{"id":66698,"date":"2026-08-04T17:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=66698"},"modified":"2026-08-01T05:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T09:52:44","slug":"international-shortwave-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/international-shortwave-cool\/","title":{"rendered":"International shortwave cool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WHFM_AUGUST_WRMI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66703\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WHFM_AUGUST_WRMI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WHFM_AUGUST_WRMI.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WHFM_AUGUST_WRMI-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WHFM_AUGUST_WRMI-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WHFM_AUGUST_WRMI-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WHFM_AUGUST_WRMI-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hi to all SWLing Post community. Here&#8217;s the <strong>Imaginary Stations<\/strong> schedule for this week\u2019s listening pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>On <strong>Wednesday 5th August 2026, <\/strong>at<strong> 0200 hrs UTC <\/strong>on <strong>9395 kHz <\/strong>on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\">WRM<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\">I<\/a><\/strong> we have <strong>WHFM \u2013 Herman\u2019s Radio and Record Room.<\/strong> This is another show in a series of programmes by<strong> DJ Frederick Moe<\/strong> in memory of his father Herman (1919-2001) and features mid-century sounds including country, jazz, folk and easy listening.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-August-2026_SG_NEW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66702\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-August-2026_SG_NEW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-August-2026_SG_NEW.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-August-2026_SG_NEW-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-August-2026_SG_NEW-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-August-2026_SG_NEW-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SKYBIRD-RADIO-INT-August-2026_SG_NEW-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Later that day at <strong>2000 hrs UTC<\/strong> on <strong>3975 kHz\/6160 kHz<\/strong> via <a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavegold.org\/\"><b>Shortwave Gold<\/b><\/a>, we bring you a new episode of <strong>Skybird Radio International. <\/strong>It&#8217;s a show that features music from all around this globe of ours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/COOL_August-2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66699\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/COOL_August-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/COOL_August-2026.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/COOL_August-2026-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/COOL_August-2026-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/COOL_August-2026-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/COOL_August-2026-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While on <b>Saturday 8th August <\/b>at <b>1100 hrs UTC<\/b> on <b>6160 kHz <\/b>and then again on <b>Sunday 9th August<\/b>\u00a0at <b>1300 hrs UTC <\/b>on <b>6160 kHz <\/b>and <b>2000 hrs UTC <\/b>on<b> 3975 kHz\/6160 kHz<\/b>, we bring you the return of <strong>COOL<\/strong>. Think sunshine vibes and chilling out on a deserted beach somewhere with a shortwave\u00a0 portable with solar panels. Enjoy the extended summer of COOL!<\/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\/D-XU4VuR4Fc?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 the Imaginary Stations schedule for this week\u2019s listening pleasure. On Wednesday 5th 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 Frederick Moe in memory of [&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":[10264,7929,9110,7928,9918,10065,11009,10066,10255,10272,11088,11130,61],"class_list":["post-66698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-posts","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-cool","tag-dj-frederick","tag-fastradioburst23","tag-free-radio-skybird","tag-imaginary-stations","tag-justin-patrick-moore","tag-marc-from-belgium","tag-one-deck-pete","tag-shortwave-gold","tag-skybird-radio-international","tag-soul-on-shortwave","tag-whfm","tag-wrmi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-hlM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66628,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/records-with-soul-and-a-wave\/","url_meta":{"origin":66698,"position":0},"title":"Records with Soul and a WAVE","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"July 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi to all SWLing Post community. 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