{"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_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":[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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Thanks to Shortwave Gold, we have a transmission called JEWEL featuring an hour special on Jewel Records, from Cincinnati ran by Rusty\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\/05\/The-Weather-Channel_May-2026_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-Weather-Channel_May-2026_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-Weather-Channel_May-2026_.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":66088,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/mysteries-of-shortwave-and-soul\/","url_meta":{"origin":65875,"position":3},"title":"Mysteries of shortwave and soul","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"May 20, 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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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. 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