Friday, November 09, 2018

From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill's Melting Pot schedules


From the Isle of Music, November 11-17, 2018:

This week, our special guest is Angel Yos, leader of La Mecánica Loca, whose album Vamo' Hacerlo won the Popular Dance Music - Young Talents category in Cubadisco 2018. Put on your dancing shoes and enjoy!

The transmissions take place:
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 0100-0200 UTC (New 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 (New CETs) on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany.



Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, November 11 and 13, 2018: *
Episode 87, Steiermark, Slovenia & Schwyz, features some of the best Volksmusik in this region from the 1960s and 1970s.

The transmissions take place:
1. Sunday 2300-2330 UTC (NEW UTC) (6:00PM -6:30PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The Planet 7490 kHz from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe

2. Tuesday 2000-2030 UTC (NEW CET) on Channel 292, 6070 kHz from Rohrbach, Germany for Europe. If current propagation conditions hold, the broadcast should reach Iceland AND Western Russia due to a long skip.


Also recommended:
Marion’s Attic, a unique program produced and hosted by Marion Webster featuring early 20th Century records, Edison cylinders etc played on the original equipment, comes on immediately before UBMP on Sundays from 2200-2300 UTC on WBCQ 7490 kHz.

* UBMP is staying on 6070 at 2000-2030 UTC. 
William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer
Tilford Productions, LLC