{"id":65875,"date":"2026-04-29T00:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65875"},"modified":"2026-04-29T02:07:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:07:53","slug":"we-love-shortwave-drm-transmissions-and-vermont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/we-love-shortwave-drm-transmissions-and-vermont\/","title":{"rendered":"We love shortwave, DRM transmissions and Vermont"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WWLS-APRIL-Shortwave-Gold_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65876\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WWLS-APRIL-Shortwave-Gold_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WWLS-APRIL-Shortwave-Gold_3.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WWLS-APRIL-Shortwave-Gold_3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WWLS-APRIL-Shortwave-Gold_3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WWLS-APRIL-Shortwave-Gold_3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WWLS-APRIL-Shortwave-Gold_3-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hi to all SWLing Post community. Here&#8217;s news of what <strong>Imaginary Stations<\/strong> will be bringing to the ionosphere this weekend and into next week.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <b data-path-to-node=\"4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"10\">Shortwave Gold<\/b>, the third instalment of <strong>&#8220;We Love Shortwave&#8221; (WWLS)<\/strong> is ready to be beamed into those airwaves! The show is on <strong>Saturday 2nd May <\/strong>at <strong>1100 hrs UTC<\/strong> on <strong>6160 kHz <\/strong>and then again on <strong>Sunday 3rd May\u00a0<\/strong>at <strong>0900\/1300 UTC <\/strong>on <strong>6160 kHz <\/strong>and <strong>2000 hrs <\/strong>on<strong> 3975 kHz\/6160 kHz. <\/strong>Get your shortwave radio tuned in, some bell wire slung up on the roof or down the garden and get those headphones on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Soul-on-Shortwave-May-Repeat-SG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65877\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Soul-on-Shortwave-May-Repeat-SG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Soul-on-Shortwave-May-Repeat-SG.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Soul-on-Shortwave-May-Repeat-SG-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Soul-on-Shortwave-May-Repeat-SG-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Soul-on-Shortwave-May-Repeat-SG-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Soul-on-Shortwave-May-Repeat-SG-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you missed it last week or just want to hear the show again join us on <b data-path-to-node=\"2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"79\">Monday, May 4th at 20:00 UTC<\/b> when we\u2019re airing a repeat of <b data-path-to-node=\"2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"137\">&#8220;Skybird Soul on Shortwave&#8221;<\/b> on <b data-path-to-node=\"2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"168\">3975 kHz and 6160 kHz<\/b>. It\u2019s the perfect line up of soul and related type tunes for a Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Imaginary-Stations-Vermont_WRMI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65878\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Imaginary-Stations-Vermont_WRMI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Imaginary-Stations-Vermont_WRMI.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Imaginary-Stations-Vermont_WRMI-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Imaginary-Stations-Vermont_WRMI-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Imaginary-Stations-Vermont_WRMI-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Imaginary-Stations-Vermont_WRMI-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then on <b data-path-to-node=\"12,0\" data-index-in-node=\"84\">Wednesday, May 6th (0200 UTC on 9395 kHz)<\/b>, beyond the maple syrup and the scenery, lies a vibrant musical output that&#8217;s waiting to be sampled over those shortwaves. WRMI presents <b data-path-to-node=\"12,0\" data-index-in-node=\"141\">&#8220;Imaginary States: Vermont.&#8221;<\/b> Don\u2019t miss this trip into the sounds of the North!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_DRM_MAY-2026_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65886\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_DRM_MAY-2026_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_DRM_MAY-2026_.jpg 962w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_DRM_MAY-2026_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_DRM_MAY-2026_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_DRM_MAY-2026_-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_DRM_MAY-2026_-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also on <b data-path-to-node=\"12,0\" data-index-in-node=\"84\">Wednesday, May 6th <\/b>on<b data-path-to-node=\"12,0\" data-index-in-node=\"84\"> 6195 kHz <\/b>from<b data-path-to-node=\"12,0\" data-index-in-node=\"84\"> 0900-1500 UTC <\/b>is a 6 hour DRM special via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waldheim.es\/\">Europasender Waldheim <\/a><\/strong>bringing you back-to-back shows of <strong>Skybird Radio International<\/strong> for most of the day. Tune in for true international style shortwave radio!<\/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><span style=\"color: blue\">here<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FastRadioBurst23<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi to all SWLing Post community. Here&#8217;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 &#8220;We Love Shortwave&#8221; (WWLS) is ready to be beamed into those airwaves! The show is on Saturday 2nd May at 1100 hrs UTC [&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":[7929,11085,9110,11084,7928,11094,9918,10065,11009,11086,10066,10255,1478,10272,11087,11089,11088,61,11083],"class_list":["post-65875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-posts","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-dj-frederick","tag-do-i-love-you","tag-fastradioburst23","tag-frank-wilson","tag-free-radio-skybird","tag-imaginary-states-vermont","tag-imaginary-stations","tag-justin-patrick-moore","tag-marc-from-belgium","tag-northen-soul","tag-one-deck-pete","tag-shortwave-gold","tag-shortwave-listening","tag-skybird-radio-international","tag-soul","tag-soul-music","tag-soul-on-shortwave","tag-wrmi","tag-wwls"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-h8v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65821,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/shortwave-with-a-bit-of-soul\/","url_meta":{"origin":65875,"position":0},"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\". 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This week we bring you more programmes featuring the international onshore\/offshore pirate radio sounds of Skybird Radio International. Get your shortwave radio ready for an audio journey on Saturday 10th May 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and\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\/05\/Skybird-Radio-Int_14th-May-2024_WRMI.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Skybird-Radio-Int_14th-May-2024_WRMI.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Skybird-Radio-Int_14th-May-2024_WRMI.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Skybird-Radio-Int_14th-May-2024_WRMI.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62320,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/onshore-and-offshore-skybird-keeps-on-keeping-on\/","url_meta":{"origin":65875,"position":2},"title":"Onshore and offshore, Radio Skybird keeps on keeping on","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"March 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Greetings to all SWLing community. This week in the world of shortwave entertainment, Imaginary Stations bring you more eclectic programming. As part of the 15th year anniversary series we have a transmission of Free Radio Skybird 2. Tune in on Saturday 15th March 2025 at 1200 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and\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\/03\/Free-Radio-Skybird-2nd-program-March-2025.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Free-Radio-Skybird-2nd-program-March-2025.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Free-Radio-Skybird-2nd-program-March-2025.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60619,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/skybird-radio-international-flies-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":65875,"position":3},"title":"Skybird Radio International flies again","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"September 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi it\u2019s FastRadioBurst 23 here letting you know that the Imaginary Stations crew will be bringing to you the return of Skybird Radio International via the shortwaves on Sunday 15th September 2024\u00a0at 0900\/1300 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz\u00a0and then at 2000 UTC on 6160 kHz and 3975 kHz via Shortwave Gold. 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There's more \"get on that board\" madness with SURF 2 on Saturday 19th July 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and then again on Sunday 20th July 2025 at 0900\/1300 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and\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\/07\/SURF_2_July_-2025_SG_NEW.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SURF_2_July_-2025_SG_NEW.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SURF_2_July_-2025_SG_NEW.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SURF_2_July_-2025_SG_NEW.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62726,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/destination-earth\/","url_meta":{"origin":65875,"position":5},"title":"Destination Earth","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"April 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all SWLing Post readers from us here at Imaginary Stations. Here\u2019s our transmission schedule for the forthcoming week. The first programme is a return of the onshore\/offshore pirate radio sound of Skybird Radio International. 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