{"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_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_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). 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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":66698,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/international-shortwave-cool\/","url_meta":{"origin":65753,"position":2},"title":"International shortwave cool","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"August 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi to all SWLing Post community. 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This is another show in a series of programmes by DJ\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\/08\/WHFM_AUGUST_WRMI.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WHFM_AUGUST_WRMI.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WHFM_AUGUST_WRMI.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WHFM_AUGUST_WRMI.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":66750,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/sunshine-and-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":65753,"position":3},"title":"Sunshine and shortwave","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"August 11, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi to all SWLing Post community. Here's the Imaginary Stations schedule for this week\u2019s listening pleasure. On Wednesday 12th August 2026, at 0200 hrs UTC on 9395 kHz on WRMI we have WHFM \u2013 Herman\u2019s Radio and Record Room. This is another show in a series of programmes by DJ\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\/08\/WSUN_August-2026_2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WSUN_August-2026_2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WSUN_August-2026_2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WSUN_August-2026_2.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":66439,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/more-jamming-on-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":65753,"position":4},"title":"More jamming on shortwave","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"June 24, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi to all SWLing Post community. 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