** U S A [and non] From the Isle of Music, July 8-14:
This week, our special guest is clarinetist/composer Ernesto Vega. He will share some of his first album, Venir al Mundo and some of his work in Familia by Arturo O'Farrill and Chucho Valdés.
Four options to listen to the transmission:
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 100 kW, Sunday 1500-1600 UT on SpaceLine, 9400, from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK)
2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UT on WBCQ, 7490 from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9 PM EDT 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 UT and Saturday 1200-1300 on Channel 292, 6070 from Rohrbach, Germany.
Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, Sun, July 8 & Tues, July 10, 2018
Episode 70 explores some musical aspects of Afrofuturism, a movement with incorporates avant garde Jazz and electronica among other things.
The broadcasts take place:
1. Sundays 2200-2230 UT (6:00-6:30PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The Planet 7490 from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe
2. Tuesdays 2000-2030 UT on Channel 292, 6070 from Rohrbach, Germany for Europe. If current propagation conditions hold, the broadcast should reach from Iceland to Western Russia, Scandinavia down to North Africa and the Middle East, AND a long bounce to parts of New Zealand.
Thanks for all you do for radio!
(William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer
Tilford Productions, LLC, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
