{"id":67590,"date":"2026-11-10T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T06:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=67590"},"modified":"2026-11-07T15:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T19:32:42","slug":"knot-the-nine-oclock-news-on-shortwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/knot-the-nine-oclock-news-on-shortwave\/","title":{"rendered":"KNOT the nine o\u2019clock news on shortwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy November to all our SWLing Post friends! Here&#8217;s what <strong>Imaginary Stations<\/strong> is cooking up for your shortwave radio\/SDR listening pleasure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Shortwave-Music-Library_-11th-November_-WRMI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67593\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Shortwave-Music-Library_-11th-November_-WRMI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Shortwave-Music-Library_-11th-November_-WRMI.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Shortwave-Music-Library_-11th-November_-WRMI-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Shortwave-Music-Library_-11th-November_-WRMI-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Shortwave-Music-Library_-11th-November_-WRMI-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Shortwave-Music-Library_-11th-November_-WRMI-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On <b>Wednesday 11<sup>th <\/sup><strong>November <\/strong><\/b>at<strong> 0300 hrs UTC <\/strong>on <strong>9395 kHz <\/strong>via<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wrmi.net\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1794165041978000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2S17tWohY8ptVsD4ogF2I_\"> WRMI<\/a><\/strong> we revisit the <strong>Shortwave Music Library<\/strong> to see if we have any overdue recordings. Expect the unexpected we say, without irony or ironing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/radio-clarion-11-November-2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67592\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/radio-clarion-11-November-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/radio-clarion-11-November-2026.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/radio-clarion-11-November-2026-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/radio-clarion-11-November-2026-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/radio-clarion-11-November-2026-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/radio-clarion-11-November-2026-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Later that day at <strong>1900 hrs UTC<\/strong><b> <\/b>on<b> <strong>3975 kHz <\/strong><\/b>via the services of <a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavegold.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/shortwavegold.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1794165041978000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1diZLf0-q9iFcIb9lpi-Oh\"><strong>Shortwave Gold<\/strong><\/a>, it\u2019s a repeat of the first edition of <b>Radio Clarion<\/b> from 2022. Sound the fanfare!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/KNOT_2_-Nov-2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67591\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/KNOT_2_-Nov-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/KNOT_2_-Nov-2026.jpg 792w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/KNOT_2_-Nov-2026-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/KNOT_2_-Nov-2026-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/KNOT_2_-Nov-2026-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/KNOT_2_-Nov-2026-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And at the weekend we continue <b>KNOT \u2013 The Beatles<\/b> on <strong>Saturday 14<sup>th<\/sup> November<\/strong> at <strong>1200 hrs UTC<\/strong><b> <\/b>on<b> <strong>6160 kHz <\/strong><\/b>and then again on <strong>Sunday 15<sup>th<\/sup> November<\/strong> at <strong>1000 hrs<\/strong><strong> and 1400 hrs UTC<\/strong> on<b> <strong>6160 kHz<\/strong><\/b> and<b> <strong>1900 hrs UTC<\/strong><\/b> on<strong> 3975 kHz <\/strong>via<b> <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavegold.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/shortwavegold.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1794165041978000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1diZLf0-q9iFcIb9lpi-Oh\"><b>Shortwave Gold<\/b><\/a>.<\/strong> We&#8217;re playing more tunes about the Beatles; cover versions of Beatles songs and bands that have that Beatles vibe &#8211; just not the Beatles. Celebrate the Fab Four with the Fab Five DJs from Imaginary Stations.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/21WqEKVAs0c?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>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/djfrederick.substack.com\"><strong><span style=\"color: blue\">djfrederick.substack.com<\/span><\/strong><\/a> for updates and exclusive materials related to all things Skybird and Imaginary Stations and do check out our archived 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>Happy November to all our SWLing Post friends! Here&#8217;s what Imaginary Stations is cooking up for your shortwave radio\/SDR listening pleasure. On Wednesday 11th November at 0300 hrs UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI we revisit the Shortwave Music Library to see if we have any overdue recordings. Expect the unexpected we say, without irony [&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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_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":[7929,9110,9918,10065,11205,11009,10066,10255,10083,11149,10272,11199,11130,61],"class_list":["post-67590","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-knot-the-beatles","tag-marc-from-belgium","tag-one-deck-pete","tag-shortwave-gold","tag-shortwave-music-library","tag-skybird-jams","tag-skybird-radio-international","tag-tv-on-the-radio","tag-whfm","tag-wrmi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-hAa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":67521,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/the-fab-five-do-the-fab-four\/","url_meta":{"origin":67590,"position":0},"title":"The fab five do the fab four","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"November 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi to all our SWLing Post friends. 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Beamed to Europe via Shortwave Gold on Sunday 12th November 2023 at 1000\/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz, we have a special Peruvian Edition of Skybird\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\/2023\/11\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-November-2023_WRMI.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-November-2023_WRMI.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-November-2023_WRMI.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-November-2023_WRMI.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-November-2023_WRMI.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SkyBird-Radio-Int-November-2023_WRMI.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62320,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/onshore-and-offshore-skybird-keeps-on-keeping-on\/","url_meta":{"origin":67590,"position":2},"title":"Onshore and offshore, Radio Skybird keeps on keeping on","author":"Fastradioburst23","date":"March 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Greetings to all SWLing community. 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