Friday, May 01, 2026

Updated version of Music Programs on Shortwave

 

An updated version of my Music Programmes on Shortwave PDF file for the current A-26 broadcast season is now available to download from the permanent link at https://app.box.com/s/kbdxb4c5lwpju0kpoi27aiwc35br2g2a (or for short: 

Tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/shortwaveprograms

You will also find here my "at-a-glance" single-page PDF A-26 program grids for the English language programmes on shortwave of CGTN Radio, Voice of Turkiye, Radio Romania International and Radio Taiwan International, along with an updated BBC World Service grid.

I hope that you find these of interest.

As always, I appreciate any updates or corrections.
(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK/BDXC)

Encore classical music from Radio Tumbril


Dear Listener

Regular Broadcast times of Encore By WRMI and Channel 292 are:
02:00 - 03:00 UTC Friday 5850 kHz WRMI to US
20:00 - 21:00 UTC Friday 15770 kHz WRMI to Europe
10:00 - 11:00 UTC Saturday 9670 kHz Channel 292 to Europe
01:00 - 02:00 UTC Sunday 5850 kHz WRMI to US and Canada
19:00 - 20:00 UTC Sunday 3955 kHz Channel 292 to Europe
02:00 - 03:00 UTC Monday 5950 kHz WRMI to the US and Canada
13:00 - 14:00 UTC Tuesday 15770 kHz WRMI to Europe, east coast of US and Iceland. (Sometimes RTTY on the lower sideband. Suggest notch out or use USB.)

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Important information about the funding of Encore - Radio Tumbril.
Up-to-date transmission times and frequencies.
The playlists for the most recent programmes.
An email link.
Informal reception reports, as well as those requesting eQSL cards, are welcome.

WRMI and Channel 292 are very generous with their airtime, but Encore still costs around 130 Dollars/Euros a month to broadcast.

THIS FORTNIGHT'S PROGRAM - First broadcast on FRIDAY 1st May by WRMI at 0200 UTC on 5850, and 2000 UTC on 15770 and then Channel 292 on SATURDAY 2nd May at 10:00 UTC on 9670 kHz:
Begins with some early French Renaissance music - three love songs set without words -  from Guillaume DuFay, part of a string quartet by Luigi Cherubini, and a motet by high Renaissance composer Josquin Desprez. 
After that, a duet for violin and cello by Paganini, and all three movements of Poulenc's Sonata for flute and piano.
The programme ends with the first movement of Mozart's String Quartet No.3.

(This bulletin is sent by Bcc to the many hundreds of listeners who have been in contact with Encore over the last six years of broadcasting.)

Brice Avery - Encore - Radio Tumbril - www.tumbril.co.uk