{"origin":65753,"position":3},"title":"We love shortwave, DRM transmissions and Vermont","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"April 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi to all SWLing Post community. Here's news of what Imaginary Stations will be bringing to the ionosphere this weekend and into next week. Thanks to Shortwave Gold, the third instalment of \"We Love Shortwave\" (WWLS) is ready to be beamed into those airwaves! The show is on Saturday 2nd\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\/2026\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_DRM_MAY-2026_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_DRM_MAY-2026_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_DRM_MAY-2026_.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_DRM_MAY-2026_.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":66058,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/jewels-soul-and-the-weather-channel\/","url_meta":{"origin":65753,"position":4},"title":"Jewels, soul and the weather channel","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"May 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi to all SWLing Post community. 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This week we bring you more programmes featuring the international onshore\/offshore pirate radio sounds of Skybird Radio International. 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