{"id":67174,"date":"2026-09-26T05:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T09:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=67174"},"modified":"2026-09-26T05:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T09:30:35","slug":"october-2026-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/october-2026-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2026 Schedule Updates: From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill\u2019s Melting Pot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Bill Tilford, who shares the following update:<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the Isle of Music, October 2026<\/h3>\n

This month, we will air the postponed episode covering the career of accordionist\/bandleader\/arranger\/composer\/producer Eddy Gaytan, born in Argentina but moved to Cuba and had an impact on several styles of Cuban music.\u00a0 We hope to have his son, Eddy Gaytan, an accomplished musician in his own right, to guide us through an interesting and, to many North Americans, unexpected mix of music. .\u00a0Friday, October 9, 2026, 9670 kHz, 1800 CEST (1600 UTC), repeats on 3955 kHz at 2400 CEST (2200 UTC)<\/p>\n

Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, October 2026<\/h3>\n

This month, we will feature Quebecois French Canadian and Cape Breton celtic music. .
\nFriday, October 16, 2016: 9670 kHz at 1800 CEST (1600 UTC), repeats on 3955 kHz at 2400 CEST (2200 UTC)<\/p>\n

All from Channel 292 in Germany. In addition to terrestrial listening, we do accept reception reports using remote sdrs provided both your own physical location and the location of the sdr are included. EQSLs only for either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor Bill Tilford, who shares the following update: From the Isle of Music, October 2026 This month, we will air the postponed episode covering the career of accordionist\/bandleader\/arranger\/composer\/producer Eddy Gaytan, born in Argentina but moved to Cuba and had an impact on several styles of Cuban music.\u00a0 We hope to have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"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":[442,3,651,43],"tags":[4686,4100,611,5983],"class_list":["post-67174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-news","category-schedules-and-frequencies","category-shortwave-radio","tag-from-the-isle-of-music","tag-music","tag-shortwave-music","tag-uncle-bills-melting-pot"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-hts","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66660,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/august-2026-schedule-updates-from-the-isle-of-music-uncle-bills-melting-pot\/","url_meta":{"origin":67174,"position":0},"title":"August 2026 Schedule Updates: From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill\u2019s Melting Pot","author":"Thomas","date":"July 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor Bill Tilford, who shares the following update: From the Isle of Music, August 2026 This month, we feature some of the winners of various categories of Cubadisco 2026. 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