{"id":65998,"date":"2026-05-06T05:50:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65998"},"modified":"2026-05-04T06:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:03:16","slug":"indie-is-the-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/indie-is-the-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie is the WORD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAIR-May-Shortwave-Gold_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66000\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAIR-May-Shortwave-Gold_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAIR-May-Shortwave-Gold_1.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAIR-May-Shortwave-Gold_1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAIR-May-Shortwave-Gold_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAIR-May-Shortwave-Gold_1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAIR-May-Shortwave-Gold_1-624x624.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 week.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <b data-path-to-node=\"4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"10\">Shortwave Gold<\/b>, we have a transmission called <strong>WAIR &#8211; Always Independent Radio<\/strong> Featuring the sounds of indie, alternative and post -punk goodness. The show is on <strong>Saturday 9th May <\/strong>at <strong>1100 hrs UTC<\/strong> on <strong>6160 kHz <\/strong>and then again on <strong>Sunday 10th May <\/strong>at <strong>0900\/1300 UTC <\/strong>on <strong>6160 kHz <\/strong>and <strong>2000 hrs <\/strong>on<strong> 3975 kHz\/6160 kHz. <\/strong>Tune in to <strong>WAIR<\/strong> for 60 minutes of independent sounds!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WORD-13th-May-2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65999\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WORD-13th-May-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WORD-13th-May-2026.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WORD-13th-May-2026-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WORD-13th-May-2026-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WORD-13th-May-2026-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WORD-13th-May-2026-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then on <strong data-path-to-node=\"12,0\" data-index-in-node=\"84\">Wednesday, May 13th (0200 UTC on 9395 kHz)<\/strong> via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\">WRMI,<\/a><\/strong> we have a transmission called\u00a0<strong>WORD<\/strong>. Explore through the shortwaves, a musical theme with songs about words and letters, books, libraries, acronyms, verbs, adverbs and if we can book them in the studio, the shortwave debut of the band <strong>Kevin Commas and The Semantics<\/strong> (Wichita&#8217;s premier word rock band). Word is the word!<\/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\/J1MEP4OgrsU?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 week. Thanks to Shortwave Gold, we have a transmission called WAIR &#8211; Always Independent Radio Featuring the sounds of indie, alternative and post -punk goodness. The show is on Saturday 9th 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-65998","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-hau","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65875,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/we-love-shortwave-drm-transmissions-and-vermont\/","url_meta":{"origin":65998,"position":0},"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! 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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":62726,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/destination-earth\/","url_meta":{"origin":65998,"position":3},"title":"Destination Earth","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"April 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all SWLing Post readers from us here at Imaginary Stations. 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It goes out on Saturday 3rd 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\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_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\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_May-2024_WRMI.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_May-2024_WRMI.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Skybird-Radio-Int_May-2024_WRMI.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":63101,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/orbiting-outer-space-via-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":65998,"position":4},"title":"Orbiting outer space via shortwave","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"June 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Greetings to all SWLing Post community, we are off in orbit again on those shortwaves of ours, bringing you a couple of interesting shows to hopefully pique your imagination. The first Imaginary Stations offering is on Saturday 14th June 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC\u00a0on\u00a06160 kHz and then again on Sunday\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\/06\/Starship-Skybird_June_-2025_prog-2_FINALSG.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Starship-Skybird_June_-2025_prog-2_FINALSG.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Starship-Skybird_June_-2025_prog-2_FINALSG.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Starship-Skybird_June_-2025_prog-2_FINALSG.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":63548,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/more-imaginary-transmissions\/","url_meta":{"origin":65998,"position":5},"title":"More imaginary transmissions","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"August 6, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Greetings to all SWLing Post community, Imaginary Stations have a couple of great programmes coming your way this weekend via the shortwave spectrum. 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