{"id":67116,"date":"2026-09-22T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T04:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=67116"},"modified":"2026-09-22T02:31:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T06:31:50","slug":"classical-vermont-and-jams-via-the-shortwaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/classical-vermont-and-jams-via-the-shortwaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Classical, Vermont and Jams via the shortwaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi to all our SWLing Post friends. Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s <strong>Imaginary Stations<\/strong> schedule for your shortwave listening pleasure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Imaginary-States-Vermont-September-WRMI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67118\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Imaginary-States-Vermont-September-WRMI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Imaginary-States-Vermont-September-WRMI.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Imaginary-States-Vermont-September-WRMI-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Imaginary-States-Vermont-September-WRMI-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Imaginary-States-Vermont-September-WRMI-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Imaginary-States-Vermont-September-WRMI-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\">WRM<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\">I<\/a><\/strong> on <strong>Wednesday 23rd September 2026, <\/strong>at<strong> 0200 hrs UTC <\/strong>on <strong>9395 kHz <\/strong>we bring you <strong>Imaginary States: Vermont<\/strong>. Welcome to the sounds of the Northeast Kingdom where hippies still thrive six decades later. We will hear tunes from all over the state, and the state of mind, known as Vermont.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Skybird-Jams-Wed-SG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67119\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Skybird-Jams-Wed-SG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Skybird-Jams-Wed-SG.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Skybird-Jams-Wed-SG-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Skybird-Jams-Wed-SG-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Skybird-Jams-Wed-SG-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Skybird-Jams-Wed-SG-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Later that day at <strong>1800 hrs UTC<\/strong> on <strong>3975 kHz\/6160 kHz<\/strong> via <a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavegold.org\/\"><b>Shortwave Gold<\/b><\/a>,\u00a0tune in for more sounds of <strong>Skybird Jams<\/strong>, great extended tunes from the Skybird vaults including Grant Green, Herbie Hancock &amp; more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CLCS-Classical-flyer-September-2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67120\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CLCS-Classical-flyer-September-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CLCS-Classical-flyer-September-2026.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CLCS-Classical-flyer-September-2026-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CLCS-Classical-flyer-September-2026-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CLCS-Classical-flyer-September-2026-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CLCS-Classical-flyer-September-2026-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And at the weekend, on <b>Saturday 26th September <\/b>at <b>1100 hrs UTC<\/b> on <b>6160 kHz <\/b>and then again on <b>Sunday 27th September<\/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>via <b><a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavegold.org\/\">Shortwave Gold<\/a><\/b>, it&#8217;s our first broadcast of <strong>CLSC<\/strong>, music we like to think is classic, or classical in nature. Roll over Beethoven, we&#8217;ve got the coolest tunes on shortwave (complete with additional instrumentation thanks to the ionosphere.)<\/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 our SWLing Post friends. Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s Imaginary Stations schedule for your shortwave listening pleasure. On WRMI on Wednesday 23rd September 2026, at 0200 hrs UTC on 9395 kHz we bring you Imaginary States: Vermont. Welcome to the sounds of the Northeast Kingdom where hippies still thrive six decades later. We will [&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":[7929,9110,9918,10065,11009,3193,10066,10356,10255,10083,11186,61],"class_list":["post-67116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-posts","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-dj-frederick","tag-fastradioburst23","tag-imaginary-stations","tag-justin-patrick-moore","tag-marc-from-belgium","tag-new-mexico","tag-one-deck-pete","tag-radio-ace","tag-shortwave-gold","tag-shortwave-music-library","tag-skybird-lounge","tag-wrmi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-hsw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65875,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/we-love-shortwave-drm-transmissions-and-vermont\/","url_meta":{"origin":67116,"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. 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Here's news of what Imaginary Stations will be bringing to the ionosphere this week. Thanks to Shortwave Gold, we have a transmission called WAIR - Always Independent Radio Featuring the sounds of indie, alternative and post -punk goodness. The show is on Saturday 9th\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\/WAIR-May-Shortwave-Gold_1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAIR-May-Shortwave-Gold_1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAIR-May-Shortwave-Gold_1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAIR-May-Shortwave-Gold_1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57332,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/imaginary-shortwave-stations-this-weekend\/","url_meta":{"origin":67116,"position":2},"title":"Imaginary shortwave stations this weekend","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"July 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi all, Fastradioburst23 here letting you know about a the Imaginary Stations schedule on the shortwaves this Sunday 30th July 2023. 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