From the Isle of Music, April 22-28:
Our celebration of Jazz Appreciation
Month continues with special guest Michel Herrera, an important young
saxophonist/composer/bandleader/producer, who will converse with us about his
newest recording and the newest generation of Jazz musicians in Cuba. We will
also listen to some of his excellent music.
Four opportunities to listen on
shortwave:
1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in
most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) with
100Kw, Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria
(1800-1900 MSK)
2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100
UTC on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EST in the US).
This has been audible in parts of NW, Central and Southern Europe with an
excellent skip to Italy recently.
3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond,
Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from
Rohrbach, Germany. In recent weeks, the Tuesday night transmission has been
heard well in the UK and in Western Russia along with a VERY long skip to parts
of New Zealand....
Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, Sunday, April 22,
2018:
We are fond of telling people that UBMP covers Afghanistan to Zimbabwe,
and Episode 59 proves it - we're off to Afghanistan!
Afghanistan is a collage
of several ethnic groups, and some of the music may surprise you.
Sundays
2200-2230 UTC (6:00PM -6:30PM Eastern US) on
WBCQ The Planet 7490 KHz
shortwave from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe
In recent weeks the
signal has had a nice bounce to Spain, Italy and Switzerland as well as Iceland,
Ireland and parts of the UK. Also audible in Brasil, Paraguay and points
North.
Starting May 1, UBMP will be adding a Tuesday night transmission on
Channel 292, 6070 Khz from 2000-2030 UTC. If current propagation conditions
remain favorable, this should be improved listening for Europe generally
including western Russia, where 292 has been listenable in St. Petersburg and
Moscow recently.
Special thanks to Igor Gashin, who has recently begun
posting our FTIOM & UBMP previews in Russian on the forum
dxforum.ru
and to all of you for all that you do for radio.
(William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer
Tilford Productions, LLC,
April 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
