From the Isle of Music December 14 - note new hours

From the Isle of Music December 14 - note new hours

Hoping the schedule adjustment will mitigate some past interference.  Hopefully the 1800 UTC broadcast will prove optimal for Russia.

From the Isle of Music, December 14, 2024

NOTE SCHEDULE CHANGE

We will finish 2024 with a potpourri of recent developments in Cuban music plus some buried musical treasures.

Times & Frequencies are:

0400-0500 UTC 9670 kHz with beam R towards eastern North America but usable in parts of Europe and Eurasia

1800-1900 UTC 9670 kHz with beam E-F towards South Asia but usable in Europe and parts of Eurasia

2200-2300 UTC 3955 & 6070 kHz (omnidirectional for Europe and beyond)

All transmissions from Channel 292, Rohrbach, Germany

FTIOM & UBMP, September 16-October 6

From the Isle of Music, September 16-October 6:

September 16-22, our special guest will be Alejandro Vargas with his excellent Jazz.

September 23-29, we will feature the music of several of Cuba's excellent female vocalists from various decades.

September 30-October 6, we will feature Rafael Monteagudo with his excellent Jazz.

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 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.

Also recommended:

Jetzt geht's los! (Here We Go!), an excellent program of early German Jazz produced by Radio Ohne Nahmen, comes on right before FTIOM on Tuesdays from 1800-1900 UTC on Channel 292.

Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, September 16 -October 2, 2018

Episode 80 (September 16 and 18) features music from Russia from the 1970s to now.

Episode 81 (September 23 and 25) features music from Ukraine.

Episode 82 (September 30 and October 2) features virtuosic accordion music from around the planet.

The transmissions take place:

1. Sundays 2200-2230 UTC (6:00PM -6:30PM Eastern US) on

WBCQ The Planet 7490 KHz from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe

2. Tuesdays 2000-2030 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz 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.

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 2100-2200 UTC on WBCQ 7490 Khz.

From the Isle of Music, June 10-16

From the Isle of Music, June 10-16:

This week, we present some wonderful Cuban and Cuban-American Jazz recordings, most of them new.

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 and 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany.

Isle of Music via Spaceline, Bulgaria - Test Transmission

On Sunday, February 26 at 1500-1600 UTC, Spaceline will be doing a test transmission on 9400 kHz from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria using an episode of From the Isle of Music, a program dedicated to the music of Cuba which is heard weekly on WBCQ and Channel 292.    This transmission will be aimed primarily at Russia and the Ukraine but may be audible in other areas. (From the Isle of Music will continue on WBCQ and Channel 292 for their target areas regardless of the results of this and a subsequent test. )

If you monitor this broadcast, reception reports can be sent to :
1.  Spaceline at   info@spaceline.bg

2.  From the Isle of Music at  tilfordproductions@gmail.com

From the Isle of Music in particular would be grateful for any reception reports from the test, especially from the Balkans, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey etc,  and will respond with an eQSL.

(Pavel Ivanov via open_dx)